The remains of a Setchell Carlson dealership in my hands

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Originally Posted by Bill Cahill

They're not real common, but, not a big ticket set, either. The big selling point was set acted up, you called the company, they sent a tech out with a replacement chassis to supposedly fix your problem They really weren't a high grade set. Mine was a 21" with A M radio, and, a four speed VM record changer in a drawer that also containned the speaker. Not good in the fidelity department.

The set you were referring to, probably still wasn't cheap. Priced at around $600.00.
The circuitry used in the mid-50's, B/W models shown, was generally a step above, the Zeniths and RCA's of the day. IIRC, many had four IF stages, keyed AGC, two stages of video output and push-pull audio output.
It seems to me, that they were order-out, like a car and assembled per the order.