sad conversion..

[jeyurkon]

Originally Posted by jr_tech

Well, "workmanship" is not a term that would come to mind when seeing this botch job, but I suspect that dieseljeep is likely correct in that the original chassis was long gone by the time the "conversion" was performed. I also suspect that the conversion itself occured many years ago... the Sony looks to be approx mid 90s vintage... why would anybody today hack up a console TV to install a 15-20 year old Trinitron?

Now a question... As collectors, if a common empty early to mid 50s console was offered to you, what would you do:

1. Turn it down ?... landfill for sure.
2. Take it and hope to find a chassis somewhere ?... difficult "inside straight"
3. Take it and try to find a collector that can use it?
4. Take it and use it for firewood?
5. Take it and use it for something ? Flat panel, Fishtank, A/V equipment rack... ?
6. Other options?

If 1 or 2, how long would you hold onto it before giving up?

jr

Well, I've already told the story of my Sylvania. It comes closest to 2. The cabinet never left our family though, and I swapped the chassis out of another version of the combination console to restore it. But now I'm left with the other cabinet to do something with.

I still worry about what's happening to the one I missed in Columbus, OH. I hope it's in good hands. If it get repurposed I'd like to get my hands on the chassis, etc. It would let me make use of the empty cabinet I have. Did I mention I was considering turning it into a cedar linen cabinet like my dad had done with the one that I turned back into a TV console?

The Columbus one is not likely to end up as an aquarium, but possibly a cabinet for storage or liquor.

My inclination is to save everything and make it work forever. That just not reasonable though. I do hate to see rare examples of the past disappear though.

The sad conversion is in a class of its own. A class that should never have existed.