CTC-25 Rescue

[JCFitz]

Originally Posted by bgadow

JC, I still have it-I haven't really touched it since this thread. I won't junk it-if you or anyone else is interested, I will let it go to a good home.

There is a semi-retired repairman in town who stopped over a few weeks ago needing a copy of the Sams for a 25. Turns out that somebody asked his help in reviving a combo; apparently they paid to have it shipped from out west. Wish I knew more about that one.

Yeah.I had been thinking about the sets from my childhhood lately and I figured only the 17 and 25 had that control panel.It says New Vista Color on it also.My stepmother would barely let me touch it but I did sneak a look in the back when no one was around and it just about has to have been a 25. I remember watching that tv a lot through the mid to late 70s up til 1981 when I was at my dad's house. I don't know where he got it as he must have bought it used.I remember specifically watching the tv man fix it one time.Think it was the high voltage cup arcing. I saw him take the old one out. Sometimes it would go away to the shop for 2 weeks.I wouldn't doubt one of those times was to replace the flyback transformer.

If you don't get rid of it before I find one I've been looking for a house.Maybe I'll have more room and can take it then.

I doubt if I'll ever find the one my mom had around the same time period as it was a solid state Sears-Warwick with instant on.

That tv actually had a nice picture though. The original frosted safety glass type Silvertone tube was shot when I resurrected it to sell in the late 80s and I found a nice strong Philco tube and it once again had a nice picture. Btw I ressurected it with a chassis from a Warwick copy of the Zenith white Avanti style tv given to me by the long defunct Wicomico TV.Never seen another one like that.Should have saved that one too but the tube was near dead(Damn instant on) and it was hard enough to find another chassis like mine.