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11-08-2015, 09:35 PM
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Found a 1966 Motorola Color TV Combo!
I was on my local estate sale route this weekend and came across a very nice 1966 Motorola color TV combo unit. It was in the living room since new in an all original untouched home built in 1967. The home was quite a place and wanted to share some photos of it too. Today being Sunday, they were wheeling and dealing on everything. I got the Moto combo for $20 bucks! I was pleased to see it still works, granted all I could do was see a snow, but that's always a good sign when you get to that point right off the bat. They had the stereo going during the sale and it sounded good.
As I looked under the lid of the stereo, there were all the papers for the TV including a "Consumer Product Employee Repair" invoice. I also saw other Motorola parts and components around the house, so it became pretty obvious that the gentleman who lived here worked for Motorola. The original owners of the home have passed on, but the grandson who was very close to his grandparents was there helping with the sale. I had the pleasure of speaking to him for quite some time as he discussed everything about his grandparents, the TV, and the home. His grandfather was an EE at Motorola for 38 years and retired in the mid 80's. Grandma was a stay at home wife and had their house built in 1967 when Mr. Feeney was ultimately promoted as a purchasing manager in the consumer division. The grandson told me that Motorola was a great place to work and treated their employees very well, he also worked at Motorola after he got out of the military himself. He brought me in the basement and showed me some of the power supplies and circuits that his grandfather designed and also the custom alarm system he installed after the house was built. He told me that the house was the "ultimate party house" and his grandparents were always throwing huge parties. He said one of the parties he remembered was so big that the Arlington Heights fire chief stopped by and said the house was exceeding maximum occupancy and it was "unsafe". Mr. Feeney offered him a drink and he didn't hear anymore about it! The house overlooked a nice lake in back and had their own little dock and sail boat as well. The grandson offered to help move the TV out to my truck which was a great help. At first sight, this thing appears to be a massive back breaker, but to be honest, it wasn't that bad all things considered. I've moved much heavier units! We still had to catch our breath once we finally got it set on the truck. Once I got it home, I checked everything out and see the TV is a TS-918 chassis and indeed has a GOOD original 23EGP22, both with matching June, 1966 date codes. It has a bright picture so the TV component probably wasn't used a whole lot. I was told that the phonograph was always being used though. It has the typical cataracts which I will need to "hot wire" to repair safely. It also came with the original 1966 Motorola color TV brochure. This one is called the "Granada".  DSC04675 by drh4683, on Flickr DSC04673 by drh4683, on Flickr DSC04682 by drh4683, on Flickr DSC04637 by drh4683, on Flickr DSC04636 by drh4683, on Flickr DSC04669 by drh4683, on Flickr DSC04671 by drh4683, on Flickr DSC04638 by drh4683, on Flickr DSC04668 by drh4683, on Flickr DSC04683 by drh4683, on Flickr DSC04639 by drh4683, on Flickr DSC04687 by drh4683, on Flickr DSC04633 by drh4683, on Flickr DSC04625 by drh4683, on Flickr DSC04694 by drh4683, on Flickr
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11-08-2015, 09:36 PM
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additional photos:
 DSC04629 by drh4683, on Flickr DSC04645 by drh4683, on Flickr DSC04647 by drh4683, on Flickr DSC04651 by drh4683, on Flickr DSC04698 by drh4683, on Flickr DSC04703 by drh4683, on Flickr DSC04744 by drh4683, on Flickr DSC04697 by drh4683, on Flickr DSC04700 by drh4683, on Flickr DSC04705 by drh4683, on Flickr DSC04710 by drh4683, on Flickr DSC04715 by drh4683, on Flickr DSC04716 by drh4683, on Flickr DSC04726 by drh4683, on Flickr DSC04718 by drh4683, on Flickr
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11-08-2015, 09:36 PM
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additional photos:
 DSC04721 by drh4683, on Flickr DSC04725 by drh4683, on Flickr DSC04727 by drh4683, on Flickr DSC04728 by drh4683, on Flickr DSC04729 by drh4683, on Flickr DSC04731 by drh4683, on Flickr DSC04733 by drh4683, on Flickr DSC04741 by drh4683, on Flickr DSC04734 by drh4683, on Flickr DSC04738 by drh4683, on Flickr DSC04739 by drh4683, on Flickr
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11-08-2015, 10:01 PM
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With your great write-ups, Doug, it really is just like being there! A great set and history; I'm really glad it found you. They'll never build houses quite like that again, will they?
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11-08-2015, 11:49 PM
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Cool Combo! We had one as a loner set - reliable as can be. HV liked to snap a bit in the summer, but otherwise a solid performer. I necked ours once moving some sets around - so Dad had me scrap it, as he didn't wanna buy/trade for/steal a 23EG CRT.
Just think - that was probably a set that the mOOn landings were watched on - serviced in Nov 1969, 46 years ago....tomorrow!!!
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11-09-2015, 10:09 AM
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Nice set! However, I am liking that house a little more.. LOL!
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11-09-2015, 10:10 AM
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That house wasn't exactly cheap to build, even back then. Also considering the lake frontage lot. AFAIC, A little too much use of fieldstone, rocks etc. and some of the furniture, yuck! Hardly seems like decor, for a party-hearty fellow Irishman. 
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11-09-2015, 10:38 AM
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LOL! That home is a bit over the top, but what the heck!
BTW, that '67 Moto I got this Summer has it's original 23E as well.. Somehow it still has like new emission, but is delaminating slightly..
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11-09-2015, 11:48 AM
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I like that the stereo section is completely separated from the TV section, and each section has it's own speakers. I also like that the TV is still working on tubes but the stereo is all solid state.
Interesting piece of furniture!
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11-09-2015, 12:32 PM
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That cord would've been great for service calls, for soldering gun or test equipment power. In some homes the receptacles, were rather inconvienent to get to. 
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11-09-2015, 02:24 PM
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What a great story! I can hear the Ray Coniff Singers as I look at those pictures.
I wonder what was in that garage over the past 48 years- 
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11-09-2015, 06:30 PM
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My goodness! That house is a time capsule! I especially love that stair case, the carpet on it is just the right shade. Some of that furniture, however, is a little on the eccentric side. I also like that wall paper in the kitchen. I enjoy seeing houses like these, which is more often than not, posts such as this. I always think "How did that house survive the disco era, then the 1980s new wave, then the just plain ugly 90's, without being remodeled?"
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