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Originally Posted by Eric H
Just curious, why paint it gold if it's going to be installed in a wall, why have a cabinet at all for that matter?
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1) To keep to from having two shipping crates, one for the chassis and one for the CRT/Yoke.
2) To insure that the components stayed in one piece during the wall installation. The cabinet supports the CRT assembly.
3) To have some way of safely handling the pile of parts when the set had to be removed for service.
4) And most important, to prevent a lawsuit when some carpenter failed to cover the HV on the back of the set and the owner's kid stuck his hand inside to see what the back of the CRT felt like.
For the record:
I was under the impression that all RCA metal cabinets in this era had high temperature dried (period name: "baked-on") finishes. What caused so much suspicion for me is this paint looks like it was cold sprayed and air dried. The cold process takes too long to use in mass produced cabinet manufacture and I assumed it was a former owner's attempt at hiding cabinet damage or more likely, rust. It also creates a softer finish and that picks up scratches more easily.
Jas.