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Wow, that's a set you don't see! Glad you saved that one!

And i agree, certainly check the green belfuse. If it's good, I'd check to make sure you have proper negative bias on the HOT which would tell if the horizontal oscillator is running. I might have a tekfax for that chassis and will check later today.

As for who made it, Admiral always made and designed their own sets. In 1967, Admiral was one of the first manufacturers to open a plant in Taiwan, known as "Admiral Overseas Corporation" or "AOC" as it was officially called until Rockwell (who acquired Admiral in 1974) sold Admiral and the AOC arm in 1978. An eastern business group who purchased AOC changed the name to "AOC international" which still exists today.

This set looks like it has a lot of domestic parts in it even though it does indeed have a somewhat "Japanese look" to it. I've got a 13" version of this set from 1974 which was made in Taiwan and has a similar look with some domestic parts. This one could be a real deal Harvard, IL built set. I think Taiwan focused primarily on portable sets and radios while most of the big consoles were still built in Harvard.

Max, does the back cover have "Taiwan" molded on it?