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Originally Posted by Adam
That's got to be one of the best trash finds of all time. I wonder why there seem to be so many better trash finds up in that part of the country, than down here in Southern CA. In four years of living down here, I really only found one good set curbside.
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I'll give you a tip, Adam.... You aren't too far from what is alleged to be the most fruitful vintage-TV-in-the-trash area in the state, as told to me by a Los Angeles City trash truck driver and several other vintage TV guys. I am not making this up; this is supposed to be a "fact": I personally have picked up several nice 50s TVs at this place, and have heard of many other finds including a mint-condition 3" Pilot in the case!
WOODLAND HILLS! Specifically, the small houses between Hwy 101 on the North, and Dumetz on the South. Between about Taft High School and the Calabasas city limit. No guarantees of course, but if you're headed that way, just get off the freeway and cruise through there on trash day. I have always wondered "WHY" that area.
I have cruised the trash in every suburb of Los Angeles from the most expensive parts of Beverly Hills to the poorest parts of Pacoima. You find 1988 RCAs in Beverly Hills, 1998 Zeniths in Pacoima, once I found a 10" Hoffman in West LA. Maybe a cracked plasma set shows up in Marina Del Rey. But Woodland Hills just seems to be the TV collectors' wonderland!
Charles