My day at the TV shop

[Charlie]

here is the control door open

[Charlie]

shot from the other side... wood is better here

[Charlie]

Now for the interesting part. This is a modular tube chassis! Check out all the different sections. It appears that you remove a few screws from each section and that section comes out! Way cool!

The model of this is marked CL83. I found a 3CL83 listed in Sams 913-1. I dont have that one, so, you'll need to find one. It uses the 25axp22 tube, but was kinda weak on the red gun. I dug thru and found a loose crt that tested excellent, so, I brought is home also and you can take it with you when you pick up the set.

The chassis in this set really makes this unique! I think you'll enjoy restoring this.

[Charlie]

here is a different angle.

[Charlie]

Here's a shot of the place from the front.

[Charlie]

some of the inside...

[Charlie]

more...

[Jeffhs]

Originally Posted by Charlie

here is the control door open

I wonder if that's where RCA got the idea for the tilt-out control panels on its color consoles of (I'm guessing) the '70s.

BTW, to respond to an earlier comment made here regarding SC color TV, I honestly don't believe Stromberg-Carlson made color sets (the company may have gone out of business before color really caught on) and if they did, the sets may not have sold very well. The last b&w SC console I remember seeing belonged to my aunt, who bought it in the '50s. The set had a white cabinet with doors (and Chinese accent pieces on the door pulls, IIRC) to hide the CRT.

[Steve McVoy]

Stromberg made a model 102CM, using a 21AXP22 and a RCA CTC4 chassis in their own cabinet. They may have made later sets.

[old_tv_nut]

Did RCAs have tilt-out controls on some models? I have several ads for Admirals with that feature.