Admiral 30A16 scored

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I picked this nice Admiral 30A16 set up in Indiana this morning. It's in pristine condition except for the two chips in the top veneer. Good thing too. Someone almost bought it before me so their son could turn it into a fish tank. He only passed on it because of those chips!

It's been in the same house since it was purchased back in 1948. The woman I got it from said it came with the house when she bought it.



Decals are in great shape,


Here's the veneer damage


It extends down to the plywood base.


All my other Admiral console sets from this era have metal backs. I wonder why this model has a masonite back ?


Here's the upper chassis. This model has the power supply and audio amp down below on a second chassis.
10BP4 CRT took a while to show some life on my tester. After about an hour, it tests about the same as all my other 10BP4s. I've yet to find a dead one. Maybe, I've just been lucky ?


Is this yellow/green coating is a Cadmium plate ? Odd - none of my other TVs or radios from this era have it. Or at least they haven't turned this color.
Almost looks like it's radioactive - nice for Halloween.


Here's the lower chassis and speaker.


Blurb about an upgrade inside the cabinet.


I'm really happy to get this set. It makes a great addition to my Admiral collection. Time to open a new Admiral wing in my museum!