Very nice looking Admiral in Michigan.

[peverett]

The whole thing is bakelike. I have three that are similar. Admiral liked to use bakelite in that time period for some reason.

[jln1966]

I have a chassis with picture tube from one of those.

[jeyurkon]

Well, I can't complain about the price. Now I need to take a short drive to Grand Rapids.

John

[bgadow]

Originally Posted by peverett

The whole thing is bakelike. I have three that are similar. Admiral liked to use bakelite in that time period for some reason.

Story goes that the head of Admiral was good friends with the head of the Bakelite Corp. They say that the bakelite consoles that Admiral sold were the largest bakelite pieces ever sold.

[wa2ise]

Heard that Admiral had a bakelite molding machine that was huge, like 3 stories tall. Seems it had to be big to make the bakelite consoles, like mine:

A machine like that had to be a huge investment, so they'd want to make a lot of use of it.

[jeyurkon]

Well, I won the auction on Thursday. My neighbor had asked me to go to Holland Michigan with him to help with some issues with his nav electronics on his new sailboat.

The TV was in Zeeland very close to Holland so we picked it up on the way there. The seller was very cooperative and delayed a trip by an hour so that we could pick it up.

$5 and no gas. Can't beat that!

It's still in my neighbor's vehicle. I need to find a spot to put it tomorrow.

John

[Eric H]

Great deal John, glad it's in good hands and not a Fishtanker.

Is it as nice in person as it looked on eBay?

[jeyurkon]

Yes, it's really clean. The seller kept trying to point out defects to me that were pretty minuscule.

I haven't spent any time with it yet. I still need to get it out of my neighbor's vehicle. Then I want to test the CRT. I suspect it's o.k.

The knobs are very wobbly. Maybe that's normal.

John