1948 Delco TV-71

These sets were made by Hallicrafters and I've seen online they were the same chassis as the T-54. However, the cabinet is almost identical to the T506. However, the T506 was made in '49 and doesn't have channel 1. A little intrigue here.

The power cord on this one was obviously a newer one that was pigtailed and taped on. It wouldn't pull through the opening in the back, so I cut it off. I'll replace it later. Pulled out the chassis. Lots of cob webs and lots of dirt on the chassis. Several brands of tubes there, with a few newer Sylvania ones. Lots of pencil marks I figured the uncle made while working on it.

The CRT is a RCA one, and has a date of 1-49 on the base. The guy told me there was a spare CRT that was with the set when they took it from the uncle's house, but he sold it to somebody else. Hmmm, what I've read is these were made in only in '48. The CRT is 1-49. Maybe what the guy sold was the original CRT (which probably had a lot of hours on it) and this is a better replacement the uncle put in?