Last week we made the trip to Rhode Island to pick up the Hoffman set. It was a very long, but uneventful trip.
My only real disappointment is the fact that apparently there is a cover plate missing for the tuner assembly. It looks pretty ugly without it. I'm going to place a Want Ad in the Classified section. It's a longshot at best, but worth a try.
Other than that, the set and cabinet are in excellent condition. The crt tests like a new tube with emissions at the top of the scale and a cutoff point of over 16 seconds.
I haven't fired it up yet. I need to do some preliminary work on it before that can happen.
I haven't been able to find a listing for it in Sams, and it would also be nice to find some Hoffman literature containing some information about it. I'm not even sure of it's year of production, although I'd guess somewhere around 1960-61.
Here are a few pictures.......the Remote attaches to the front of the set just below the control panel.
It should be an interesting restoration.
Bob
