1973 Motorola Quasar II estate sale find!

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This weekend at the estates I picked up a nice 1973 Motorola Quasar II console set. The Quasar II is the tube/hybrid chassis and was priced a little cheaper than the regular "Quasar" which was all solid state. This is the TS-934 chassis and it was built in the 271st day (Sept. 28th) of 1973 at the Motorola TV complex in Franklin Park, IL.

This one comes in an attractive higher end Mediterranean cabinet with the red cloth speaker grille.

This was another unique situation in which the TV was just never used and remained unplugged. At the sale, I tried this one out expecting some sort of defect, however, it worked with a bright picture on channels 6 and 48. Due to the layout of the house it was in, I am led to believe that it was always in the basement which was nice and dry.
Typically, the ERO caps in these sets are always leaky or shorted causing a plethora of issues, but somehow the ones in this set have survived the test of time.

The original owners were WWII generation Italian Americans. They took very good care of their home and furnishings, which I typically see this with the Italian, German and Czech owned homes here in my area.

Here are some more photos for your enjoyment.