Moby Dick and His Three Friends
 

I've decided to throw reason completely aside and adopt four of the largest heaviest televisions you can imagine. These four orphans were on the brink of heading to the dump and I felt like I had to save them. It was a comedy of errors trying to organize their transportation from afar that included one shipper going to the wrong pickup address and a night out in the rain...but they're here now. It's my hope to restore the Crosley and put it in my living room, replacing my RCA Victor 730TV1 as the main television/music entertainment on the 1st floor. I think the GE might undergo restoration and join the collection in the basement (if I can figure out how the heck to get it down there). I'm not sure what the fate of the RCA Victor 641TVs will be yet.

I think I've gone off the deep end :screwy:!

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Wow, makes my back hurt just looking at the pictures.
Dave

They're big, but they're some pretty sweet sets. I especially like that first Crosley. I guess that CRT just swings out? How many tubes in it? Good finds and great job saving them!

You did good.

I like the one with the screen in what looks like a separate, removable cabinet. They're all pretty cool, though.

Um, unless you have a second entrance for that basement, I don't see how you gonna do dat :D

I think it will fit down the doorway size wise, I just need to remove the chassis so it can be done weight wise. The GE is unbelievably heavy... I think I need to install a loading dock and lift :scratch2:.

By the way, if anyone is near the Pittsburgh area and would like to bring the RCA back to life let me know. I think you could make one nice set out of the two.

Oh, and I thought I was off the deep end.
Love em!

I imagine that GE projector is fairly rare! What CRT does it use?

Wow!!! Nice fine!

I'd often wondered why I see so many GE 5TP4's.

I could not ID the model from the photograph.

The 901 has a phonograph and the 910 does not.

For a bunch of pictures of the innards on one, see:

http://www.theradiofox.com/tv/ge901/index.html

The ETF has the service manual on line.

Now, what I want to know is, how was GE able to get corner-to-corner focus without a correcting donut lens?

James

The GE DOES have a corrector lens.

You're definitely living on the edge there, but I can see why you wanted to save them. :thmbsp:

The one I have is a 901. I haven't gotten a great look at it yet, but I do know the phonograph is missing as well as the knobs.

Dude....we're ALL off the deep end.:D