Admiral 20X122 Update!

[Eric H]

and I got this one for a tenth of the price of the one in Knoxville

This was a Craigslist find, I debated all week whether to call on it or not but the Devil on my shoulder won out and I called last night.

I had to Drive to Yucca Valley CA for this one, about an hour away from me, I'd never been there so it was a fun little adventure.

The set: it's in decent condition, single chassis model, the safety screen is very nice, the cabinet is dull but not scratched up, there is one long crack on the bottom of one of the feet, not visible and easily epoxied for a solid repair.
This set has the metal upper back and all the knobs!

The CRT tested good immediately, no long wait for warm up at all, it's a rebuilt from Continental Electronics dated 11/1957.

The downside, it had been lived in by critters for a long time, note the extra little bit of perforated metal to the left of the chassis, an attempt by someone long ago to keep varmints out, there is another piece of mesh that's been added to the opening under the CRT.

There is also a Factory screen over the rear half of the bottom of the chassis, to keep hands out of the opening in the cabinet, my other set doesn't have this and I never realized it was supposed to.

The chassis has severe rust on the top, the underneath looks fine, the speaker has been completely eaten away along with the Grille Cloth, that sucks because it's a field coil speaker and not easily replaced, I may be able to recone it though since the voice coil looks OK.

The first thing I did was test the CRT, immediately after that I took it apart in my driveway and gave it a Clorox bath, no way was it coming in the house!

I dumped bleach full strength on the chassis, the Mouse Poo foamed up nicely. then I hosed it off all over, I figure the transformer will be dry by the time I get around to restoring it in 5 or 10 years. (just kidding I hope).

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