Estate Sale Finds In 2011!

[radiotvnut]

Nice find! From what I've seen, PB sets of this era were of very high quality. I have a '67 TV-only color console that has basically the same chassis. Mine has some color issues and a CRT with cataracts; but, I think it will be a good one, once I fix it. I also have a '66 PB 19" B&W "Astronaut". This set is also built on a vertical handwired chassis w/ power transformer. On this one, the yoke is missing and the CRT is nearly dead; but, I'd still like to fix it.

I have a '69-'70 PB color console with the same control layout as yours; but, the chassis is the standard PC board based horizontal style.

Towards the end, many PB sets were rebadged GE's, Panasonic's, etc.

I think PB got out of the radio/TV business in '74 and they made one solid state color console during their final year.

PB sets never turn up in my area, either. These were obtained, about 1.5 years ago, when we went to that shop in SC. They were a PB dealer and that's where I found out what I know about PB. I've also been told that the sets from the '67-'68 years are better performers than the stuff from the early '70's.