[Charlie]

This set was found as a result of putting an ad for old TV's in the Tyler County Booster... our local newspaper that's about 6 pages long! I had several calls, but mostly for sets of the 90's. One old timer called and told me he had a "Hatchet" set. I had no freaking clue as to what he was talking about until one night I was at my parents' watching tv... on a Hitachi. Ahhh... that's what he meant!

I finally got a call from a guy that said he had a set from the 40's. He got my undivided attention. After driving around in the boonies and sticks for a couple of hours, I finally found this guy's place deep in the woods. Glad I did that during daylight!

Turned out to be a Bendix... I think the model is 2001. I haven't looked it up yet... all of my Sams are in storage right now. Looks to have a 10" tube, and the insides look okay. Tube tester shows "borderline" on the meter, but that still might be just fine. I have another 10" round tube (likely the same) that tests excellent if i Need it.

The cabinet is a little rough... mainy the finish. Should re-finish pretty easily. I'm not sure what to do about the front panel. I don't want to lose the gold lettering where is says Bendix, volume, channel, etc.

The channel knob was missing... i just stuck something on there to see if the tuner moved freely.... it does.

This set (and the other two in the color thread) probably wont be messed with right away. I'm trying to accomplish some work on my new shop before I get in too deep working on TVs again.