Thanks for the kind words everyone.
I am pretty thrilled at it. I will try to get a better photo with my pro camera. Still have some more work to do on it but it is pretty much there. I have already restored the amp/tuner unit and still need to replace the caps on the speakers and the power supply for the stereo. But everthing works well at this point and for me, that is a big accomplishment.
This is my childhood set, my folks purchased it for $1150 back in September 1967, the month before I was born. All of my childhood tv life was spent in front of this set until we retired it in 1982 as most tv repairmen wouldn't touch it and it had developed some problems. I was not competent enough at the time to dive into it and repair it. I replaced the CRT and yoke about 20 years ago but I know there is less than 20 hours on that CRT so it is still basically new and have been nursing it along. But now that it is close to having been restored, yes there were a few paper caps and one black beauty...sheesh, they just had to stick that one in there....it has come a long way.
As soon as I am done with the touch ups, the CTC-47 goes on the bench to see what the heck fried under that chassis to cause the HV loss.
I just love these old tvs.
