Look what the cat dragged home!.
 

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I got me a 1938 Westinghouse WRT 703, It uses the TRK-12 chassis that was made by RCA.
Overall it's in great condition and the restoration will be slow and meticulous.


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A modification to the tuner was the big bad thing that happened to this set.
I promise that I will not turn it into liqueur cabinet or fish tank this one, My mission is to return the set back to it's original condition.


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Aside from a cabinet in fine condition take a look at the chassis pictures,
No rust.


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How about the HV chassis that is pristine and clean.


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More clean.

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Here is the Television signal and deflection chassis, Note modification to tuner.


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bottom view.


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Tuner modification.

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I will be attending the Early Television Convention and will get a good look at the sister set at the museum. Until then I will just hand rub some Howard bees wax into the finish. :yes:

That cabinet doesn't need to be restored, I hope you mean just electronic restoration!

Nice find.

You don't want to mess with the cabinet, clean it and wax it.

Someone did an excellent job replacing the original tuner with the inductuner. Probably why it lasted in such good condition, was a daily user for a lot of years after those sets were retired.

Don't see anywhere that an FM detector was added, interested in seeing if they modified the existing AM detector for FM sound or just left the AM detector in place.

The chassis' are relatively easy to work on, just time consuming with the number of caps to do.

Chuck

Wow!! Wanta sell that cat of yours :-)

Ooooooh. Me likey!

Beautiful set. How do I get a cat like that?

That is a well layed out chassis.
When its recapped it will really open up the space.

I'm in LOVE...

You're cat sure does like you. Usually they only bring home dead mice.
Congratulations on the new set. I agree that the tuner modification was done very neatly. It's too bad from an originality standpoint that it was done, but it is part of its living history. Leaving it in place helps to tell the story of that particular set, taking it out helps to tell the story of that model. Do you know anything about the set's past or original owners?
If the set uses the same rubber CRT mask as the TRK-12 (I can't imagine it doesn't, but others might be able to confirm) you can get a reproduction for your set. If you look about a third of the way down this page you'll see it listed http://www.earlytelevision.org/class..._for_sale.html

Carefully cleaning with Howard Restore A Finish and waxing using Howard
Feed N Wax I was able get this cabinet looking real good in it's original finish
with a few tiny beauty marks (paint spots). Beyond that I will seek wise counsel.

Thanks John, I contacted Barry regarding the CRT mask listed in the link and he has one available.

Whoa, nice save! And I thought my 41-year-old Zenith was well-preserved. In my opinion it needs nothing aside the usual common-failure component replacement.

Must have been a male cat, they tend to be the more loving of the species.

WOW,

You have a wise and very powerful cat ! !

Our cats seem to not bring more than the occasional mouse.....

I'll have to talk to those cats a bit....

The cat whisperer...

Wow, give me an idea where your cat went for hunting!:lazer:
What about the pre-owner? Who gave it away without torchure?:whip:
Please send me a PM if there are more!:yippy:

TV-Collector :stupid:

Suddenly it's 1938. What a beautiful piece of history.