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Old 11-03-2016, 01:22 PM
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Originally Posted by David Roper View Post
It's come up in conversation before among the early color guys with pretty much unanimous consensus that it was never more than an artist's rendering. I know John Folsom is certain the set never existed. It depicts a fantasy upgrade of Admiral's 15" set to sort of their version of the 21-CT55.
David, I also believe that to be correct. Again, I could never find an ad or any documentation that would validate that the early 21" Admiral existed. More hype by the Admiral Corp. The actual '56-'57 Admiral color receivers were manufactured starting in late 1956 for the 1957 model year. They were produced to directly compete with the RCA Victor CTC-5 models. They used an Admiral designed chassis. Admiral, like RCA, offered a model under $500.00.

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