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As far as Olympic, I've never seen one of their color sets; but, I'm told that they are basically an RCA clone. I believe the name was sold off to some importer, back around 1970-'71, and I've seen some cheap stereos from the early '70's (I believe they were actually made by Electrophonic) that bore the Olympic name. By the mid '70's, I think the brand name had been phased out.
As far as the Sylvania/Philco connection, I believe Ford bought Philco in '61, then Ford sold Philco to GTE in '74, and then GTE sold the Sylvania and Philco brands to NAP (who already owned Magnavox) in 1981. In the '80's, there were Magnavox, Sylvania, and Philco TV's that all used the same chassis (the Philco sets were usually the "discount" models).
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