Admiral 30A14 scored

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I took a little road trip to central Illinois and picked up yet another Admiral.
According to the owner, her husband had been lugging it around long before they were married in the hopes of getting it running again.
Sadly, he passed away before that could happen, but maybe I can fulfill his dream.

It's in rough shape to be sure, but it came with a cool bonus.

It's nice to get out of the city once in a while.
Gas sure is (relatively) cheap. It's about $4.69 in my neighborhood.



Here it is packed in my car. It's always a good idea to pull the chassis from the cabinet. There was only one screw holding down that bottom chassis


Finally back home.


Someone stuck two 5U4s in it. One of them should be a 5Y3.


It's not the original admiral 10BP4. It's a CBS/Hytron 10BP4A. The 'A' means it's a grey glass faceplate IIRC


I'm pretty sure someone replaced the tuner. The chassis mounting tab near it is mangled and the shaft is way too long.


It's possible this set originally had the early wafer switch Admiral tuner and maybe even had channel #1. The decals are too faded to make out


I have all the knobs except the channel changer.
I've seen some photos of early sets where it looked just like the others - no tail.
I do have some extras like that so I'll use one for now. The knobs with a tail are a real pain to find.
The veneer on top and the sides is pretty miserable. I'll probably just replace it all.