1964 AMC Combo
 

On Saturday I decided to go to an Estate sale that was only a few miles from me, (the pictures on the estate sale website looked promising). There was a small 14" or so metal cabinet table set that I could see in one picture (plugged in and lit up with a blank raster) so I thought if nothing else, I would buy the b/w. Well as soon as I got there, sitting on the front porch was a round screen combo! The back was off and the screws were scattered all around it. Thinking it was already sold, I asked the guy running the sale who bought it, he said "no one yet". He then went on to say he removed the back to check if it was a tube stereo, and when he found that it was, used that as a selling point to the audio collectors. He said I would have to take the "whole thing" if I wanted it and he would'nt go any lower than $30! No problem with that!
After getting it home and fixing a mouse chewed horizontal oscillator coil and a nasty cataract, I took a few pics. the chassis is very clean and appears to be low hour, as well as the original crt. The stereo has that nice tube sound, nothing fancy though, it's a single ended 6BQ5 amp driving 8" speakers.
BTW, the 50's b/w was already gone when I got there, the guy running the sale said it was "real valuable" because it was a 50's tv and so rare! I should have asked him how many would he like, I have a bunch of them stacked in my back closet and would be lucky if I got $10 each!

Love it, nice find.

What a steal! Cabinet looks great.

John

Nice score :thmbsp:

Awesome! That's one you won't find often. Great score:yes: You're up to two AMCs now aren't you?

Guy running the sale: "I removed the back to check if it was a tube stereo,"

Just what we need: Savvy estate sale bosses

Well at least the guy saved it, and did'nt throw it out before the sale! And 30 bucks was in line.
the lady that owned the house worked for Hudsons from the late 40's to the 70's, there were new mixers, toasters, clothes, shoes, just about everything. The back two bedrooms had new clothes piled 3-4 feet high! There were also boxes and boxes of cancelled checks and receipts going back to the 50's! I would say she became quite the hoarder..

Another AMC set, and a combo at that! :) :) :)

Hey nice set dwight. Good to see it working:thmbsp:

Here's a combo unit for-ya-

http://cleveland.craigslist.org/atq/1654820818.html

Great find.

Wow! Looks to be in excellent condition. Nice score.

Yikes! Is that a homebrew entertainment center :scratch2:

I definitely grab it for the TV.

i would grab it for the radio.not too far from cleveland.2 hours and i need parts,but how would you haul that monstrosity?designed by frank lloyd wrong!

Somebody must have grabbed it. The posting is deleted.

John

I dug up some pictures from my browser cache.