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06-23-2009, 07:08 PM
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That's a 4-5 hour round trip for me, and would be difficult to make right now. It is a nice looking set; the legs remind me of a '65 GE console stereo I once had.
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06-23-2009, 07:51 PM
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And still no word from them!
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06-23-2009, 10:36 PM
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As I mentioned on ARF, I'm going with GE. In the early 90s I brought one home from the auction dump that had a very similiar control panel. I only kept that set for a very short while (stupid!) so I don't recall much about it. The set we had when I was a kid-the first I ever watched-was along these lines, but with open knobs at top. Same metal grillework at the bottom though. Something like a KE chassis. Not very reliable, but neat sets.
But, it could be any number of oddballs.
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06-24-2009, 09:09 AM
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They gave a phone number in the listing, and I get long distance phone service for less than 4 cents per minute.
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06-24-2009, 10:49 AM
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Or many Heathkits were badged Bell & Howell, and a few other tech school names. I just can't figure it out, but with all due respect, I can't see a Magnavox connection. Magnavox always had a unique front bezel, clearly to me different from this set. Anyone considered it might be Canadian (Electrohome, Phillips, et al)? Charles
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06-24-2009, 10:53 AM
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I don't mean to be a smartass either; but, I'm not running up a long distance phone bill for something that will probably not work out. I've done that too many times and the only thing it got me was a long distance charge on my phone bill. It's really bad when you get someone that wants to talk for 30 minutes. If they want to sell/give away their stuff that bad, they should pay close attention to their email. I check my email several times a day, especially when I have something for sale or am expecting to hear from someone.
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06-24-2009, 05:17 PM
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Looks like a Penny's (Penncrest) set from the early 70's. This is solely based on having worked on one for a buddy of mine - 5GH8's in a series string...ugh. The bottom panel flops out (like some RCAs) and the top panel opens on hinges to reveal the tuners and master on-off/volume. His was a remote set - remote amp (transistorized) was to the left of the chassis under the tuner.
RCA made some early modular XL-100's with a similar cabinet (CTC4X and CTC5X chassis sets), but his one aint an RCA. 'tis only a guess... Cheers,
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06-24-2009, 05:50 PM
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so who got it? I got a reply from them this morning, they said "sorry, someone already took it". They still never told me what make it was. Wonder what kind of cabinet it will be made into as I'm sure the TV will get gutted out. Darn it, that was a neat set. Too bad nobody here was able to save it.
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06-24-2009, 07:09 PM
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It wasn't I! Unless there's some TV collectors in these parts that I'm unaware of, this set probably got turned into something that it would be best if we not found out about. People around here love to do such things to old TV's. If someone on here got it, please speak up so we can all rest easier knowing that it's safe!
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06-24-2009, 08:21 PM
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It was ME!!!! It's a GE!! Works PERFECT!!
Not really, just kidding.  I'm sure cats will be shitting in it by tomorrow.
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06-25-2009, 08:14 PM
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I remembered where I'd seen something like that before. Here ya go. It's a GE. This scan is from the December 1968 issue of _Consumer Bulletin_ (a.k.a. Consumer's Research Bulletin).
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06-26-2009, 02:11 AM
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Don't feel bad - I responded to a 2-week old ad on the Atlanta CL when I was up there for an early 70's Zenith, looked like a CCII. Seller told me they tried selling and even giving it away for six weeks and finally put it out for the garbage a few days before I called. We all agreed it was a waste and a shame but they were older people who were moving so what could they do? At least they tried.
Of course, I've seen people buy these sets claiming they're gonna make aquariums out of them, but have never seen one converted like that in person.
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06-26-2009, 11:19 AM
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I did finally hear from them and they confirmed that the TV was gone. They did mention that they had a '77 Zenith console and the little Zenith console stereo from around '62. The stereo looks like a low end model and '77 is a little too new for me to be making long trips; so, I guess I'll pass.
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06-26-2009, 07:23 PM
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Oh boy, so it turned out to be a 1968 GE. I hope it's in good hands.
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