Thanks to Lee's generous tip, I came home today with some early bday presents. Apparently the couple quit selling TVs in '68 and she had gathered these sets as trade-ins back in the day figuring they'd be good to convert into corner curio shelves and toy chests!
I'm pretty sure they'll all clean up pretty nicely, just some loose trim and a couple missing rear knobs. The one Hillsborough had a brightener on it that came to rest on the 5U4 literally burning away half of its cardboard case sometime in its past. Good filament, no HV. The other showed good brightness and signs of life. Everything'll need to be recapped I'm sure. And those lovely RCA PCBs
The 'Super' corner model also has a brightener on it and seleniums, while the 'Deluxe' (better cabinet, channel indicator above the screen, couple additional speakers) has a 5U4 and power xformer. It makes me real curious whether or not it was part of the upgrade, or simply an older set.
After I got her 8-track player going she was more than happy to toss in a neat New Orthophonic record changer in a table size cabinet and a mid-60s RCA color console that she didn't know how to get rid of. The icing on the cake was an RCA under-dash quadraphonic 8-track player she had for sale. Just what I was looking for
More pictures at
http://www.eldocountry.com/rca.html
Thanks for letting me share guys- Lee, I have my eyes peeled for audio gear!
PS, Anyone have the Sams for these guys? They deserve to be restored to their former glory.