1965 Westinghouse Attache Twelve NIB

[mcmlxv]

I just picked up this Westinghouse portable. It's from the estate of a Sears sales rep. The set was made in Japan and contains an interesting mix of USA-made WH and Japan-made Hitachi tubes date coded 1965. The CRT is Mitsubishi-built. The set has a nice picture, and the little speaker really performs.

The set was found new, sealed in its box. The picture it's producing below is a YouTube feed from my computer. No amount of adjustment eliminates the distortion on the right side of the screen. But I'm leaving I alone. The issue isn't so bad that I want to compromise its originality. And boy does it run hot.

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[dishdude]

Now that is a cool find!

[magnasonic66]

That is so cool!! It even picks up old TV broadcasts, Gloria Swanson on To Tell The Truth!

[Electronic M]

Neat set! I guess by the mid 60's they changed their slogan to "You can't be sure if its REALLY a Westinghouse"...

[mcmlxv]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

Neat set! I guess by the mid 60's they changed their slogan to "You can't be sure if its REALLY a Westinghouse"...

I was surprised that it was Japan-made. I though WH offshored a little later. Even so, it's obvious Westinghouse was the dominant partner. The only evidence of Japanese parts is the Hitachi sun logo on some tubes and the three diamond Mitsu logo on the CRT label and yoke. The names of the parent companies are absent.

[Olorin67]

I think a lot of companies that otherwise built their own sets started outsourcing small less profitable things like portables in the mid 60's. by the late 60's most 12" and under sets were imports I think.

[wa2ise]

It looks a little bit like this radio that looks a little like a TV set. The marketing dept must have been a wild place to work back then...

[dishdude]

It does look like that funky clock radio! Was the Westinghouse TV and Radio division headquartered in Pittsburgh?

[Electronic M]

The UHF and tuning knobs are VERY similar. I've got one of those westy clock radios...It looked cool and was cheap so I figured what the hey.

[Chip Chester]

Time to gut the radio and install an iPad behind the bezel and run a fishtank screen saver on it. But then, the clock-radio purists will be up in arms about the damn TV guys "upcycling" their goodies. It's always somethin'.

Chip

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by dishdude

It does look like that funky clock radio! Was the Westinghouse TV and Radio division headquartered in Pittsburgh?

Pittsburgh was the large electrical equipment plant, switchgear, transformers, motors and generators. The earlier radios were built at Sunbury, PA. All the later electronics were made at Metuchen, NJ.
The CRT label has E-MET on it.

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by mcmlxv

I was surprised that it was Japan-made. I though WH offshored a little later. Even so, it's obvious Westinghouse was the dominant partner. The only evidence of Japanese parts is the Hitachi sun logo on some tubes and the three diamond Mitsu logo on the CRT label and yoke. The names of the parent companies are absent.

The set's Mitsubishi built.
IIRC, there was a manufacturing agreement between Westinghouse and Mitsubishi, even with the large electrical equipment line.

BTW, I wonder how many people younger than me can decipher Roman numerals. My year is MCMXLIV.

[Marco-nix]

Very neat set

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

Neat set! I guess by the mid 60's they changed their slogan to "You can't be sure if its REALLY a Westinghouse"...

I have a Westinghouse pre-war table radio, that was built by Stromberg-Carlson. Even the paper caps are marked with their name.
Some of the refrigerator radios were built by Wells-Gardner.

[zeno]

MGA CRT & yoke probably all MGA built. I dont remember
seeing these, just the W built ones that looked the
same on the outside. Look for the three diamonds on
the main PCB. The set looks better built than the other Jap tube sets
so probably all MGA.

73 Zeno