I passed on an Admiral 30A1

[Eric H]

Dang it, I found an Admiral 30A1 in an antique store today, $150.
It was all there except for the back but the wood cabinet needed some serious work.

It was pretty solid and the undamaged areas actually looked nice but it had seen some moisture at some point because the right side was delaminated top and bottom and would have to be glued and re veneered, the left side was much better but both sides were pulling away from the center at the bottom and would have to be glued and clamped, probably not difficult because I was able to pull them together by hand pretty well.
There was also a large chunk out of the left front bottom area, again patchable but more work.

I got them to offer it for $125 and agreed if the CRT tested good, well, it didn't, I even cooked it at 8 volts for a couple minutes but it dropped right back down to bad.
If the cabinet had been in good shape I might have still bought it but that and a bad CRT was just too much wrong for $125.

After seeing one of these in person though I now really want one, very nice little sets!