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03-28-2008, 12:35 PM
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Good stories, we've all been there I guess.
My friend left a 1981 Sylvania GT Matic on my doorstep once, and I was rather excited to open it up even though it was working okay already. The conduit which connected the UHF and VHF knob tuner boxes to one another was filled with ant eggs. There were ants all over the insides. I quickly dumped that set... 
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03-28-2008, 01:25 PM
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03-28-2008, 05:10 PM
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MRX37, don't throw away that CT-100! It's one of the first color televisions and is very rare, in fact it is estimated that only around 20 exist today.
http://home.att.net/~pldexnis/restoretv.html
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04-06-2008, 07:50 PM
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It's not as good as finding an old tv, but I just pulled a working dvd player (in good condition cosmetically too) out of the dumpster - sony dvp-s360. I can't believe somebody just tossed this unit, given the condition that it's in. The remote wasn't with it though, I wonder if one of those universal remotes will work. I went to go throw out some empty pizza boxes, came back with a good dvd player, definitely one of the best trades I've made in a while.
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04-20-2008, 10:21 PM
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After cruising through the neighborhoods of 5 or 6 Spring Clean-up bulk-trash days, I hadn't found much in the way of vintage TVs-- just lots (and lots!) of the usual 80's/90's plastic-cased sets, peppered with the occasional modern console. Until today, my only TV "find" was a 80's-era 20" stereo Zenith Advanced System 3 table model in a wood cabinet (it's got side-firing speakers that are mounted behind hinged doors to reflect the sound; the 27" version of this Zenith seems to be pretty common, but I'd never seen a 20" version before). I picked it up only because it seemed kinda "cute" seeing a "mini" version of an otherwise rather high-end Zenith late 80's table-model. When I first plugged it in, it wouldn't power up-- I thought about tossing it back where it came, but I decided to take a quick look inside to see if it might be something obvious. Sure enough, the AC line fuse was open. Replaced the fuse, and all was good..! It didn't blow the fuse again, so hopefully it was just a fluke event that originally caused it to blow.
However, today turned up something considerably more interesting than that 20" Zenith. It's an RCA CTC-16 "Edgemont" console. First round-tube color set I've seen out on the curb since I started paying attention to the 'bulk-trash' days 4 or 5 years ago. Even had its hangtag and instructions (inside their original plastic bag) dangling from a screw on the back of the cabinet. I haven't powered it up yet, but it looks very clean on the inside. I'm glad I found it before someone came by and trashed/wrecked/scavenged the thing! [Note: Yes, the legs were with it intact; I just removed them in order to make it easier to transport; the second photo is with the TV on a furniture dolly, which is why you can see wheels under the cabinet.] In any case, at least that proves that it's still possible to find something like that on trash day..!
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04-20-2008, 10:25 PM
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It's not electronic related, but I've found one of those portable basketball hoops mounted on a sand filled plastic base, a better rim and backboard for it, and even a decent basketball, all in the span of 3 weeks.
Funny, as I don't play basketball much...
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04-21-2008, 07:36 AM
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WOW! Amazing score on that RCA! That's a really, really nice looking set!
I haven't found a whole lot, but the season is just beginning. Yesterday was my first old-set find, a 10" Emerson TV/rhono/radio combo. The cabinet is really, really bad, and it was clearly left out in the rain. Speaker cone is gone, along with grillecloth No knobs, all the miniature tubes inside are missing. But, the good news is that the 10BP4 looks to be in good shape (haven't tested it yet though), and the 5U4 is still there. It's definitely just a parts set, but still - it's a find. -Ian
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