Estate Sale Finds In 2011!

[Electronic M]

I also bought plenty of TV parts.






I also grabbed some parts from a 49' Dodge that I found in a junk box in the basement. I'll probably resell these so I don't stay completely broke.



Tom C.

[Adam]

That's a great haul! I'm happy to see someone saved those steel cabinet b/w sets. (They seem to be missing the built in antennas more often than not - once I found one on ebay, but I still have 2 sets needing them, they seem to be rather scarce)

[Electronic M]

I've actually got the telloscoping rabbit ears, but not the pieces to mount them. I bet the parts I need are still there in those central built in cabbinets that the TV's were set on. Sigh.
I'll post pictuers of the antenna on the set that still has it's antenna so if anyone spyies it while looking through the basement they can buy the parts for me.

Tom C.

[miniman82]

I forgot to pick up those pair of NOS Zenith tuning knobs, did you happen to end up with them? I'm sure Mark would be happy to have them.

[zenith2134]

Eyyy,,,, that's some haul!

The small Panasonic looks cool, i'd keep it!

And great,great score on the Chromacolor. Love those style

[drh4683]

This was a good weekend, picked this one up on Saturday in Westchester at 10354 Kipling Ave. It's a '68 model with the CTC30, motor drive UHF and VHF tuner, model GJ773L. Still in the living room hooked up and it actually works and is a low hour set. Usually don't find old sets like this in an Apartment. There were no other TV's in the house so I take it the lady just never watched TV.

[miniman82]

My grandparents had one almost exactly like it when I was growing up, then they replaced it with a CTC-169 Home Theater. Still have the 169, free to a loving home if someone wants it...

[DaveWM]

wow, that looks clean, hope you can get a pic of with the back off soon, I bet its pristine.

[Electronic M]

I think there was that exact gutted cabbinet sitting outside of a Hayward thrift store last summer.

[ChrisW6ATV]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

And I was ecstatic to find the original accessory timer for my first generation Zenith top loading Betamax deck!

Tom C.

That is a great find! I bet 100 Sonys were sold for every Zenith VCR in the early days.

[Electronic M]

Well I figured that I'd probably never see an example of the timer in person before this so I'm mighty happy! Ooh and it works and keeps good time too.

Here are the photos of the antenna hardware that the one set is missing.



The one metal cabinet set has great picture and sound!



Tom C.

[Findm-Keepm]

Originally Posted by drh4683

This was a good weekend, picked this one up on Saturday in Westchester at 10354 Kipling Ave. It's a '68 model with the CTC30, motor drive UHF and VHF tuner, model GJ773L.

Another RCA with the model tag still attached......what does that make.... TWO? Great find, Doug!


Cheeers,

[drh4683]

Picked up a 1966 Panasonic console color TV at a sale in Chicago at 3747 W. Eastwood Ave on Thursday. There was also a 1971 Panasonic table model TV on the cart at the same estate sale (which was actually an apartment). The '71 was a nice set, has a metal back cover. Mark was at the sale too, but we worked out a good deal that we were both happy with and both TV's got saved.
The '66 console set actually works which I didn't really expect. I'll have to do a little write up on this one as a seperate thread as its a rather unique TV. The '71 is also an unusual TV. I found interesting that this family owned all Panasonic TV's. Even more unusual that these TV's survived all these years being in an apartment. Most people that live in apartments usually don't keep old stuff like this around in their living space their whole life. They are both very special sets.

Today I went to an estate sale in Evergreen Park at 3149 W. 102nd St. In the livingroom was a mint 1969 Zenith french provincial console priced at $30.00. Its a 16Z8C50 chassis set, still plugged in, wired to the outdoor antenna and of course still working. I'm still blown away to find TV's like this survive in someone living room for over 40 years virtually untouched. The set is near mint and its another one of those TV's that never got used.

Another sale in Oak Park, at 1221 Edmer Ave. It happened yet again, I walk into the house and here in the living room sits a 1972 Zenith danish modern console with the bonus of space command 600... This is a really neat set, it has the 25CC50 chassis and another one that still plugged in, wired up to the antenna and working fine. Ironically I went to this sale to find something else, I just happened to stumble across this set which was very nice surprise.

[drh4683]

The remaining photos...

[DaveWM]

Its just stunning how many great sets are in the Chicago area, that Panasonic is sweet.