CL: Silvertone console B&W TV

[radiotvnut]

OK, here are some pictures. The model number is 3185 and there is a date stamp of 3/13/53 inside the cabinet. Like most old sets from this era, the deflection yoke housing is falling apart and the centering rings are dangling on the CRT neck. I did slowly power it up on the variac; but, there was excessive current draw (probably due to bad caps). Had someone plugged this set straight into a 120 volt outlet, they would have probably let the smoke out. Looking at the chassis, this looks like it was one of the better Silvertone sets. I'm sure there are some folks out there who remember working on these sets way back then. Ages ago, I had a Silvertone TV/phonograph combo that, IIRC, used this same chassis.