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Originally Posted by jr_tech
Wow! I would love to see that! Up till now, I thought the 10" GE "porta-color" was the smallest tube color portable.
On the RCA 8PT.... series they have lots of louvers and ran warm, but not terrible. Power transformer added weight, but also safety. I remember being a little kid and hauling my 22lb 8PT7032 (black) around with only moderate difficulty. 
Decent Pix here...too bad this one is missing the mount for the stand on one side:
http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-RCA-VICT...item35aee72e57
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jr
Un-restored childhood set, with stand:
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That is your childhood set? You should definitely restore it. I have one of these in grey. It is the version without the stand or antennas and it is one of my favorite sets. I definitely prefer it over the comparable models produced by GE and Admiral. The main reason being is that there are no PC boards. The RCA is all hand wired.