TV meet-up in the O.C. last Wednesday

[kx250rider]

A TV collector from San Diego (For respect of privacy, I'll let him post personally rather than blab), and I met up at my friend Gary's place in Orange County, CA on Wednesday to visit and trade a couple of TVs... Gary demonstrated his working RCA TRK-12, and we got to see his collection.

I traded my RCA CTC-27 motel set for a SUPER-clean Panasonic late 60s color tube set; CT-66. I think I got the better deal! I'm really happy with this trade, as the early Japanese color sets are just about disappearing. This one looks virgin on the inside, and looks like it had very little use due to the almost non-existent wear & tear on the controls. The other collector got a nice set from Gary as well, and I picked up the Sony LV-1901 Betamax/Trinitron console from Gary that I had made a deal on a couple months back. I had forgotten that the LV-1901 weighs 288 pounds . It was upstairs, and we brought it down on a fridge dolly. I remember moving plenty of heavy sets down stairs on this type of dolly when I was a in the business, and I never had a problem couterbalancing to tilt the dolly, and never a problem standing it back up. But I've lost weight and worked hard to get back in shape, so it got me by surprise.... I had no problem lifting it, but when I went to stand the dolly back upright with the TV on it, it rocketed me up off the floor like a rag doll! That was a surprise. I had always weighed around 195 to 210, and now am about 155 or 160. No damage (to the TV).... My shoulders are giving me a stern warning, however. I was in our Chevy 4x4, whose tailgate is about 50" off the ground. It took the 3 of us to heave the console up into the truck, where it still sits this morning. I'll unload it later today with the tractor, which will be much easier.

I also got a nearly complete "parts" LV-1901 chassis, if anyone is looking for parts (SG-613 is missing, naturally).

Charles

(bottom photo of LV-1901 is a generic factory photo since my set is still in the truck as I post)







Charles