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Old 02-18-2015, 07:04 PM
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Originally Posted by decojoe67 View Post
I agree, definitely a home-made cabinet around the remnants of an old piece of furniture. I heard the 630 chassis was available in kit form as late as 1949. For what it is, I think it's an interesting period piece.
This was the only 630 TV-only console made. The rare, but surprsingly not very sought-after 630TCS:
http://www.tvhistory.tv/1946-RCA-630TCS-10in.JPG
The 630 chassis lived on in kit and custom installation incarnations until about 1960 with various modifications such as adding AGC, and changing the defection circuits to be able to drive CRTs eventually as big as 21".
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