1947 DuMont Clifton

[Ampico-kid]

I'm just getting started on the restoration of my '47 DuMont Clifton. I thought I'd take a few "before" pictures and share them with you all.

The first photo was taken the day the set came home with me last year.

The rest of the shots are of the main chassis underside, side profile with tubes removed, and front. Note the AM tuning dial on the left front and the set up controls across the bottom front. The frontal location for the set up controls makes perfect sense, since you need to be in the front anyway to see the screen.

To my surprise there aren't a whole army of paper caps under the chassis. And the layout seems pretty spacious with easy access to the various components.

Not shown is the power supply chassis which is already in various stages of disassembly.

The CRT (an original DuMont labeled tube) tests in the lower good range once it's had a chance to warm up a bit. I'll have a better idea of the actual condition once I get the rest of the restoration completed and can run it for a while.

I'll keep you posted on the progress (or lack of) during the restoration.

Bob