Debut of the Debutante (Predicta)

[Eric H]

Well alrighty then, I made it back from San Jose with my new Predicta, beautiful weather up there!

I had a very nice visit with Chris (a.k.a. ChrisW6ATV) we traded TV sets, I gave him a Sony KV-1201 and he gave me a Pink and White 56 Hotpoint! I also got to see his collection which includes of course a CT-100.

As for the Predicta, it's in wonderful condition overall, sure it has some rust on one side but the rest is in amazing shape.
Yes, it even has the correct knobs!



There's one small crack on the screen cover but it's not in the viewing area, otherwise it's very clean and scratch free.



I think I would rather try to match and blend in some new paint on this side instead of repainting the whole thing and losing the lettering for the controls.
The Grille cloth looks very good despite the rust so near it.



It's clean as new inside the tube housing, it may have never been touched before tonight.
The label on the tube is Philco with a date code of 6040 or the 40th week of 1960, either it's original or it was replaced very early, it's a 2.68 volt heater in any case.



The back of the tube cover is as clean as the front, slightly yellowed with age but I'm going to leave it alone, I like the patina.



Oh and how did the CRT test?
Here it is with no warm up beyond the time it took to set the controls on the tester.



Just like new! It did show a little G1 leakage but it went away when I tapped on the connector, possibly it was just me tester acting up.