|
Tung-Sol must have been in pretty tight with Ford; my '51 Fordor is loaded with TS bulbs. I didn't pay attention to the codes on the tubes in the Bendix-built radio; most are original FoMoCo branded.
I also like picking out the oddities. A couple years ago I purchased what ended up being over 50,000 tubes. I pulled out the best of the lot for my own use and sold the rest. Some things I found interesting: a pile of Truetone tubes, all for late 60s series string stuff; a bunch of Hytron tubes, apparently from after CBS unloaded the division-they looked like "Standard Brand" kinda stuff. Got some later 70s "new logo" Panasonic tubes-it seems strange to see them from a company you think of as modern. I've found a number of used IBM branded tubes, and NOS Hewlett-Packard, packed in tubes (got a handful of 6GH8's.) On some newer RCA (new logo) tube boxes, under the flap, you may find the old Cunningham name and logo. Guess this was their way of keeping the trademark active.
__________________
Bryan
|