1967 GE PortaColor found today with original cart!

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Originally Posted by julianburke

Today I headed to Chattanooga, Tennessee to an estate sale (from Knoxville) as several TV's were shown as were some radios. One was a GE PortaColor TV. I got there a little after opening and they were slow to let people in after about 15 or so and after that only 2 at a time. (stupid covid 19) I thought Oh NO, I'll never get anything now.
Turns out no one was even looking at all of any of the electronics and there was a lot. I found not only the little PortaColor but it was sitting on its' original Gusdorf roll around cart!! I have never seen a special made cart for a PortaColor! On top of that, the set is a 1967 model M213CWD that will clean up nicely. Physically the whole thing is complete with no damage and perfect built in rabbit ears, only needing cleaning and a better power cord from about 35+ years of sitting downstairs.
I haven't checked it out yet but will post pictures of it when it is cleaned up and fixed if necessary. Of all the crazy stuff, all of what I wanted was priced way much better than reasonable and all of the stuff I didn't want was priced way beyond outrageous, ie, a box mixture of about 25 or so dirty wax NOS capacitors that no tech would want priced at $75!!! Go figure.

The cart, the cart--I love that little cart!!! It is the original Gusdorf cart as there are two short wire fingers on the rear that are bent 90 degrees inward only to support the rear "feet" of the PortaColor which shows someone spent the extra money (about $25) for this little tabletop "kitchen" set of 1967. The set sits 100% perfectly on the cart.

The set and cart have not been cleaned yet but there was interest to see them ASAP.


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I worked on one of the early models with the early CRT.
The set was more of a novelty, than a practical color TV. A year later, RCA came out with the CTC22, for a few more bucks. That picture was really great when the set was new.
Around the same time, the Japanese small screen sets came out, for less money.