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07-30-2011, 11:00 PM
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I want this Admiral real bad.Trouble is it's in Michigan and I'm in Maryland
http://cgi.ebay.com/Mid-Century-Admi...item3a68ab13c7
Why do all the good ones have to be so far away? I wouldn't ship this set though and I hope he doesn't end up shipping it. Anyone nearby this set that is driving near Maryland in the near future?...lol. I'm going to be dreaming about a bakelite Admiral tonight.  
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07-31-2011, 01:28 AM
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Good luck! You definitely don't want to ship it
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07-31-2011, 01:31 AM
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That is super nice and very clean. Worth getting. I like the design very much.
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07-31-2011, 09:20 AM
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Well there is no way I can take off work to get it.And the gas would be outrageous. Let's hope someone saves that extremely nice cabinet from shipping. I only wish there was some kind of network here to get a set from state from to state.
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07-31-2011, 12:35 PM
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That is a nice set. It has the most important parts still with it! Same model that my grandmother had when I was a kid. She lived in Irvington. Would be nice for you to get it!
I had a later model, my first TV, when I was a teenager and it ultimately got away from me. Fast forward, thanks to this forum, I found another one. It was an easy restore. 
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07-31-2011, 02:08 PM
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I too had one of these TV sets as a teenager, but my father didn't want to keep fixing it as "it's screen is too small to bother with". Later on, about 12 years ago I got another off ebay, and it was an easy restore.
 
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07-31-2011, 09:24 PM
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JC, if I spot one I'll let you know. I have a 10" version that I picked up locally in the 90s. I'm not looking to part with it right now. There was an identical model that showed up about 2 years ago at a local auction-it then ended up at an antique mall. I think it had a bad crt and the seller was looking for a ton of money for it. Anyway, they are around.
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08-02-2011, 07:43 PM
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Better drive up and get it. It has the back and the pencil box door. I have an extra knob if you need it. Cabinet looks beautiful.
Last edited by charokeeroad; 08-03-2011 at 09:05 AM.
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08-02-2011, 10:57 PM
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With how thick that bakelite is I think it was more like the work of "Little Boy" or "Fat man"!
Tom C.
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08-03-2011, 07:04 AM
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That is essentially what my 16R12 looked like when it arrived. And unfortunately it became parts.
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08-03-2011, 11:42 AM
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 I purchased a 20X122 bakelite set from this ebay seller a couple years ago. I explained how fragile these are, talked him through pulling the chassis and paid extra to have them shipped separately. It arrived without a scratch. A few months later he contacted me about this set. I passed on it and warned him again about the fragile nature of the bakelite cabinet. He ended up selling it on ebay. A few weeks later this listing appeared for a damaged parts set. Turns out he shipped it with the chassis installed against my advise and UPS smashed it 
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#14
08-03-2011, 03:19 PM
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I'm in contact with the seller of that set and have already purchased another set for a member on here thats setting in my garage right now. We are going meet each other half way to swap the sets we both want to avoid having to ship them if I get the one listed above. The set he wanted was close to me and he is super close to the set I want,It worked out so well it's like.....videoKARMA....
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08-03-2011, 08:08 PM
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 tomorrow finally and I gotta get moving over with and have no money left. I doubt if another one could be found in that condition with the intact pencil door. Maybe someday I'll own a bakelite Admiral like this.
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