1954 GE 15" Color TV Photos and a plea for Help

[Sandy G]

Ahhh, you don't want that old junky thing-Tell ya what, since i'm such a PRINCE of a guy, I'll give ya a hunnert dollars cash money fer it. But now, shipping's on you-most of them thar now old TV's don't bring no more than 10, 15 bux-20 at the most. i figger I'm bein' MORE than fair w/ya....<grin> Seriously, that bad boy is a WHALE of a catch !! I envy you greatly, sir. Here's to the happy day you get it going again...We WILL want to see pics, you know !! -Sandy G.

[Charlie]

That 6BU5 must really be a rare one... I didn't even see a listing for it in the rca receiving tube manual. Did any of the other 15 inch color sets use this number?

[polaraman]

I have a 6BU8 and a 6AU5. The 6BU5 is listed in an old 1959 GE tube sales list that I have . The 6BU5 is the most expensive tube on the sheet at $5.50. I think that would be a pile of money in 1959.


Interesting mask for the CRT.


polaraman

I put that tube type into Webcrawler, and found it listed for sale for $6.00 at this place:

Leeds Electronics 68 North 7th Street Brooklyn NY 11211 Tel 718 963-1764

[Aussie Bloke]

Nice looking telly mate ! Seen the advert of it on the Early Television Foundation site initially, am real stoked to see that there's at least one still in existence . Best of luck getting this telly up and crankin' again, looking forward to seeing a picture on the tube.

Cheers
Troy

[John Folsom]

Originally Posted by joe_tbird

I put that tube type into Webcrawler, and found it listed for sale for $6.00 at this place:

Leeds Electronics 68 North 7th Street Brooklyn NY 11211 Tel 718 963-1764

I Googled my way to the same place (Leeds Electronics), and gave them a call. "Sure", says the guy, we got those. How many you want?" "Six", I replied hopefully. Well, he took my order, and all was well. About an hour later, he called back, a bit contritely, to say "No", they didn't have any after all. (#*?!.).

Thanks for looking!