What did I do!?!?

[mattdavala]

Good day fellow TV collectors.

I did what I am sure alot of us have done. I have been told by my girlfriend other not to bring home anything else. I did well for awhile. Until today. . .

I never check craigslist. Well in the Portland, OR craigslist was "59 Majestic console" - - - - Free . . . . It was sitting in a closet of most likely the origional owners house. I've been wanting a 5U4 powered TV for a couple months now so I decided to check this set out. Its got one. . . . . Its model Majestic 21D59. Presumably a 59 model. Doing research though, it seems they stopped produciton in 58??

Its sitting in my Vw bus now, it might stay there for a bit. . . My apartment is already to small and too cluttered. The set is actually really well built. 3 video IF's and diode detectors. TWO 10 inch speakers(might be two 8 inch though). Chassis is complete and only dusty. Plenty of replaced tubes. Don't know what brand they should be to be origional. CRT has NO brightener attached and flyback looks good. CRT is supposed to be a 21ZP4(I think) But a brief look at the tube looks like **EP4B. The numbers are blocked by the ion trap. Horizontal output is one of those without the plate cap.

Cabinet needs to be refinished. Its scratched up real bad. I've never had to do a cabinet before. I'll need help because I know nothing about refinishing.

Here are pictures. Kinda hard to take a picture of the front, because of its location in my Vw.

My girlfriend is kinda cheesed off. . . . She is still at work and I told her . . . I know I can recap this baby in a couple hours, but the refinishing the cabinet should be a priority.

Anyone else with Majestic TV? I know nothing about them.

Best regards,
Matt Davala