An early '48 Motorola VT-71 in action

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Originally Posted by decojoe67

Thanks to Bob Anderson's info on the VT-71 I found mine to be a very early production set. It has channel 1, an non-plated steel chassis, no fine tuning, a sharped-cornered HV box, and no capped side screws to remove the front lower panel. Although not a '47, it was one of the very first '48's. It was gotten from the original owners family here on LI. Supposedly it was on a shelf in his radio/TV repair shop since new and remained in like-new original condition in the rarer blonde finished cabinet. Interestingly, the set must've had many, many hours of use as the chassis needed everything new including the CRT and flyback. After my friend put many hours of repair work into it, it plays as good as it looks now. Nothing like enjoying these early sets on a day off watching the blizzard outside!

The last one I saw that looked that good was about 60 years ago.
According to the tube compliment, that is the earliest model, using a 6SQ7 audio amp and a few different others.
I have three sets of that type and they're the later design.