Dumont RA 113 B5 Find

[Kevin Kuehn]

My son and I went and picked this one up last night. The owner’s house sale had closed this week and this TV was scheduled for demolition tonight. The guy actually said he was going to break it up with a big maul and put it in the trash. So all it cost was $20 in gas and a little back pain. The cabinet is in generally rough condition, yet reasonabaly restorable. CRT condition is still up in the air. I'm getting intermittent emission, I suspect because there are broken wires under that base cap (heater is changing brightness). I'm pretty sure I can replace the tube base and fix that. Won't know how good the tube is until that happens. Maybe it's more realistic to view this as a parts donor for someone’s more worthy set. Anyone know of a spare right hand door, and a set of knobs?