CTC17X Combo Set

[kx250rider]

I feel the same thing; having been a collector now for nearly 35 years, as I have too many BIG sets to ever have time to enjoy restoring or even displaying/appreciating. I think I'd call it hoarding, but I draw the line at where I will not allow anything to deteriorate, and I only have one vintage TV at a time in the livingroom. After all, it seems "real" when it looks like a 1965 Zenith roundie, or whatever I might have in place at the moment, is the "main family TV".

So I rotate sets. I have a 1200-sf building on a rental property down in Los Angeles, where I keep a lot of sets, and just pull one out and put one away now & then. My mini & pocket TV collection is all on a set of neat shelves in the family room, so that's not too imposing. I would NOT have any of these extra sets, if I had to pay storage costs, or if they were stored in a way that they were going to deteriorate or pose a nuisance.

Charles

[hi_volt]

Fortunately, I have a large enough house that I can display pretty much all of my sets without it getting too crowded or look like a museum or TV store. I still work full time, so I don't have a lot of time to do the necessary electrical restorations yet (I do get to retire in a few more years). When I get a set, my short term goal is preservation and display. In my shop (garage), I clean up the inside and outside, do some minor cabinet restoration if needed, check the CRT, do a quick, careful electrical check to determine the operating condition of the set, and then bring it into the house for display. Once I retire, I plan to start on the electrical restorations.

[hi_volt]

The CTC17X combo unit is now sitting in my garage. The thing was filthy and had lots of paint splatter on the top of the cabinet. Spent the evening cleaning the outside of the cabinet and getting all the damn paint off. Fortunately it was latex paint, so it at least came off. The inside is just as filthy as the outside was, but at least is all there. Looks like it's had a new CRT installed at some time in its life, as it's definitely not the original one and it looks like it doesn't have a lot of hours on it. Whoever installed it didn't do a very good job, as it doesn't sit flat against the front bezel. There's about a quarter inch gap. Emissions are good on all three guns and just some green halo for a cataract. Will post pix on Sunday morning.

[hi_volt]

Pictures below. The cabinet is going to need some work. Not sure if the original finish can be salvaged or not. May need to strip and sand this one. At least it has a good 25AP22.

[hi_volt]

One final picture