Urgent... Save this majestic, Majestic (Grundig)

[Carmine]

I stopped at a nearby estate sale, and found this most unlikely TV set. I say unlikely, because I can't imagine overseas shipping costs for this monster of a set circa 1955-ish!

Even before it was open, I knew this was some kind of German set because of the "key holes" on the doors. Every piece of authenitic German furniture I see always has locking doors! When I went to Germany, people kept closing doors in the house... Not just bedroom doors at night, but kitchen doors in the middle of dinner!? What's with you Germans and locking doors!??

Anyways... back on topic.

Beautiful cabinet, actually has a early 80s look to it, so I expected a more modern set when I opened it up. Took me a second or two to realize the TV guts were gone. But, with a donor chassis this beast could live again because all the hardware/trim is intact. I am told the radio/record player still works.

Naturally, the woman running the sale tried to convince me how much better a modern POS Chinese cube would be, rather than a handwired German set that wasn't designed to take up landfill space in 5 years. I quickly cut her down to size, using a mournful expression and some mention of "ruined value". I think this will get her off the idea of $300! In fact, I think the set could be had for far less.

If somebody wanted it, I would be willing to get it out of the house and store it FOR A SHORT PERIOD of time. I'll throw in my phone number since I don't expect to be around the computer today.

586-801-4732

Even a newer Grundig set placed inside would be a good choice until the orginal B&W set could be located.

If not, enjoy the pics!