You could name that set a Ricky or Baba Lou!

Anthony

Conga drum wood done looks good??
still needs bezels, Crt, and post to hold it up.

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If I use these chassis, easy to put all controls up?

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This project reminds me of a TV that I saw at the last Houston Vintage Radio Association auction. Someone had taken a Motorola VT-71 type TV and built a "Cathedral TV" out of it. It looked pretty authentic from a distance, but you could tell it was hand made up close.

The set went for over $400, so someone liked it.

You might be correct. I wanted to build it for under $1000.00
and my work cant be as perfect as the experts in each field, wood, metal, ect, and I used premade items where possible, conga drum for CRT, premade plywood tube for table.
Will try to take update PICs on weekend, TV has legs on and metal bezels and surports are done but not final painted, only major item left is wood slats at speaker and for that I have no clue yet on how to do them.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=4215493206

I have been lucky on Ebay.
Got my own copy of the Mag with the TV,
Had to have one.

Boy great find! Mine did not look that good before it got wet!
Marlin

Pic of cover

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Has more PICS

TV progress slow but is moving

I should have the American Home MAG this week.
Is anyone interested in copies of PICs or the article?
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