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Originally Posted by bandersen
Perhaps. If I do, I'll also tackle the brown, leather handled version I have at the same time.
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Philco made a bullet back version of this set with the same knobs and handle as your red one. I have 2 of those bullet back sets (ironically a red and white and a brown and white missing it's safety glass). The bullet back the back only is for user tube replacement...the chassis is too big to fit through the back so you have to remove the chassis through the front after pulling the CRT...I wonder if the boxy ones are configured the same?
The 48-1000 has been a favorite of mine from the beginning of my TV collecting...the person who sold me my turquoise and white GE 14T series portable that drug this radio collector into TV gave me a Sam's TV repair book from the early days of TV. That Sam's book had in it pictures of the 48-1000 and RCA 8TS30 (and a couple other IMO less stylish sets) they are my in my top 5 late 40s models even today and both were white Wales for me for around a decade.