Hallicrafters T-54, 1948

[Eric H]

Hey David, I noticed something different between your chassis and mine.

Mine uses a large multi section resistor riveted to the top of the chassis and yours doesn't. Yours also has channel one, my chassis seems to be wired for channel one but it's been cut short and there's no hole for it in the cabinet.

Guess I could drill a hole in the cabinet and make a "Rare" channel 1 505.

I know yours is a T-54 and mine is a 505 but I thought they used the same chassis? I imagine mine is later since it's minus channel one. I know the really early ones used Octal tubes in the i.f. strip.

It also looks like that decal I so laboriously restored is different on yours also.

[earlyfilm]

Originally Posted by Eric H

Hey David, I noticed something different between your chassis and mine.

It also looks like that decal I so laboriously restored is different on yours also.

Eric,

Your set is a late production, while David's Hallicrafters and my Delco are early productions.

And I just got a surprise seeing David's photo which included the patent sticker on his that I thought was unique to the Delco clone. His Hallicrafters also has the name "Hallicrafters ... Chicago" trimmed off the bottom of the sticker!

David's photos are on http://imgur.com/a/fUMgt#0

FYI Eric: I started converting your art to match my Delco, and will post when I finish.

James

[DavidGoncalv]

Crap - that reminds me I owe you the photos and text of the sticker under the CRT. Coming up tonight!

[DavidGoncalv]

What is the art you are talking about?

[Eric H]

Originally Posted by DavidGoncalv

What is the art you are talking about?

I believe he's referring to the picture i posted of the restored patent label for the Hallicrafters.

I hadn't thought of it as Art, at least not in the way Picasso is art...

[DavidGoncalv]

Here you go...

1.875" x 3"

[Einar72]

David, I noticed yours has .05 uF caps for Vertical deflection plate coupling. The Sams parts list (and photo) calls for .03. Do they look like they are replacements, or do they look undisturbed and original?

[Eric H]

Originally Posted by DavidGoncalv

Here you go...

1.875" x 3"

Thank you!

In this case, since it's just text in what looks like a normal Font, it may be easier to create a new label using Word or Photoshop instead of trying to doctor the Photo.
The dark stains make it really hard to clean up.