Bradford console

[Jon A.]

I may be able to get my hands on this in a few weeks. Anyone have any idea what's inside? I'm not even sure it's SS.

[SpaceAge]

Get it! I like the clean styling

[Jon A.]

Trying to, I'm putting out feelers for transport.

[zeno]

Most Bradford consoles were built by Wells-Gardener.
Not a bad chassis. Other possibilities are Admiral or GE, only
one way to find out. Kinda looks GE. In any case prob a
rare chassis unless its GE.
Bradford was sold by W.T. Grant dept stores so its most likely
a border jumper.

73 Zeno
LFOD !

[lnx64]

Originally Posted by zeno

Most Bradford consoles were built by Wells-Gardener.
Not a bad chassis. Other possibilities are Admiral or GE, only
one way to find out. Kinda looks GE. In any case prob a
rare chassis unless its GE.
Bradford was sold by W.T. Grant dept stores so its most likely
a border jumper.

73 Zeno
LFOD !

Wait, the SAME Wells Gardener that made monitors for arcade machines?

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by lnx64

Wait, the SAME Wells Gardener that made monitors for arcade machines?

In the days before video games they were a big supplier to the department store badges (going back to radios pre-WWII). Sears or Wards was their biggest customer, and there were plenty of smaller chains that bought from them...One could say they were probably the biggest electronics maker that did not sell product badged under their own name.

[WISCOJIM]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

In the days before video games they were a big supplier to the department store badges (going back to radios pre-WWII). Sears or Wards was their biggest customer, and there were plenty of smaller chains that bought from them...One could say they were probably the biggest electronics maker that did not sell product badged under their own name.

Actually, they did sell some radios badged under their own name. http://www.radioatticarchives.com/radio.htm?radio=12383


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[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

In the days before video games they were a big supplier to the department store badges (going back to radios pre-WWII). Sears or Wards was their biggest customer, and there were plenty of smaller chains that bought from them...One could say they were probably the biggest electronics maker that did not sell product badged under their own name.

Everyone except me, seems to make the mistake that W-G made products for Sears. There must've been some bad blood between W-G and Sears.
Sears buyers were known to cut the price per unit, after the firm set up a line for their product.
I have a Wells Gardner badged model 0CM, built in Sept 1935. A fine performing, interesting set.

[Findm-Keepm]

Shoot me some detail photos of your channel/Fine tuning knobs - place a quarter or penny in the pix for scale - no loonies.... I probably have NOS replacements. I have 2 shops AND a distributor's stock of GE parts, as well as GE Engineering samples and "projects."

That Vertical module? I have a prototype and may have a NOS spare as well. I remember having one, but it may be for the 19JA sets.

One thing I don't have is the safety cap - I sold the NOS ERO/Roederstein blue film types on eBay (audiophools love them) along with the generic marked (2SX...) transistors. I probably have every transistor in your set in NOS condition as well, from 2 maintenance kits for JA/QA and MA/MB sets alone.

EDIT: Lemme check my CRT sockets too - have some GE ones. I gotta do the DMV thang tomorrow, and will be home later than usual.

Anything is of course, yers for postage, Eh?

[DavGoodlin]

Great find. I would agree it looks GE if for no other reason than the paint-worn fine-tune knob being blue underneath

Get a shot of the inside, I think I have some modules from a 1974 GE I scrapped. MB chassis

[maxhifi]

Originally Posted by Jon A.

I may be able to get my hands on this in a few weeks. Anyone have any idea what's inside? I'm not even sure it's SS.

I think Zeller's used to sell Bradford TVs. A friend of mine had a Bradford which had a terribly washed out picture. Definitely a notch below the big names, and most probably solid state. The CRT looks way too new to be a tube set. I would pass on that one, to be honest, but if it's calling to you better get it

Here's an ad I found online... Looks like junk predates the invasion of Wal Mart! Look at that sweet stereo and stylish living room haha

http://images.ourontario.ca/Partners...086pf_0321.pdf

[Jon A.]

Originally Posted by maxhifi

I think Zeller's used to sell Bradford TVs. A friend of mine had a Bradford which had a terribly washed out picture. Definitely a notch below the big names, and most probably solid state. The CRT looks way too new to be a tube set. I would pass on that one, to be honest, but if it's calling to you better get it

Here's an ad I found online... Looks like junk predates the invasion of Wal Mart! Look at that sweet stereo and stylish living room haha

http://images.ourontario.ca/Partners...086pf_0321.pdf

We have a winner! I just received a few more photos of it, says Zeller's on the back. I usually don't bother with big name sets anyway and this one's definitely delta-gun so it's right up my alley. The set itself is free, the downside is I have to pay someone to bring it here.

Oh man, that living room set makes me think of certain Pinto/Bobcat interiors. Well, that was the decade of leisure suits so the ad doesn't really surprise me. I'd take Lloyd's stuff over anything new from Wal-Mart any day.

The chassis number is on the sticker as well, maybe now someone can positively identify it.

[zeno]

Looks like a GE for the most part. Chassis ## not GE.
Says made in Canada but that may just be final assy.

Canadian retailer Zellers concluded a deal with the W.T. Grant Company. The Grant Company was allowed to purchase 10% of Zellers common shares, and was given options that eventually translated into a 51% effective ownership of Zellers in 1959. In return for this, the "Grant Company [was] making available to Zellers its experience on matters of merchandise, real estate, store development, and general administration". Zellers employees were sent to Grant stores and head office for training and together they made common buying trips to Asia, a practice that benefited both companies. By 1976, the Grant Company withdrew from Zellers.[3]

73 Zeno
LFOD !

[wkand]

Originally Posted by maxhifi

I think Zeller's used to sell Bradford TVs. A friend of mine had a Bradford which had a terribly washed out picture. Definitely a notch below the big names, and most probably solid state. The CRT looks way too new to be a tube set. I would pass on that one, to be honest, but if it's calling to you better get it

Here's an ad I found online... Looks like junk predates the invasion of Wal Mart! Look at that sweet stereo and stylish living room haha

http://images.ourontario.ca/Partners...086pf_0321.pdf

That ad copy is GREAT! I really like the 8-track "recording studio", Baaaa-hahahahah!

[Jon A.]

I got it today and just uploaded a bunch of pictures. It's in better shape than the older photos made it look. I didn't see a brand inside but there's a chassis layout chart that says 19Q8. It has one of those horrid safety caps; seems corrective measures were never completed. It has a 25VEBP22 CRT with a date code of 7552, so chances are it was made early in 1976. I left the filaments powered up on normal voltage while I was out and it looks like this CRT may bounce back.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/154129...57684409589212