Rca trk9

[s-petersen]

I went over there , and looked at it, The set was just out of adjustment on vertical,horizontal width, centering height, and the tube was also not centered on the platform behind the mask.
The sound problem was the channel selector, it seem like it was just "dirty", after switching channels about 10 times the sound was working much better.
We watched Charlies Angels from a DVD player for an hour.
The set is slightly unstable to power line fluctuations, and the contrast and brightness also affect the vertical and horizontal hold somewhat.
All in all it works pretty well.
A video of the cabinet restoration, the owner said this is his actual unit being restored.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9pjd3EQz2Y

[Kevin Kuehn]

Quite the save on that cabinet. Would love to hear some background on where/how that set was found, and any history about.

[s-petersen]

The TV was on someones enclosed porch, it was used as a shelf for flower pots.
I am not sure how he found it. The chassis are not rusted, and everything looks like a 20 year old TV as far as oxidation is concerned, nothing really bad.
The chassis restorer restuffed all of the caps topside and replaced the cloth wiring with cloth covered wire also. I have not seen under the chassis.
The original radio escutcheon was destroyed by exposure, but a model of floor radio used the same part, protected behind cabinet doors,which was purchased for replacement.
The motor controlled tuning was pretty interesting to see on the radio.
My Stromberg-Carlson has a motor controlled band switch, but it is 8? years later

[EdKozk2]

Great cabinet restoration work.

[vts1134]

Originally Posted by EdKozk2

Great cabinet restoration work.

Brent has done work for me on a couple of occasions. He does very goo work!

[s-petersen]

The owner sent me some pics of the restoration from under the chassis.

[decojoe67]

First class restoration work of the cabinet and chassis on a oh so deserving vintage TV! I've spoken with several long-time radio/TV collectors who put the TRK-9 as their all-time favorite set. John Vassos outdid himself on that cabinet design.