Admiral Bar TV/Radio/Record player

[mbear2k]

Originally Posted by zenithfan1

That's only the second one of these I've seen, the first one is in an antique shop close to here with a high price tag. It's a roundie though IIRC, the only thing that kept me from buying it is that someone gutted it. The cabinet is perfect though, if it were cheaper I'd buy it and find the correct chassis' for it. It's funny that this one popped up, I was just thinking of the one I mentioned and was wondering if it was still there.

Out of curiosity, what was the antique shop price?

[mbear2k]

Got the beast home! It's in okay shape; the cabinet is going to need some finish work, but otherwise it will be a fun project. As others have mentioned, the TV and radio/phone are standard issue Admiral so getting it working should be pretty straight forward. Here are a few pics:









Wife removed all the glassware for cleaning...








How many poor or suspect repair jobs can you spot?





No shorts on the picture tube:


And the emissions look great. The cutoff was very good and the "life test" was very slow to drop - a very good sign on the tube.