1960's NZ Murphy Television.

[Glenz75]

Hi guys, well the TV collection has grown yet again...Just the other day I picked up this New Zealand made Murphy 23 inch B&W Television for a few dollars.

It would be from the mid 1960's at a guess and I quite like the look of this one too.
Hasn't been turned on for about 20 odd years according to the previous owner, they were going to turn it into a fish tank display or something but had sold the house and were about to move house so thankfully the set was saved.

The chassis is basically an AWA 35 Series variant, and pretty certain that it was based on an Australian design. I have another Murphy and two AWA sets with the same chassis as this. From what I've been told they were reliable and performed well. On the back cover it does say 'Manufactured under license from Rank-Bush Murphy Limited'

The deflection yoke plastic shroud that holds the geometry adjust rings has decomposed and the filter caps are leaking and bulging so before I apply any power to this I'll temporarily tack some filter caps in place and then see what happens. May be a while before I get to doing this part but you never know curiosity may get the better of me.

The photos were taken with my new iPod touch as I was curious about the picture quality, not as good as a digital camera but still acceptable.

I've also done a video on You Tube about this, here is the link - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CThn6yz8fE

Enjoy!

Cheers Glen