[jshorva65]

A friend and fellow collector, semi-local to my area, recently scored two 1958 Sylvania color models belonging to the 31C606 series. They're 31C606MU (full-size console) with the then-optional UHF tuner installed and 31C606M (resembling a tabletop with tall detachable legs). We checked the CRT's yesterday and his 31C606MU was blessed with a serviceable CRT and produced a raster after its soft-start. He's not quite comfortable with attempting a recap of a color chassis himself, so he and I worked out a trade where I'll be replacing all the "bumblebee" caps and bringing his obviously-restorable set back to life in exchange for its 31C606M sister set whose CRT will need to be replaced, since I've recapped color sets before and he's afraid that the critical lead dress considerations of a color set might get him into trouble in the IF and/or Chroma since it would be his first time recapping a color set. There was another set in the way, so I couldn't get a good camera angle on his Sylvania roundie. Here's a shot of my "barter score", though, which is its "little sister" in a somewhat smaller cabinet without the UHF option installed.