50 Set Pictures.

[zenithfan1]

I love that Sylvania roundie Ya done good!

[AUdubon5425]

I didn't mention it before, but I damaged a nerve in my back March 27th and couldn't walk for three days. Found out I have osteoarthritis. I was very worried I would have to back out, but God is good and the back healed quickly. I was able to do all that driving and a bunch of lifting without significant pain or having to use medication. But Bryan and Dan did the majority of the lifting - I packed everything in the vans (I'm pretty good at that.)

I talked to Dan a few hours ago and he was approaching Albuquerque. He said the highway in Mississippi was very rough and he was worried about the sets, but that nothing appeared to have moved. That's what I wanted to hear. I basically lined the sides with consoles and packed tabletops and CRT boxes between them, using furniture blankets to keep CRT necks from contacting their neighbor and keeping everything snug. I hope he takes a picture before he unloads it.

[sampson159]

great pictures!what a goldmine.the solid state sylvanias are very desirable to me as is that d-16 slide control hybrid.that may have been sylvanias best set ever.tremendous crts and the design was simple and easy to repair.second only to the flat chassis zenith as the best ever with the xl100 a close third.your trip brought some excitement to a boring year for me.i am glad you shared this with us!

[ctc17]

a huge thanks to bryan and ryan. what a group of awesome guys. eric h too. if he hadn't posted the auction it would have gone unnoticed.

yes some of the roads are really bad. super hard shaking.

great news so far. im surprised all the crts are so good.

btw. its no longer hybird. its 'multi state'

[jeyurkon]

AUdubon, you have some great finds! About the Philco yoke, I have several Philco yokes in storage. I don't think any of them are for a color crt, but I'll check.

John

[AUdubon5425]

Originally Posted by ctc17

btw. its no longer hybird. its 'multi state'

I'll clarify: Dan found a brochure for the '74 Teledyne line (Packard Bell was hardly mentioned in the brochure and not put on the sets at all that last year.) The hybrid sets were dubbed "Multi State" I kinda like that.

[ctc17]

Home, we didnt wrap them properly so most of my favorites are trashed. The cabinets got wasted.

[Glenz75]

Just reading that gave me a sinking feeling in my stomach You must be gutted.... Are any of them salvageable?

Originally Posted by ctc17

Home, we didnt wrap them properly so most of my favorites are trashed. The cabinets got wasted.

[radiotvnut]

Originally Posted by ctc17

Home, we didnt wrap them properly so most of my favorites are trashed. The cabinets got wasted.

At first, I thought you were playing a joke. Then, I talked to Ryan and realized that you weren't kidding. I'm very sorry that this happened and hope that, once you start unloading TV's, you find that the damage is not as bad as you first thought. Keep us posted.

[sanjarali]

It is for you find an unbelievable. It is difficult to believe this thing be unused space for that unless can be. It shows how you wasted space is in America! In my country, to say that Space has been used by the Government that the House as an act of Charity in the street people. It looks like TV sets However many interesting. I envy you all very!

[ctc17]

Originally Posted by sanjarali

It is for you find an unbelievable. It is difficult to believe this thing be unused space for that unless can be. It shows how you wasted space is in America! In my country, to say that Space has been used by the Government that the House as an act of Charity in the street people. It looks like TV sets However many interesting. I envy you all very!

How did you know exactly how I felt about opening the Packard Bell table top sets and finding out they were Japan made!!

[ctc17]

Ill get the sets unloaded tomorrow and have a better idea of how what did. From the 5 table tops I pulled out today it looks like Packard Bell was putting their names on tube Mitsubishi sets.

[radiotvnut]

One of those PB B&W portables from '72 was actually a rebadged GE!

The other B&W portable and the little color portable are Japanese built; but, I haven't opened them up, yet.

[ctc17]

Originally Posted by radiotvnut

One of those PB B&W portables from '72 was actually a rebadged GE!

The other B&W portable and the little color portable are Japanese built; but, I haven't opened them up, yet.

I just pulled apart one of the packard bell portables that looks like a port a color and it is. The tag inside says GE H4 Chassis. There is a tag on the back of the crt that says 'made expressly for teledyne packard bell'

Ill post some pix later

[ctc17]

Got all the stuff unloaded and packed in the garage. Its going to take a year plus to sort through everything and test it.
The sets I did test all had some little problem. The good thing is the crts are all strong and all seem to have good hv.
The first one on the bench now is the 20x1c38 table top. It has all kinds of weird problems. contrast pot does nothing, pulled in on the sides with a moving S pattern, color is not consistent through the picture.