Many Thanx!
 

Thanks guys! I am glad it's over! It took me a lot longer than I had planned on! Now I can put the back cover on and crack a cold one! :beerchug:

As far as the "tablecloth" goes, it is just a temporary cover. My biggest critic (my mom) was here this morning to see it. She loved the way it came out, but when she saw the speaker cloth, she raised one eyebrow kinda like Mr. Spock and said, "You couldn't do better than that? That doesn't look very 50's to me!" :saywhat: She says there is a fabric store in town that has vintage looking shiny gold weave material. If I can't find something more fitting there, I can order some on the web.

I probably will go back tomorrow to find the other Halolight. I think there were two in metal cabinets. I am not sure if they had matching chassis, but I do know the chassis are different from this one. No use in letting it sit up in that old tv shop attic. It can be a project for later.

100's of TV's
 

Hey everyone,
I picked up this booklet from Harry Poster on eBay.
It is a souvenir booklet from a Norfolk VA trade show.
There are tons of pictures of old TV sets including a two page(newspaper size) pull out filled with ad's

Here is a picture of it, wish I could show it full size, it's really cool:yippy:

Booklet
 

Wow! That's a cool piece! Man! Look at those prices! Back in those days, it's surprising anyone had TV at all! Hell, today they sell color sets for those prices or less!

I'm bored
 

I'm really bored so I think I will use up some more of AK's disk space and post a picture of this Sentinel chassis I have been recapping these last couple days.

This thread has been a little quite.

Here's my latest local auction find. An RCA 9T246 in as close to mint condition as you can find.

Chuck

Chuck, that's very nice!
What is the little knob above the channel selector?

Eric

ChuckA,

That 9T246 is the nicest I've ever seen too! Nice score.

Rob

Eric,

That's the fine tuning control. A litle different setup than previous RCA's

Chuck

1948 & 49 Admirals
 

Great Forum!
This is my first post. Here are a few screen shots of my 1948 Admiral 30A14-UL (I Love Lucy) and 1949 10X12X (Honeymooners) I've re-capped and re-tubed both sets. Been very lucky with 10" Admiral sets, I've restored 3 to great working order just by changing a few resistors and all paper and filter caps. Never had to do an alignment of any kind.
Jim

1948 & 49 Admiral's
 

Cabinet photos.
Love those round screens!
Jim

1950 Zenith Porthole
 

Here's my favorite vintage TV set, A 1950 Zenith 12" Porthole. This is the "Saratoga" Model. Nicely restored example of this eye-catcher and is complete with a 1954 TV guide atop the cabinet. Someday I'll find a 1950 TV Guide.
Jim

Nice sets!
 

Hi Jim,
wow, those are some nice sets. I really like the Bakelite Admiral, and how fortunate you were to find one with the door intact!


Eric

Hi Jim,

Welcome aboard! Always nice to meet another active collector who restores his own sets too. Very nice Admirals, terrific Zenith porthole!

Show us more! :)

Rob

Hi Jim!

Great looking sets you have there! Your programming taste is excellent as well! :cool:

Admiral TV sets
 

Thanks to all for the kind words.
and RE: "how fortunate you were to find one with the door intact! "
Yes! very fortunate. Not only is the door intact, the hinges aren't broken and work perfectly. The original back is also in place. This is my Shop TV and always broadcasts vintage programs of the 40's and 50's. Does anyone know if knobs were on the adjustment shafts behind the flip door originally?
Jim