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Old 09-09-2010, 08:13 PM
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Admiral bakelite console restoration

A few days ago I saw this thread about a set of Admiral knobs for sale. I contacted the seller and it turns out he has the whole 20X122 set.
Well, sort of...



I think it needs a tube or 2 or 3, and a power transformer and a flyback and a...

The previous owner had removed all those bits to save weight


The CRT has gone to air. The previous owner painted it so it would look OK in the cabinet
Too bad - it looks like it was the original Admiral CRT.


It does have the original FC speaker.


The only thing that really bothers me is the optical distortion in the bezel
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