Admiral Roundie rescue in Gallatin today - Videokarma.org TV - Video

mr_fixer · #1 10-07-2008, 02:26 PM

On my way to pay rent to the landlord, I see a pile of furniture under a awning of a mom and pop auto parts place. i instantly recognize a console tv set sitting there. had to stop and look and it is a Admiral color roundie. Since it was Sunday when i saw it and they were closed, I remembered the name and gave them a call Monday, they said the owners mother had passed away and it was hers, they asked me if i wanted it. Duh! I was able to get it home today, but it will take a few hours before my neighbor gets home and he can help me get it out of the wagen so i can take pictures of it. The chassis number is 23d1163 or a 23dw63 its hard to tell they blurred the number at the factory. the cabinet model is LD2179D
Logan

*zenithfan1* · #2 10-07-2008, 02:37 PM

Cool! Can't wait to see pics. I love it when they turn up out of nowhere like that. Lucky dog!

mr_fixer · #3 10-07-2008, 04:29 PM

Here are the first few pics, It has a 21fjp22 crt

radio63 · #4 10-07-2008, 07:28 PM

Nice! And the price was right. It's still amazing how a set this old can still turn up that way outside in a pile of unwanted furniture. Great save, keep us posted.

Gilbert

KentTeffeteller · #5 10-07-2008, 08:15 PM

Hi,

Nice save! More deluxe than the old Admiral Roundie my grandmother used to own. Ours was an early model and had a fairly nice picture. It was prone to needing service rather often. I wish it hadn't been thrown out. I could have revived it with a proper restoration. I do have a similar model which I did restore. After dealing with electrolytics and a few bad tubes and a Hawkeye CRT rebuild, it has been reliable.

rcaman · #6 10-07-2008, 09:05 PM

what brand crt is in the set. someone mentioned their admiral had a dumont in it. our first color set was an admiral roundie was a great set but it was in a cheap looking cabinet i love your french looking cabinet. great score. steve

mr_fixer · #7 10-07-2008, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by rcaman

what brand crt is in the set. someone mentioned their admiral had a dumont in it. our first color set was an admiral roundie was a great set but it was in a cheap looking cabinet i love your french looking cabinet. great score. steve

The crt actually has Admiral printed on the bell, Is there a code number or something that points towards the actual crt manufacturer?
I slowly brought the set up on a variac with a amp meter and there is audio hiss but no HV and the crt filaments do light up. cross your fingers for me as i dig deeper into this beast. Logan

Oldstuff78 · #8 10-07-2008, 09:12 PM

Congratulations ! That is a nice set. Love that cabinet style. If only I could find a Roundie in the trash or at a Goodwill.

edison64 · #9 10-07-2008, 09:32 PM

WOW nice find, and a reverse chassis too boot, the transformer is on the wrong side.

Is the cabinet Blonde, or that pickeled oak finish???

Tony V · #10 10-07-2008, 11:30 PM

I believe another member on here has the same model set but with tambor style doors that cover the front. His produced a very nice picture and was found in a simial way to yours. Cant wait to see this one up and going. Nice find!
-Tony

freakaftr8 · #11 10-08-2008, 02:10 AM

Very nice find! I hope the CRT is good!

mr_fixer · #12 10-08-2008, 03:37 AM

Good news and bad news on the roundie, Bad news is the nylon tuning shaft for the UHF knob has broken off, I turned the knob normally " i'm not a gorilla" and it sheared right off. The good news after some slow variacing, and cleaning some connectors..... I have first light!! It's dim and a little bit purple but there is almost a discernible image. Yeah!!! Logan
P.S. i think the wood finish is a Pickled Oak.

*zenithfan1* · #13 10-08-2008, 09:15 AM

Nice!!!! I love that model. It has the "backwards chassis" That thing should restore beautifully, I hope you can find a tuning shaft or fix the old one. rcaman, that was me who has a Dumont in their Admiral. Mine is a '65 with the 3-G11 chassis. Yours looks like a late '63 or a '64. Careful with that convergence yoke, that is the kind that is super easy to break. Great save Logan!!

bgadow · #14 10-08-2008, 09:53 AM

I've seen lots of ads for the Admirals with that control panel but never seen a set in person. This looks like the same chassis as my T1000. (mine is the cheapest of the cheap) I was just tinkering with mine this week, trying to figure out a HV problem. Although it is a 'reverse' chassis, they took lots of cues from RCA. Not hard to work on. Great find!

sampson159 · #15 10-08-2008, 10:23 AM

if that tuning shaft is like an rca,then i have several.good looking set-cabinet looks similiar to my 15.hope that crt is good.admiral made a decent set back then and yours looks unmolested.not like the stuff we been finding lately.great find and save!!!