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Grimer, you do as good as anyone at finding things!
I was given a CTC-140 console (as mentioned in another thread) it was pretty rough looking with a bubbling fake finish, the insides loaded with mouse droppings. Since I couldn't fix it in 5 minutes or less, I parted it out.
A friend has a 36" BPC sitting his porch, says it has "no yellow". I told him I will make it dissappear for him if he helps load it on my truck. If it isn't a solder joint or something equally simple, well, another will bite the dust.
My uncle called me earlier in the week and asked if I wanted his old TV. It's an RCA console he bought in the early 80s; I remember it well. Prior to that he had a rectangular Admiral from the 60s. One day the circuit breaker popped and he decided it was the last straw, and went shopping. I can recall at the time he said he carefully examined RCA, GE, Zenith & Magnavox and decided this was the best. (I also recall him saying that the Zenith was so poorly put together that you could look in the back of the cabinet and see out the front through the cracks) Yeah, he was probably paying more attention to the cabinets than the electronics. The Admiral still played okay and was relegated to the back room. I liked to sneak in and watch it...I really need to confirm that it got junked long ago. (that has been my assumption) It would be great to learn that it is actually in his barn, but I doubt it. Anyway, a few years back my aunt won a new TV in a contest and the RCA got put in the back room itself. I'll probably ride out there and get it before the weekend, and attempt to give it away. There are some happy memories associated with it; I recall when it was brand new being over there for a New Years Eve party. Everyone was gathered around watching Dick Clark. I snuck in the other room and watched CBS & NBC on the Admiral. Johnny Carson said he would have the ball drop at midnight; knowing he was on tape I thought this must be something special so I went in the living room at a few minutes to midnight and, against the protests of the others there, swithced the channel. Turns out Johnny did this fake thing with an apple on a skewer, sitting on his desk. I really got yelled at, and quickly switched back to ABC in time to see the confetti fly. Memories...but not enough for me to keep the RCA myself, I don't think!
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Bryan
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