I am going to look for a 21AXP22!

[DaveWM]

I grew up down in Ft laud, man that place has changed. Back then the place to avoid was around the thurnderbird drive in off sunrise.

[JB5pro]

I was mistaken when I wrote I thought mabe Pompano. It's like northwest Fort Lauderdale area: Kennedy Electronics 1246 East Oakland Park Boulevard, Oakland Park, FL(954) 565-0123 ‎
His building say's: Car Radio Repair on one side but lists TV, VCR, etc. on other side. It is very small building and I bet he rarely does TV. I suspect he justs works there to kill time waitng for a high offer on his land as he likely owns the whole place. Prolly been there since the '60's. That is my guess.
In the interest of keeping his 21AXP from going to waste I warn all here that you should be careful in how you approach him. Use your best "getting along with ornery, old, loner TV men skills" or he may deny having it. I am sure all of you know the type of character I am describing very well. He was a total jerk to me at first but after chit-chat he became quite nice and after telling him about my rebuild of a 21FJP22 he mentioned he had a metal-coned 21" color tube. I keep forgetting if he mentioned it as specifically being a 21AXP22 or not as it was like 3 or 4 years ago and somebody blew a bunch of smoke in my face which had me not 100% of my usuall perceptive self. The overall impression I had was that he had the tube for a long time and it was likely saved for being a good tube/conversation piece. I doubt he mentions it to many people but logically the correct approach will get the facts of what it is and a possible sale.
Good Luck

[TubeType]

Originally Posted by JB5pro

I was mistaken when I wrote I thought mabe Pompano. It's like northwest Fort Lauderdale area: Kennedy Electronics 1246 East Oakland Park Boulevard, Oakland Park, FL(954) 565-0123 ‎
His building say's: Car Radio Repair on one side but lists TV, VCR, etc. on other side. It is very small building and I bet he rarely does TV. I suspect he justs works there to kill time waitng for a high offer on his land as he likely owns the whole place. Prolly been there since the '60's. That is my guess.
In the interest of keeping his 21AXP from going to waste I warn all here that you should be careful in how you approach him. Use your best "getting along with ornery, old, loner TV men skills" or he may deny having it. I am sure all of you know the type of character I am describing very well. He was a total jerk to me at first but after chit-chat he became quite nice and after telling him about my rebuild of a 21FJP22 he mentioned he had a metal-coned 21" color tube. I keep forgetting if he mentioned it as specifically being a 21AXP22 or not as it was like 3 or 4 years ago and somebody blew a bunch of smoke in my face which had me not 100% of my usuall perceptive self. The overall impression I had was that he had the tube for a long time and it was likely saved for being a good tube/conversation piece. I doubt he mentions it to many people but logically the correct approach will get the facts of what it is and a possible sale.
Good Luck

Thanks again John.
Here is the shop's contact information.

Kennedy Electronics
1246 East Oakland Park Boulevard
Oakland Park, FL
(954) 565-0123

I gave the shop a call at 5:20 P.M., but it went straight to an answering machine. I left him a pretty generic message that said I was searching for color CRTs from the '50s and '60s. Also, I said I'd give him a call next week, if I did not hear from him before then. I'll let you know what he says, later. I hope he has a warehouse full.

[JB5pro]

Originally Posted by DaveWM

I grew up down in Ft laud, man that place has changed. Back then the place to avoid was around the thurnderbird drive in off sunrise.

I really like most areas of southeast Fla. I made the mistake of going into KFC off sunrise in the bad area and they made me know what they thought of "my kind o'folks" Seemed like payback for what somebody's ancestors did to their ancestors or something like that. The treatment came before I said one word and I had my most humble possible face on. The poorly educated never cease to amaze me

Again, about approaching that man for the CRT: I strongly recommend consulting the big shots here like Steve McVoy or whomever demonstrates proper adult business ways on how to talk to him and what to say or you may likely lose the possiblity. The man can be nice but clearly could be the sort to easily get bothered and let the tube rot until he dies and others will likely throw it in the garbage.

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by DaveWM

I grew up down in Ft laud, man that place has changed. Back then the place to avoid was around the thurnderbird drive in off sunrise.

I like the idea, that they named the street after the beverage of choice.

[DaveWM]

I worked one summer in a TV repair shop back in the early 70's in Davie, well if you call it worked, more like after school day care since I was 14 and did not get paid. I did get to mess around and fix some AA5's, but mostly just got in the way and messed up the inventory. It was a little mom and pop shop, think the wife did the books, the husband and one tech did the work. I went back there a few year back hoping to find some sign of the old shop, but alas it was long gone. You really can't go home again...