1960's Philco Color TV on ebay
 

Item number: 5761375036 . It is declared as working. A nice set. But I think, focus and vertical height have to be fixed.

The set is 75 miles from polaraman and I am the high bidder so far. I hope to get the set. It will need cateract surgery.


polaraman

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Good luck, polaraman! This set will come a long way with just a little work!

Yeah, that era when folks laid out 5 or 6 hundred bucks to watch a squished picture that was only focused in the center. :twak: Kids.

Looks like a CTC10 or 11 clone. Good luck with it, Rich!


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Saying that that set works is like saying a postal employee works....well, sorta anyway.

Anthony

Hey Polarman, care to share any of you secrets to successful cataract surgery? I have several CRTs which I need to perform surgery on.

Yeah, but at least we know it's got a functioning CRT. I'd think most of the rest of the troubles are bad caps and/or tubes. It WILL look like a million dollars after Polaraman gets thru w/it...Hope nobody snipes you at the last minute.-Sandy G.

You'd be amazed too what just adjustments can do...have had sets looking like this where just adusting the focus, HV, screens, convergence, vertical height, etc. and usual operating controls really make a difference.

This is a set that you could bring home at 8am and have working perfect at 8pm the same day, I really think. This is much like the CTC-12 I bought a couple months ago. Cataracts, bad focus tube, a few other dumb things, now works great. This ones an ugly duckling.

There are some good cataract threads buried on here. Different ways you can go about it, but on a crt this bad they should go pretty easy. Not much left holding that glass on.

John,

I got the knowledge from a thread on audiokarma. I just bought a 1100 degree heat gun at Sears. Turned it on high and moved it around the face of the tube. It takes a little while for the bond to break from the safety glass. You can actually see it breaking free. I used a stick to help it come off. Be sure to wear some safety equipment. Goggles etc.


polaraman

polaraman is the winner! :banana: :banana: Hope the seller contacts me soon so I can get it this weekend! It is a bummer that I have to work on Saturday. :worried:



polaraman

I just got home from getting the Philco. It is chassis UK5411. SAMS 580-1. This set is really clean. It looks a lot like the chassis to my CTC 11. The CRT checks out perfect! :banana: That alone made it worth to get. I will post pics tomorrow.


polaraman

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Guys,

Thanks for the tips on cataract surgery. I now have a heat gun, and will give it a try.