A Franken-Crafters

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Originally Posted by Eric H

I think (Know?) I have a Frankenstein Hallicrafters 7".
. . . . The TV-71 was the Delco branded set made by Hallicrafters, same set, slightly different cosmetics, or maybe just a different Brand Decal?

It does not look Frankied to me!

It is just a late production set where the channel 1 shaft was trimmed off and an adjusted factory front panel was used, where someone did a poor job of cabinet restoration.

The nearest thing to "Frank" is the feet on your set seem to be a dull black. All never refinished original cabinets that I have seen had dull brown stain on the feet.

See thread

http://www.videokarma.org/showthread.php?t=256167

where a Hallicrafters and a Delco traveled down the same line one day apart (see picture on post #15.)

For the record, my Delco only has the Hallicrafters inspection stickers, and TV71 model number was not on the chassis, but was on the tube chart inside the cabinet.

Also in this thread you will see a link to Banderson's thread on restoration of a set like this.

James