Found An Old Friend

[kvflyer]

As a kid growing up, I often hung around my Dad's workbench as he worked on televisions, radios and an occasional piece of audio equipment. I remember a small 7" mahogany Motorola TV. Turns out, that was a VT-71. I also remember an RCA table model set that was a monster, weighing almost 100 pounds and having a 10" screen. Turns out that was an RCA 630TS. I have no idea where they went over the years. Most likely place was the landfill.

I got a mahogany Motorola VT-71, restored it and it works great. In the meantime, I got three more mahogany VT-71 sets and a very nice blonde mahogany VT-71. One of the unrestored mahogany sets has channel 1.

Yesterday, I got a very nice 630TS that is in very good cosmetic condition. The finish is salvageable without a refinish. I am uncertain about the CRT but for what I paid, $35, I was not even going to allow it to pass me by. It has channel 1, it has the back, It has the safety glass front glass. But I took off the glass and wrapped it up because I have to move the set to Florida and don't want the glass to break.

Also, I got several 7" sets, two are Emerson 600 models and both CRTs have been marked good emission, another 7" Silvertone with CRT and two more chassis for parts.

I am really chuffed to have the RCA and I love the 7" sets as well.

Only things missing on the RCA 630TS are the bottom metal cover and the left lower glass retaining clamp. The top and right are there. I have stored them for safe keeping. I can also see that the channel selector knob has been glued. Not bad, but repaired.