Admiral console on youknowwhere - Videokarma.org TV - Video

freakaftr8 · #1 10-01-2009, 02:16 AM

Im guessing 67/68
Looks like it's priced right. In Des Moines Iowa.
Green halo and all.. Guess the cabinet needs a lil work but all in all it should be saved.

The guy selling it seems to be a little knowladgable and more in depth than the usual person selling off an old set. He may be the orig owner? Hmmm.

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-ADMIRAL-...d=p3286.c0.m14

*zenithfan1* · #2 10-01-2009, 08:04 AM

Can someone please post a pic from the auction, I'm at work and the bay is blocked. Thanks!

Tony V · #3 10-01-2009, 08:28 AM

Here you go...

*zenithfan1* · #4 10-01-2009, 09:15 AM

Thanks Tony! That's kinda ugly LOL. I'd be interested if it had Sonar remote.

ctc17 · #5 10-01-2009, 10:30 AM

It looks ok. The halo does kinda make it look ugly. Is this one of the ones with the rca clone chassis?

*zenithfan1* · #6 10-01-2009, 10:37 AM

I believe it is.....most were clones I think.

kx250rider · #7 10-01-2009, 10:43 AM

Admiral had it's own chassis by then... The mid-60s and before had a CTC-16 clone in many of them.

Charles

*zenithfan1* · #8 10-01-2009, 10:47 AM

Wow, the '67 I had looked "cloney" to me but I guess it was just similar. It had the "licensed by Hazeltine research" sticker which was an RCA subsidiary IIRC. My '65 looks almost identical to a CTC16

kx250rider · #9 10-01-2009, 10:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zenithfan1

Wow, the '67 I had looked "cloney" to me but I guess it was just similar. It had the "licensed by Hazeltine research" sticker which was an RCA subsidiary IIRC. My '65 looks almost identical to a CTC16

The '63-'65-ish roundie Admirals were 16 clones, but there were a few earlier roundies and maybe even some made at the same time, that had the dual horizontal output tubes, and as far as I know, most all rectangular tube chassis were non-clone. They had fewer small tubes and more weird compactrons.

Charles

*zenithfan1* · #10 10-01-2009, 10:55 AM

My '65 roundie has the dual outputs but still looks like a 16 as far as how it's laid out. I don't own a 16 (yet) so there might be some differences I'm missing. My '68 tabletop has some weird tubes now that you mention it.

freakaftr8 · #11 10-01-2009, 11:43 AM

I have yet to see a set in preson with dual output HOTs...

*zenithfan1* · #12 10-01-2009, 01:54 PM

It's pretty cool, there's some pics of it on my tv page at the bottom. It's the '65 Admiral roundie. I replaced the flyback and the HV rect. tube socket since the pics were taken. The socket in the photo where it was replaced got ruined when I unsoldered the HV lead so I put in a second one that looks the same. Unfortunately they are both pink. Ugggh.

bgadow · #13 10-01-2009, 09:49 PM

My Admiral roundie is a '63 model as I recall, and is not a clone. It is a lot like the RCA sets, but is mirror-image (HV cage on the opposite side) and has plenty of other differences. Single HO. I had another Admiral roundie years ago-I don't remember much about that chassis except it was copper colored.

Admiral was a pretty large volume manufacturer, and had dabbled in color for years. I'm pretty sure this would be a unique chassis. That cabinet doesn't do much for me, that's for sure, but that wouldn't stop me if it were local. I've always had a soft spot for their stuff.