60s Westinghouse color console found; left it for the bulldozer

[kx250rider]

Originally Posted by Steve D.

Charles,

Long drive on a somewhat vague discription of an old tv. You never know tho. It could have been a 22" Westinghouse from the '50's. That crumbling shed is prime rattlesnake territory. You did the right thing.

-Steve D.

True; you never know. Last time I got a call like that, it was a room with a CTC-16, a Packard-Bell color set (early 23"), and 2 nice B&W sets. And I needed a get-away day. I've been working construction & playing electrician out in the sun for a week (part of my responsibilities on our avocado ranch), and this venture yesterday was a welcome relief.

The demo contractor was tearing that shed apart when he spotted the TV, so he laid off, and called me. Much better than if he had reported later that he had flattened a shed with "some sort of REALLY old color TV in it". That's happened to me many times, including an entire TV collector's house which was bulldozed with 100s of TVs in it, in North Hollywood, in the late 80s or early 90s. It was a county estate/probate thing with no family. I heard it & saw photos from a real estate agent who had shown the house before the county tore it down.

Charles

[AUdubon5425]

Originally Posted by kx250rider

Much better than if he had reported later that he had flattened a shed with "some sort of REALLY old color TV in it". That's happened to me many times, including an entire TV collector's house which was bulldozed with 100s of TVs in it, in North Hollywood, in the late 80s or early 90s. It was a county estate/probate thing with no family. I heard it & saw photos from a real estate agent who had shown the house before the county tore it down.

New Orleans rarely ever tore abandoned houses down - they had to be falling onto the house next door or into the street for the city to demolish them. I never did find anything worthwhile, because the old TVs & stereos were either heavily vandalized, had been rained on for several years or fallen through the rotted floor, or it simply was too dangerous to poke around in the neighborhood.

I did see an old B&W console set in an apartment after the storm, simply because the entire side of the building collapsed. It was like looking into a dollhouse. I wish I had a camera on me that day.