1960's Philco Color TV on ebay

[yagosaga]

Item number: 5761375036 . It is declared as working. A nice set. But I think, focus and vertical height have to be fixed.

[polaraman]

The set is 75 miles from polaraman and I am the high bidder so far. I hope to get the set. It will need cateract surgery.


polaraman

[bgadow]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=5761375036

Good luck, polaraman! This set will come a long way with just a little work!

[David Roper]

It really works and of course the picture is of the quality of that era...

Yeah, that era when folks laid out 5 or 6 hundred bucks to watch a squished picture that was only focused in the center. Kids.

[Charlie]

Looks like a CTC10 or 11 clone. Good luck with it, Rich!


My current location: LA, California
Next stop: Pt. Arthur, TX via Panama Canal

Saying that that set works is like saying a postal employee works....well, sorta anyway.

Anthony

[John Folsom]

Hey Polarman, care to share any of you secrets to successful cataract surgery? I have several CRTs which I need to perform surgery on.

[Sandy G]

Yeah, but at least we know it's got a functioning CRT. I'd think most of the rest of the troubles are bad caps and/or tubes. It WILL look like a million dollars after Polaraman gets thru w/it...Hope nobody snipes you at the last minute.-Sandy G.

[Chad Hauris]

You'd be amazed too what just adjustments can do...have had sets looking like this where just adusting the focus, HV, screens, convergence, vertical height, etc. and usual operating controls really make a difference.

[bgadow]

This is a set that you could bring home at 8am and have working perfect at 8pm the same day, I really think. This is much like the CTC-12 I bought a couple months ago. Cataracts, bad focus tube, a few other dumb things, now works great. This ones an ugly duckling.

There are some good cataract threads buried on here. Different ways you can go about it, but on a crt this bad they should go pretty easy. Not much left holding that glass on.

[polaraman]

John,

I got the knowledge from a thread on audiokarma. I just bought a 1100 degree heat gun at Sears. Turned it on high and moved it around the face of the tube. It takes a little while for the bond to break from the safety glass. You can actually see it breaking free. I used a stick to help it come off. Be sure to wear some safety equipment. Goggles etc.


polaraman

[polaraman]

polaraman is the winner! Hope the seller contacts me soon so I can get it this weekend! It is a bummer that I have to work on Saturday.



polaraman

[polaraman]

I just got home from getting the Philco. It is chassis UK5411. SAMS 580-1. This set is really clean. It looks a lot like the chassis to my CTC 11. The CRT checks out perfect! That alone made it worth to get. I will post pics tomorrow.


polaraman

[andy]

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[John Folsom]

Guys,

Thanks for the tips on cataract surgery. I now have a heat gun, and will give it a try.