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Old 12-30-2010, 09:53 PM
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Indeed, that is the set that I bought as a kid with the first $100* I ever earned...washing the family dishes at 25 cents a meal. Been collecting TVs for a while

Since, I have collected Red, White, and Silver models with stands, and a Silver model without a stand, but with "feet" attached to the bottom. The "stand less" silver model that I have has a plastic implosion shield rather than glass. Has anybody collected the "stand less" model in any of the other colors?

*I believe list price was $129, but my parents had a friend at the RCA dealership.

jr

Update: It looks as if Phil has restored a Black "stand less" model:
http://antiqueradio.org/rca16.htm

The CRTs don't appear to have any unusual life problems, my orig CRT is still plenty bright/good focus. Right now the set has a horiz frequency problem that I need to fix
jr

Last edited by jr_tech; 12-30-2010 at 10:19 PM. Reason: add link to Black Stand less restoration
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