RCA Victor 630 TS

[cbenham]

Originally Posted by Bill Cahill

Could this be one of those an employee took parts home, and, built the set? Or, prototype? All wiring is cloth. Bill Cahill

Philmore (!!!) sold a 630 kit you could build from scratch. It consisted of all the transformers, parts and sockets and an empty chassis.

Wonder if what you have is one of those?

Cliff

[Bill Cahill]

If it is, sadly, Steve McVoy feels it's worth little.
Looks like I lost on this one.
Bill Cahill

[Eric H]

Originally Posted by Bill Cahill

If it is, sadly, Steve McVoy feels it's worth little.
Looks like I lost on this one.
Bill Cahill

Not really, you still have a working 630, if the chassis is a kit that just makes it a little more interesting.

Those Meck 7" sets are no doubt quite rare but their looks don't really appeal to me much.

I'd like to see some pictures, I happen to have a 630 chassis sitting by my bench, I could take some pictures for comparison.
Could also be some overzealous restorer just washed off all the labels and "Upgraded" the sockets with Bakelite?
That would bother me a little more not having the original serial number tag but if it never had one then it's all good.

[Bill Cahill]

In my opinion, it never had labels. I was told by the gent that rebuiilt it abbout a bubble in glass on front of tube. He said somewhere on the tube it says Only to be used by employees.

The set was neatly wired. All wirring that I can see is cloth....
HV cage door is original 630.
Most screws used are flat blade, and, phillips head.
Most parts that are normally pop riveted, are held on by phillips head screws.
Ant. and, sync terminal strip are riveted on..
Could it be a prototype?
My friend Don thinks it may be...
I'll get pics as soon as I can....
Bill Cahill