Another roundie found local, truetone.

[Yamamaya42]

no info yet, unknown make (RCA clone?), still waiting to hear back from owner.
https://i.imgur.com/AX7n1id.png

[Electronic M]

I remember seeing one of those on Facebook recently. It most likely is an RCA clone (most of the store brand roundys we're RCA clones) if it isn't that is almost as rare a Truetone color TV.

[AlanInSitges]

Shango has one of these, pretty sure I remember it was a CTC15 clone.

[Tube TV]

I'm admiring your luck at finding these sets. 20 years ago I couldn't find color roundies local. I had ads in the newspaper and bulletin boards in the malls and I'd get calls by someone with their "seemingly" vintage TV just to find out it was another particle board console from 1984.

I think Truetone was sold be Western Auto Supply IIRC.

On their black and white portables around that time they seemed to have used a lot of manufacturers. I've seen rebadged Admirals, then some Japanese made. Some have some pretty rare cabinets you don't see outside of Truetone.

[Electronic M]

So I happen to have a duplicate copy of the Sam's. Sure looks like a clone.
Once you get yours if it is the same chassis as my Sam's covers I'll let you have the Sam's for the cost of shipping (I doubt I'll ever own one of those to need 2 copies).

[John Adams]

Probably built by Wells Gardner.

[ARC Tech-109]

Detrola was a Western Auto brand for the radio side, I always thought Trutone was a Wards name

[Tube TV]

Originally Posted by ARC Tech-109

Detrola was a Western Auto brand for the radio side, I always thought Trutone was a Wards name

Airline was Wards.

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by ARC Tech-109

Detrola was a Western Auto brand for the radio side, I always thought Trutone was a Wards name

Never heard of Detrola badged sets being sold by Western Auto. WA's house brand was always Truetone. I've had a number of Truetone radios and they were always listed under Western Auto in Riders perpetual troubleshooters...IIRC Truetone radios always had a reference to Western Auto in the internal labels.
IIRC Detrola built some store brand sets so it's possible some Truetone radios were Detrola built.
From what I've read Detrola never built TVs. There were a couple of Wilcox/Majestic sets that got rebadged Detrola but never a Detrola built TV.

And I second that Montgomery Wards house brand was Airline....I've owned Airline radios and TVs.

[AlanInSitges]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

Never heard of Detrola badged sets being sold by Western Auto. WA's house brand was always Truetone. I've had a number of Truetone radios and they were always listed under Western Auto in Riders perpetual troubleshooters...IIRC Truetone radios always had a reference to Western Auto in the internal labels.
IIRC Detrola built some store brand sets so it's possible some Truetone radios were Detrola built.

I remember as a kid in probably Jr. High wandering into the Western Auto store in town on the way home from school and seeing some stereos on display; one had a TRUETONE logo that was crooked and was clearly just a sticker that had been slapped on the front. Of course I peeled it off, revealing that it was actually a SOUNDESIGN POS. After that I realized they probably knew it was me who revealed the secret behind the TRUETONE brand and was a too scared to ever go back in the store.

[Tube TV]

Originally Posted by AlanInSitges

I remember as a kid in probably Jr. High wandering into the Western Auto store in town on the way home from school and seeing some stereos on display; one had a TRUETONE logo that was crooked and was clearly just a sticker that had been slapped on the front. Of course I peeled it off, revealing that it was actually a SOUNDESIGN POS. After that I realized they probably knew it was me who revealed the secret behind the TRUETONE brand and was a too scared to ever go back in the store.

I remember some of those soundesign console stereos. Damn they were lousy. 5 watts a channel, 6 or 8" woofer and a 3" tweeter, BSR turntable, 8 track, and a reciever with such a weak amp that a table radio could keep up in performance.

"Simulated woodgrain" sawdustboard cabinet. The wood detailing was hard foam that was blown into molds and painted brown with little black flick and smudges to try to hide to fact that the speaker grill and all the detailing was foam.

Circuit board screwed right to the sawdust board, and a little transformer sitting in the bottom of the cabinet. Powering everything but the turntable motor.

[KentTeffeteller]

Originally Posted by Tube TV

I remember some of those soundesign console stereos. Damn they were lousy. 5 watts a channel, 6 or 8" woofer and a 3" tweeter, BSR turntable, 8 track, and a reciever with such a weak amp that a table radio could keep up in performance.

"Simulated woodgrain" sawdustboard cabinet. The wood detailing was hard foam that was blown into molds and painted brown with little black flick and smudges to try to hide to fact that the speaker grill and all the detailing was foam.

Circuit board screwed right to the sawdust board, and a little transformer sitting in the bottom of the cabinet. Powering everything but the turntable motor.

Those are what is referred to as "Jimmy Swaggart" consoles. Usually when original owner or family dies off, you find Jimmy Swaggart, or private label vanity Gospel records and tapes inside said console or Christmas records. RadioTVPhonoNut says it well. Cheap mother of particle board junk.

[Yamamaya42]

Still Waiting to hear back, I really hope to get it, even if it's a dud, I will be my 3rd color roundie!

[kf4rca]

No cataract that I could see. like many of the color roundies. So its been stored well.
Truetone was Western Auto. Western Auto, like Sears, did their own financing for their products. Color TV was very expen$ive for the average American at the time.
Sears sold everything including cars and pre-fab homes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sears_Modern_Homes

[jr_tech]

Electronic M said:
“IIRC Detrola built some store brand sets so it's possible some Truetone radios were Detrola built”

That seems to be the case: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detr...on_Corporation

jr