Philco rescued in Minnesota
 

Thanks to Greg for going to save this for me, it was headed to the trash heap! :yikes:

Still a nice stereo out there for someone: http://stcloud.craigslist.org/zip/2232081199.html

:thmbsp:

Don't know a whole lot about it just yet, other than it works and probably has some vertical deflection issue. Check out the pics, I trust the forum sages will have more info on it. Anyone got a Sams on this thing?

2 more pics.

yep that same as mine, SS tuner and IF, the rest is tube.

Good thing I picked it up yesterday. When I drove up it was sitting outside. Anybody that has an extra leg, let Nick know. He's missing one. :D

Wow, that's pretty clean inside!

These are probably the most modern roundie ever built. I'm really happy to see this one saved. Regarding the leg, post a good photo and some dimensions. I have some, and others probably do as well.

Looks like someone stuck the chassis in backwards :D
Nice save!

The legs are 16" long from the top of the wood to the bottom of the feet and 1.75" diameter. They are painted grey.

Sure does, huh? Every other set I own has the HV cage on the right as you look at it, this thing must have a pretty long anode lead.

I believe that is a 1968 model. Acordng to the september 1967 popular science issue I have Philco brought back the round tube that year to have the cheapest set(screen size per dollar) on the market. Here is a photo from the magazine.
http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/...y/DSCN0543.jpg
I would imagine this was the last production roundy and likely quite collectable.

Tom C.

That looks to be it.

What a great find!. I love those leader models. Are those legs certainly the originals? They look too long to be strong enough for proper stability if someone fell against the set.

Chassis # 17MT80 makes it a '67 model.

I recall Wards had an Airline 21" color roundie on display at the front entrance to their store. It had a black hardboard cabinet and gray plastic trim & knobs. $299.00. Absolutely a price leader set. This must have been in the very late 60's

-Steve D.

Not sure. They do look to be unfinished underneath the lousy grey paint job.

My uncle bought one of those el-cheapo's. The Goodyear tire store was selling them at the time. He always favored Philco products, even though I told him to stay away. Bought it in fall of 1967.

Philco Roundie Save
 

Nice save!!

Does anybody know if that CRT is new or rebuilt? The label on it seems to indicate rebuilt - See the quote on it for Color CRT "New Gun assembly, used envelope".

Apparently the owner believed the "Use Only genuine Philco - Ford tubes and parts" or the set was under warranty when the CRT was replaced, if it indeed was replaced.

Walt Anderson

Seems to be a rebuild, I have a tube with that same sticker on it but a different manufacture is on it. Not Channel Master, but something similar.

That CRT was probably replaced under warranty. It has a 68 code date. I was surprised to see that Philco made their own CRT's.

I have that sams if you need it.

I think Philco had just started color tube production about the time these sets came out. I have speculated that maybe they got all geared up to produce round tubes just in time for that market to fade, so they figured "what the heck?" and came out with those price leaders.

These were not the last roundies made...I think that honor goes to a series-string Magnavox that seems to have been in production into 1970.

There were a few companies that built "reverse" chassis, at least for some models. Admiral and Motorola come to mind.

We brought back some older all tube philco roundies from SC, I forget the chassis number but they are 64 65s

our first color set was a philco roundie.my dad bought it because the ford name was on it.the philco crt has a look all its own.very,very good picture.pretty good set overall.

I do need it, can you email it or would it be snail mail?

Its a pdf send your email

Done.

Nick. Does that set have a gray painted cabinet? I had a set like that 30+ years ago. It was free for the hauling. The crt was weak on two guns and the flyback was bad. The painters in that house spilled paint all over it. Needless to say, I scrapped it. I noticed the tube had EIA260 on the label. Like I said before, I was surprised to see Philco still made their own CRT's.

Cabinet is painted grey. It's in my garage. Nick and I haven't quite figured out yet the easiest way to get it from St. Cloud, MN to Chicago.

That was the $299. special. The next model up was a walnut grained set for $329. Legs were extra.

Got the Sams, thanks Dan!

Gack! Looks like I'll be needing a bunch of 6U8's to replace the slew of GH8's in there, those things are the devil, so I hear.

Post it up on U-Ship with a picture, I got my CTC-4 home safely that way really cheap. It's worth a shot.

That model used a lot of 6BL8's as well.

Nick,
Your TV was picked up tonight. Show us pictures when you have her going.
Greg

Philco rescued in Minnesota
 

Does anyone remember when Philco started to include the "Tuning Eye" on their color sets. We had one on ours (not a roundie) I always thought it was very cool.

Yep, he says he'll be here later tonight but I won't be there when he stops by due to work. :sigh:

The wife will have to handle it for now, then I'll post some pics in the AM. Pretty good deal on this one, I gotta say. Can't beat free 99, all thanks to Greg! And thanks a bunch for the heads up on U-Ship, Mark. The guy offered to truck it here for only $100! :thmbsp:

That is a pretty good deal considering gas prices. Maybe that U-Ship would also work for getting your roundie CRT delivered from MI?

Kevin

Dammit, see this is why I love you guys! :tresbon:


I'll get right on it, that thing completely slipped my mind! :smoke:

And now for the money shot...

This is why I like newer sets a lot: a fly so clean, I could eat off it. :banana:

As advertised, the set works when I plug it in. Bad news is there's a strange red flicker in the picture, vertical height is not what it should be, and something smells bad after being on a minute or so...

Yanked the chassis and started looking for what I assumed would be a cap with one lead in the grave, but everything looks brand new in this chassis. Cap search was inconclusive, so I used my nose to see if I could track down the source of the foul odor. It seemed to be coming from the PCB with all the demod and driver stuff on it, but at first I didn't see anything. That got my analytical aviation eyes in high gear and I stared and stared- then I saw it: carbon tracking from pin 6 to 7 of the X demod/R-Y tube! It's a 6BL8, pin 6 is the plate and 7 is the cathode/supressor of the demod section. Looks like I'll have to dig the burnt crud out, and see if I can push some epoxy in the space left over to try and clean it up. If you guys have a better idea on how to fix that, I'm all ears.

Hopefully after fixing the demod trace, this thing should produce a color picture!

Dug out the carbon with a razor, touched up vert height and centering, and she's a runner! :thmbsp:

Think I'll put this in as my daily runner, it's got a nice stong tube with plenty of life left.