Look what the cat dragged home!.

[wa2ise]

Originally Posted by Username1

WOW,

You have a wise and very powerful cat ! !

Must be a big cat, like ours:

[Jon A.]

If I can keep any more nicks off my Zenith for another 35 years I'll be golden. Keep in mind that my Zenith's cabinet is plastic and particle board, so it probably never had the shine of that thing.

Originally Posted by wa2ise

Must be a big cat, like ours:

Not that I know much at all about cats, but is that a Maine Coon? I hear that they're smarter than average, and bigger.

[Phil Nelson]

Wow, that is a very handsome set. At this stage, I think you could consider that Inductuner part of its history. I would not be bashful about restoring the TV and using it as-is.

Phil Nelson
Phil's Old Radios
http://antiqueradio.org/index.html

[earlyfilm]

For a few milliseconds, on first opening the thread and spotting this beautiful cabinet, I wondered why someone posted a floor model radio picture in the early TV section.

I think with these sets, Westinghouse certainly out-did RCA on the cabinet style!

Does anyone know what TV stations were in British Columbia back when this set was new?

For that matter, what vintage is the Du Mont tuner?

And hey, while at the ETF convention, if you wish to downgrade your new set to a RCA TRK 12/120, the ETF has an empty cabinet in this year's auction.

http://www.earlytelevision.org/2013_...n_120_cab.html

James.

[Red Raster]

Originally Posted by earlyfilm

For a few milliseconds, on first opening the thread and spotting this beautiful cabinet, I wondered why someone posted a floor model radio picture in the early TV section.

I think with these sets, Westinghouse certainly out-did RCA on the cabinet style!

Does anyone know what TV stations were in British Columbia back when this set was new?

For that matter, what vintage is the Du Mont tuner?

And hey, while at the ETF convention, if you wish to downgrade your new set to a RCA TRK 12/120, the ETF has an empty cabinet in this year's auction.

http://www.earlytelevision.org/2013_...n_120_cab.html

James.

I do know that my town Prince George did not get television broadcasting until
1959 so if this set would have arrived here when new it would have been one hell of a long wait!

[Red Raster]

Originally Posted by Username1

WOW,

You have a wise and very powerful cat ! !

Our cats seem to not bring more than the occasional mouse.....

I'll have to talk to those cats a bit....

yup powerful and mean

[Steve D.]

Originally Posted by earlyfilm

For a few milliseconds, on first opening the thread and spotting this beautiful cabinet, I wondered why someone posted a floor model radio picture in the early TV section.

I think with these sets, Westinghouse certainly out-did RCA on the cabinet style!

Does anyone know what TV stations were in British Columbia back when this set was new?


http://www.earlytelevision.org/2013_...n_120_cab.html

James.

James,

There was no television broadcasting in B.C. in 1939-40 when that Westy was introduced for sale. Doubt that experimental TV existed anywhere in the Northwest U.S. that might have been viewed in B.C. I agree that is a much more stylish cabinet then the RCA Victor TRK-12.

-Steve D

[wa2ise]

Originally Posted by Jon A.

Not that I know much at all about cats, but is that a Maine Coon? I hear that they're smarter than average, and bigger.

He was just a domestic short hair cat, but bigger than most. He could stand his hind legs on the floor and have from paws on the table edge and just barely get his head high enough to see the tabletop. Smart enough to stay off the busy road out front (we don't let our cats outside anymore).

[moltogordo]

RR:

A great find, and a beautiful series of photographs. You've documented your new unit very, very well.

By the way, there is an old TV to the left of the cabinet in one of the pictures towards the bottom. What is that?

By the way, I hate cats. Maybe . . . okay . . . in something like Almond Guy Ding . . . . .

[DavGoodlin]

What a great piece of non-RCA history. I wonder where that one was built , since there were so few made.
It is possible Westinghouse wanted to show a TV in thier display at the World's Fair just like RCA and GE did.

[tubesrule]

This set is actually from 1939. The Westinghouse sets, like the Silvertone sets, were all built by RCA and all use the same chassis. RCA designed different cabinets for the Westinghouse and Silvertone models. These sets were never sold to the public and made strictly for display at the Worlds Fair and for promotional use by Westinghouse and Sears. Afterwards, most were recalled and many were rebadged as RCA. My Westinghouse WRT700 (RCA TT-5 variant) was rebadged "RCA" while my Silvertone 7272 (also a TT-5) was not.

There were about 250 total Westinghouse sets made of the various models and about 50 of the Silvertone: http://www.earlytelevision.org/us_sets_made.html

The crt mask is the same for all three TRK-12 variants. The ones Barry has were made by Ed Schutz (the guy who does the VT71 masks) from a perfect original I had and they fit very nicely.

Darryl

[M3-SRT8]

Woof!

Nice find. Do your best.

...and think "factory."

[Electronic M]

Dang! A prewar Westinghouse next to a 21CT55...I wish I had the means to put those two models in the same room together.

[ChrisW6ATV]

That is a fantastic find. I agree that leaving the existing tuner in it is very appropriate; that tuner itself is a nice piece of hardware with the double disc scales and channel 1 on it.

[baursam]

I always dream of the big find someday in kijiji or a garage sale but it is pretty much just that,a dream. But I see that you have found one in Prince George, and I realize anything is possible. Congrats on the beautiful set!!!