BORING little swap meet find

[AiboPet]

I love that little one on the right Goodlin. I think I seen one of those MANY years ago at an automotive swap meet RIGHT next to a Sony 303. Both of them were described as "car TV sets". The little Sony 303 even had a little custom wire bracket sorta thing that hung it from a seat back.

I would have gotten it if I had seen it "now".....but back then all I collected was muscle cars :-P Old GM muscle cars didn't appear to ever come with or have any TV set as an option. The Sony was apparently a Benz option, and I would imagine the little Philco you have there on the right was likely a Lincoln limousine item.

I remember them VERY well, because about that time, my dad had given me the little Sony 303 that was my first set.....and if "I" wanted it to function correctly, I had to figure out it's "no vertical" :-)

Still have the 303, and I keep it seperate from the rest. That is a special set to me. (I should get another one to put next to the 301 and 305)

[DavGoodlin]

Originally Posted by AiboPet

I think I seen one of those MANY years ago at an automotive swap meet RIGHT next to a Sony 303. Both of them were described as "car TV sets". The little Sony 303 even had a little custom wire bracket sorta thing that hung it from a seat back.

I would imagine the little Philco you have there on the right was likely a Lincoln limousine item.

Yes, AiboPet, the Philco on the right was an option in 1966-67 FoMoCo Cars. And from what Ive read here, Lincoln being most likely. My friend gave me that set if I promised not to unload it. It came as an option in his uncle's Town Car bought in Wilkes Barre PA, which had 4 UHF (and NO VHF) channels. It has a UHF loop built into the back, so it probably worked well in that area.

[Sandy G]

[QUOTE=AiboPet;3043935]

I would have gotten it if I had seen it "now".....but back then all I collected was muscle cars :-P Old GM muscle cars didn't appear to ever come with or have any TV set as an option. The Sony was apparently a Benz option, and I would imagine the little Philco you have there on the right was likely a Lincoln limousine item.

I have a 1965 Lincoln Lehmann-Petersen Executive Limo, one of 50 made & 9 left, & in between the 2 rearwards-facing seats right behind the partition, is a little cabinet that at one time held a 5-303 quite nicely. Even has the Sony power jack, & I think, an antenna jack. Those little 5-303 sets were QUITE the "Chi-Chi" items back in the Sixties. They WEREN'T cheap, they were well made, & generally didn't give trouble & performed quite well. MAYBE mine got swapped out later for a KV-5000, who knows...(grin)