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Originally Posted by decojoe67
I don't buy any of that and I've read long articles on the Predicta's. I've heard for years that Predicta's were sold up into '61, but there's not a shred of evidence that they were sold past '59. The 21" set were produced in '58 and the 17" in '59 and that was it. I dare anyone to find an ad for the Predicta past '59.
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Just stumbled across this thread and wanted to chime in as I've worked on a couple dozen of these sets.
They may have stopped running ads, but they absolutely continued making them into 1961.
I can offer you a few pieces of hard evidence.
Firstly, there's the chassis numbering system.
9L37/38 used in the early 21: sets. "9" for 1959.
10L43 used in the 17" sets and 21" Continental. "0" for 1960.
11L43 used in the last production run Debutantes. "1" for 1961.
The 11L43 chassis was an evolution where they put in a removable cutout under the IF board. They also enlarged the chassis openings. Both made servicing easier.
11L43 left. 10L43 right.
Here's an original set of tubes from an 11L43 chassis. Note the 6137 date code. 37th week of 1961.
