Three new Admirals on my porch

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A friend dropped off a couple Admirals for restoration yesterday and I picked up this smashed 19A11 tonight.

The console is a 26R12 with a 16KP4 CRT. The tabletop has the same chassis only copper plated with an RCA Silverama CRT.
It appears to be a 17 incher - maybe a 17BP4 ? I'm not sure but it might have had an 16" CRT originally and this is a retrofit.



My friend also had a little bag with him. Inside I found the black knobs for the tabletop and the two damaged control doors. Considering how often they are missing, he's really lucky to have them in any condition.



Too bad the tabletop is missing the back. I also can't find a model # or tube chart. It's black bakelite as compared to the brown bakelite console.



Little casters have been added to the 26R12


Both CRTs test good. The 16KP4 took about 30 minutes to wake up, but the Silverama had good emissions immediately.

As for the sad little 19A11, I found it locally on craigslist. The parts - CRT shield, speaker, knobs, etc will help me restore the 19A11 I picked up at ARCI two years ago.
The 7JP4 tests very, very good


Here it is next to the very early VT71 I just picked up last week. It will be fun to compare them running side-by-side.