1968 Westinghouse JetLine

[JB5pro]

That set looks great to me. Very cool! It matches my westinghouse reel to reel recorder that has a smoke tint cover over it's small reels. I think it's a '68 and it worked perfect last time i checked.

[rca2000]

I realize it is WAAAAYYYYY too late to help him...but I think Tesla is FINALLY getting the credit he deserves...after all of this time..

[KentTeffeteller]

Ironic thing, the car before my present one was financed by Combustion Engineering's Credit Union, the Chattanooga, TN branch.

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by zeno

They were almost rare here. If you want fringe you are correct. Most
2nd & 3rd tier sets lacked what it took or lost it fast. W certainly
had the know how & $$ to build anything but why throw $$ at something
loosing. It was time to design solid state color sets & would have been
interesting to see what they came up with. Today it would be fun
to work on one, I may even change my mind on them being 40 yrs old
& wiser. One thing I have realized is almost everyone made some
great sets & some JUNK. Its the percentage that mattered.

73 Zeno

The only W sets I thought we good were 1954/55 models. Twin 5U4's, power transformer and keyed AGC.
The 1956 models were really cheapened up, PC boards, transformerless design, even their first rectangular color set, the one with the infamous 22EP22.
Their industrial switchgear was very well built. There was several old circuit breakers and motor starters, that were installed new in 1935 and still worked great.
Their slogan at the time was "Every House Needs Westinghouse". It was on the connection diagram label inside the enclosure.

[DavGoodlin]

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

The only W sets I thought we good were 1954/55 models. Twin 5U4's, power transformer and keyed AGC.
The 1956 models were really cheapened up, PC boards, transformerless design, even their first rectangular color set, the one with the infamous 22EP22.
Their industrial switchgear was very well built. There was several old circuit breakers and motor starters, that were installed new in 1935 and still worked great.
Their slogan at the time was "Every House Needs Westinghouse". It was on the connection diagram label inside the enclosure.

And I would venture to state the same for GE, 1956 was their down-turning point in TV excellence also. I have a 1955 GE console, no PCBs two 5U4's.

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by DavGoodlin

And I would venture to state the same for GE, 1956 was their down-turning point in TV excellence also. I have a 1955 GE console, no PCBs two 5U4's.

The GE, I would really like is the 21" table model, shown on Wisconsin Craig's list entry, but a "C" note seems a little high.
It has the good chassis and a UHF tuner.
While other TV manufacturers were cheapening their sets, Motorola started building a better set, model years 1956 to 1962.