1965 Motorola Black and white TV, curbside find

[Jon A.]

Originally Posted by MRX37

Well even if it's worthless, it's still a piece of history and I didn't want it to suffer the fate of being ripped apart by scrappers. Or end up converted into a damn fishtank.

It's entirely possible this TV displayed the moon landings in 1969.
It's possible that it displayed news of the Vietnam war.
The oil crisis of the 70's, the technology boom of the 1980's, the rise of PC's in the 90's. Who knows how long this TV was in operation.

And for it to end its journey at the hands of some scrapper looking to score $2 worth of copper? No. Not if I can help it.

Now you're talkin'.

I wouldn't be surprised if it was Ann Margret's character in Grumpy Old Men who popularized the idea of ruining TVs to make fish tanks.