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I picked this RCA table set that was on craigslist. It was on the way home from work in Hillside so it worked out well. Surprisingly, someone else called who really wanted it but it was after I called to claim it. the man who owned the set was the original owner, immigrated to the US from Poland in 1970. He bought it after he got married in 1975. He was right, the tag on the back says February, 1975. Model FT505W. Actually the set is in really nice shape. I thought it would be a bit banged up, but not at all. Just dusty. He said he never had it serviced, always worked great. Thus, all of the back cover screws are still on the set and that means nobody was in there hacking up the circuits. He Just didnt need it anymore, but didnt want to throw it away. It was sitting on a card table in the corner of the basement. Both antennas are even intact and working! A good clean up will make it like new.

Its a CTC-58, which is a new one for me and the cabinet has many similaritys to the tube type sets. Its the vinal clad metal cabinet, plastic back and the tilt out control bin, just like you'd see on a CTC-38. It works fine, great CRT. Tuner needs to be cleaned as well as the brightness pot.