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We had a Truetone on our service route which was a Wells-Gardner. I always thought it was cool that it had modules with all the tubes. When you got a replacement module the tubes were included. The set on our route (this was in the late 70's) saw a TON of use, but still had a decent picture. Can't remember what finally gave out on it, but remember the owners bought a new Chromacolor 2. It was kind of rare to have one in our service area, altho our town had a Western Auto (Truetone) and a Gambles (Coronado). We had 3 TV dealers. My Uncle was Zenith, guy up the street was Sylvania, and on the outskirts of town we had the RCA/Magnavox dealer. ALL gone now. The RCA place closed last year after being in business since 1947. Anyway, most people wouldn't dream of getting a large TV from the Western or Gambles. I think it was a "prestige" thing to have a name brand.
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