Philco TV-123 chassis available (2)

[rca2000]

A guy ion the AZ. area I am trying to get one of those remote-only colortrack sets from has TWO TV-123 chassis available he says.

I just KNOW someone here might find that interesting!!

[Don Lindsly]

Are they complete TVs or just chassis?

[Dave A]

Can you find out the condition of the chasiss? Rust, missing parts, etc.

Dave A

[ChuckA]

Can you have him get the serial # and run # stenciled on the rear of the chassis'?

Dave: Can never have enough spares - right?

Chuck

[rca2000]

Originally Posted by ChuckA

Can you have him get the serial # and run # stenciled on the rear of the chassis'?

Dave: Can never have enough spares - right?

Chuck

Ok. He got the numbers off of ONE chassis.

10307, Run 1.

He gave me permision to give out his ADDY::

See if this link works::

mailto:[email protected]

[ChuckA]

That's part of the number. The actual serial number is the next 3 digits, then 501 which is the run.


Chuck

[Don Lindsly]

As I recall, all Philco serial numbers of the era were two letters, followed by five numbers on a small silver sticker with a black border.

As a history trivia item; Philco provided an update kit for the TV123 chassis. It was a load of parts including a flyback, healthier horizontal output tube, improved high voltage rectifier arrangement and a sub chassis to use two 5U4s as low voltage rectifiers in place of the 5V3. The easy way to spot the mod is to look for the sub chassis. It had a cable that plugged into the power transformer socket and was mounted at the bottom of the cabinet. It also included other circuit improvements. The kit greatly improved reliability and will indicate the quality of service the TV got in its early life.

[Dave A]

Chuck,

You can never have enough spares. You never know when your complete and restored TV-123 will need parts.

See you at the February DVHRC meeting.

Dave A

[Pete Deksnis]

Chuck, I see from the ETF data base the number of TV-123's has sky-rocketed up to six! Have you recorded a serial number above 356 yet?

[ChuckA]

Pete,

I have only 5 complete sets listed, have to check with Steve and see if he has info on the new one. 356 is still the highest serial number of all the complete and incomplete ones I have.

Chuck

[Steve McVoy]

6 confirmed: ETF, Chuck A., Pete D., Dave A., Pioneer Village in Nebraska, Collector in CA. (blonde cabinet). Reported, but not confirmed: Estate of Danny Gustafson

[rca2000]

He said he would try and get them. He said the chassis are "mostly complete".

[ChuckA]

I don't have the numbers from Pioneer Village or the California one. I contacted Pioneer Village, but never got any response, I think Ed R. also tried.


Chuck

[Dave A]

Don,

Thanks for the info on this rare set. Your Philco memory continues to amaze me. And check your memory for one Bert Soltoff. I got my TV123 set with the mods from him. He worked at Philco engineering in the mid-50's and left for RCA to work on the Apollo field-sequential color camera system. He even had a sample camera color wheel which he would not part with. It was about 6 inches across and as finely machined a piece as I have ever seen.

He was also the source for the Philco Apple color tube info that Chuck has posted. Credit where credit is due.

Dave A

[Pete Deksnis]

Here's a picture of the TV-123 chassis rear apron; this area is just below the power transformer. There is a paper fuse-data sticker there on the left, but there are no other stickers or stampings back there that have survived that I can see.