My Latest Acquisition

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I just scored this great little GE 12" B&W off Ebay for $12.00. I know some may think that is $11 more than it's worth. This is one of my favorite GE models from the Seventies. I like the styling and the cabinet is made of very thick plastic. These are generally very solid sets, especially for the time in which they were made.

The set appears to need only one thing to be complete. The telescoping antenna is broken off at the end as is so often the case with small sets. Does anyone know where I can buy a replacement rod for this? It is the typical antenna GE used all through the '70s and '80s. It attaches with two screws into a flat metal base. Anyone who has a GE of this era will know exactly what I'm talking about. It is the shorter antenna used on the B&W sets, not the long ones used on most of the color TVs GE made.

I love 12" B&W sets. They are simple, stylish and great fun to use.