Buk Auction

[bandersen]

I did indeed - the second one bundled with a National and Emerson I figured I needed one flagship set to finish off my collection. As my friend put it - "welcome to the four figure club". I'll just eat Top Ramen for the rest of the year

The plan is my friend in NY will pick it up during the week and deliver it on his way to the West coast in late June. Fingers crossed they make it here in one piece.

[rld-tv01]

I got the Clifton auctioned first. I had been looking for a Dumont Clifton for over 10 years. I got a Clifton advertisement off eBay this past year which advertised winning a new Clifton so I knew one was coming my way. I wanted to get one without the other tvs since I just moved back to Southern Ca this month and still have a load of tvs to haul from storage in Virginia. Your Clifton only has 5 small knobs in the center versus the six knobs on the other two. I wonder what the difference is?

[Ampico-kid]

Originally Posted by rld-tv01

I got the Clifton auctioned first. Your Clifton only has 5 small knobs in the center versus the six knobs on the other two. I wonder what the difference is?

The Clifton with 5 knobs is the earlier version that has no external focus control. The focus control on the 5 knob version is accessed behind the removable wooden panel just below the knobs. The 6th knob on the later version is a focus control.

[toober]

Originally Posted by bandersen

I'll just eat Top Ramen for the rest of the year

The plan is my friend in NY will pick it up during the week and deliver it on his way to the West coast in late June. Fingers crossed they make it here in one piece.

Top Ramen? You will wish you have that luxury. Maruchan is 60 cents cheaper per six pack.

Anyway, you could be getting these sets as soon as late May - including the super special mystery RCA portable, awarded to the guy with the highest blood pressure.

--
Will

[Phil Nelson]

Originally Posted by bandersen

I did indeed - the second one bundled with a National and Emerson

What fun! Let's hope they are all delivered safely.

A Clifton is one set I would be tempted to give the Special Treatment (stuffing the paper caps, for instance).

Phil Nelson

[Ampico-kid]

Originally Posted by Phil Nelson

A Clifton is one set I would be tempted to give the Special Treatment (stuffing the paper caps, for instance).

Phil Nelson

Phil, I think you'd really have your hands full trying to restuff these paper caps.






I replaced these, and many more just like them in my Clifton.

Bob

[Phil Nelson]

What a pitiful bunch. You're right, not much to work with.

If a person really couldn't stand the sight of modern caps under that chassis, I guess you could make replica tubes -- new labels created in Photoshop, etc. Lots of work, but for most folks restoring a Clifton would be a once-in-a-lifetime experience, so why rush?

I'm not saying it has to be done that way, just indulging in some vicarious "what if" thinking. I'll likely never lay hands on one of those, so speculating & daydreaming is about all I'm left with

Phil Nelson

[rld-tv01]

For the purest historians etc you should photograph the capacitors before removing, then bag and label them with location removed from he set etc, and keep them with documentation for the set. Then 300 years from now people can analyze it.

[M3-SRT8]

Originally Posted by rld-tv01

For the purest historians etc you should photograph the capacitors before removing, then bag and label them with location removed from he set etc, and keep them with documentation for the set. Then 300 years from now people can analyze it.

What will be on Television 300 years from now?

I know...The Three Stooges.

[decojoe67]

Originally Posted by M3-SRT8

What will be on Television 300 years from now?

I know...The Three Stooges.

I sure hope so! Love the Stooges.