Admiral 30A14 scored

[Steve D.]

Always get nostalgic when I see this 10" Admiral.
This was our first TV when I was a kid. My dad bought it in 1949. My folks never appreciated it when me and my brothers would unscrew the decorative wood piece attached to the speaker grill. We still used that set for years, even after replacing it with a 21" Admiral in 1953. And yes, it did have the tail knob channel selector. Funny the things you remember. Happy restoring.

-Steve D.

[bandersen]

Originally Posted by ChrisW6ATV

I was just looking at my Admiral today, and its inside label is printed 30A14, with that crossed out and replaced with 30A15. I have read of another of these sets having a crossed-out label like that before, maybe here on VK.

Here's the breakdown according to Riders. I'm glad I looked. The finish is so bad on this set I though it was mahogany.

30A12 - Walnut
30A13 - Mahogany
30A14 - Walnut
30A15 - Mahogany
30A16 - Blond

Originally Posted by Steve D.

Always get nostalgic when I see this 10" Admiral.
This was our first TV when I was a kid. My dad bought it in 1949. My folks never appreciated it when me and my brothers would unscrew the decorative wood piece attached to the speaker grill. We still used that set for years, even after replacing it with a 21" Admiral in 1953. And yes, it did have the tail knob channel selector. Funny the things you remember. Happy restoring.

-Steve D.

As near as my Dad can remember it was his first set too

[bandersen]

Originally Posted by VintagePC

If that magnifier is too cloudy/yellowish, this might be the first set you have to give an oil change to! Looks like yours is filled with cooking oil from the colour

It actually cleaned up up quite nicely Probably time and nicotine had turned it yellow.
That's a reproduction WWI photo I stuck behind it.

[VintagePC]

Looks like it was sealed really well then... Kinda sad they can't keep projection TV lenses sealed as long and in good shape - they often have mineral oil too and algae starts to grow in them after a few years.

[Reece]

Bandersen wrote:
I read the Sams for the 30A1 chassis and discovered that the 'S' suffix in the model number means it used the 94C8-2 turret tuner rather than the earlier A1528 wafer switch tuner with channel 1.

Wonder if the "S" referred to Sarkes Tarzian, who may have made their tuners?

[cchaven]

Originally Posted by Reece

Wow, another Admiral for the herd! Better hope that bug-eye doesn't leak! If you need more decals down the road, I've still got the masters.

I have a 1948 30A14, with channel 1, who's decals are horribly faded. Would you be able to provide a set of these?

Thanks
Jeff

[cchaven]

Originally Posted by Steve D.

Always get nostalgic when I see this 10" Admiral.
This was our first TV when I was a kid. My dad bought it in 1949. My folks never appreciated it when me and my brothers would unscrew the decorative wood piece attached to the speaker grill. We still used that set for years, even after replacing it with a 21" Admiral in 1953. And yes, it did have the tail knob channel selector. Funny the things you remember. Happy restoring.

-Steve D.

My 1948 30A14 has what appear to be it's original knobs and it's tuning knob does not have a tail.

Jeff

[bandersen]

Originally Posted by ChrisW6ATV

The knob is on its way! It is not perfect, but it is the better of the two I had.

Thanks! I received the knob a few days ago. The color is a pretty good match.
Here they all are cleaned up using Novus #2. Now if it was just that easy to make the rest of the set look so nice...

[ChrisW6ATV]

You are welcome. Both knobs I had were the same color. It looks much better since you polished it too.

[Reece]

Jeff, send me a closeup of all your decals so I can see if it's what I have.

[cchaven]

Originally Posted by Reece

Jeff, send me a closeup of all your decals so I can see if it's what I have.

Here's the best picture I could get of the decals. The tuner decal is almost nonexistent..and even without the flash, they are very faint. Hopefully you can see enough of them that you have an idea as to what is there. Thanks

Jeff