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11-15-2003, 05:35 PM
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Muntz Combo!
I got this set at Goodwill for 99 cents plus tax. It is model number 5583W1 and has a 25XP22 CRT. The radio and phono portion are solid state and work wonderfully. The TV produces a jumbled picture that I was unable to adjust. The audio portion works great on the TV. It will have to wait in line for repairs for now. Thought it was quite a deal!
 This is the second set I got a Goodwill for 99 cents.  The other is a Magnavox B/W combo and it is pictured in Horizontal Hold members gallery. Polaraman 
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11-15-2003, 10:03 PM
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The chassis and convergence board look like RCA CTC-16. The HV 'doghouse' is not RCA, looks like 'acme mail box and sheet metal co.' The yoke looks like hollywood sci-fi from a Michael Renny movie I recall. Yup, this is Muntz from what I've read of the guy.
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11-16-2003, 12:17 AM
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That is just the coolest cabinet I've seen on a combo unit!
It screams out to be placed on a Shag Carpet with a Lava Lamp on top
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11-16-2003, 11:04 AM
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Way cool lookin!
Now that is a snazzy lookin' cabinet! If it were blonde, I bet Veg-O-Matic would have it in his house!
My other favorite color combo unit from AK is this RCA below. These sets would definately dress up any living room... not to mention take up an entire wall!
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11-16-2003, 12:00 PM
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The Muntz combo is 7 feet long! It would take up an entire wall. I currently have it in storage with some of my other non working sets. It will look nice in my house when I move back in to it. Got the set and I toted it home in the back of my 1986 Dodge lancer. It hung out the back about a foot. Seems that I always run into TV sets when I do not have the truck. Another transportation story is hauling my 1951 Philco combo tied to the top of the Lancer. Got some interesting looks going down the highway.
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11-16-2003, 12:32 PM
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Wow! Next time you bring a combo console home in the Lancer, make sure to get a photo of it! That would definately deserve being shared here! Wasn't a Lancer the next step up above a Dodge Charger or plymouth Turismo?
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11-16-2003, 01:36 PM
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Charlie, As a vintage color TV collector I thought it would be kinda classy to be buried in one of those nice long consoles like the RCA you showed instead of the usual (no imagination there folks) coffin. Plus look at all the money you'd save your estate. The beautiful RCA console could still be bought for less than a funeral home would charge for a pine box (rip off artists that they all are).
I wonder if you can get a grave site wired with cable? You could put your picture in the screen area at the casket viewing and see how many of your friends try to change the channel! 
Last edited by Rob; 11-16-2003 at 01:43 PM.
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11-16-2003, 05:48 PM
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Rob,
I think this would be worth looking into! Think of the money saved! Then we could all prove them wrong when they say "You can't take it with you!" I don't see how they could refuse such a request. You would be saving a tree, so it would be good for the environment. One thing is for sure... I bet you make the ten o'clock news the day they put you in the ground!
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11-16-2003, 05:52 PM
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11-16-2003, 09:08 PM
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Re: Way cool lookin!
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