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YES! That is the KV-3000R, which is the $10K set from 1981. I cannot believe it's free, and I pray that someone gets it who knows what it is. I just don't have space & time, or I'd go up and get it (if still there). It weighs 510 pounds! The cabinet is actually Tamo Ash wood, and that one looks very nice. There should also be a matching cabinet for VCR and stereo. Not in photo, but should ask.

The eBay one last year went to Tom Ryan in San Diego.

Charles

While it's a big job, you can pull the chassis out complete with CRT. It's on roller bearings, and rolls into the cabinet from the back. 6 12mm nuts hold the front of the chassis to the cabinet, and a few more large bolts hold the bottom rear. You have to cut and resolder the wires that go to the motorized door safety sensors.

One more moving tip: The veneer on the base is very easy to rip off. So much so, that there's a spare piece of Tamo veneer in a bag on the back of the set.

Charles

Do you think that Scotty at Hawkeye could rebuild the tube from one of these monsters?

It's an 820DB22 if anyone wants to call & ask about rebuilding. I have one that's fair-OK in a CVM3000 monitor. I've seen one that was very weak, but most of them are OK. Last time I checked, Andrews had it in stock for $1,672...

I've been eMailing the owner of this set, and it's REALLY tempting to run up there and get it. I've done that drive roundtrip in one day on a few occasions. It's about 380 miles.

Isn't anyone else down here interested??? PLEASE end my temptation!!!!!!!!The seller says he'll deliver it to LA after Christmas for the cost of a rental truck and gas/Diesel.

Charles

I'd about give my eyeteeth for it, but getting it to NE Tennessee in anything resembling intact would be a miracle on the order of the loaves 'n' fishes, & could bankrupt Jay Gould besides...

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apparently not

I got the ad printed, but I don't want to post the # out of respect for the owner. The owner's name is Chimere, eMail is [email protected] . Evidently the set was still up for grabs as of Tuesday morning, but an eMail I sent last night is still out.

Charles

What the heck is all the weird blue gobblety-gook text with HTML code that showed up below my last post??? Hope it isn't another hijack of the AK site!

Charles

I found this picture of my Sony that never made it into the house, it stayed in my van until it sold on ebay a month later!

Still no reply to last week's eMail... Guess it's gone. Hopefully not to the dump!

Charles