Admiral 20X122 restoration project

[Eric H]

Originally Posted by Reece

Eric and Bob, if your sets were made only 8 days apart, how about subtracting serial numbers (assuming they are sequential) to see how many sets a week were made?

Interesting idea!

My serial got a bit blasted off during cleaning but it' 32,xxx I may have a picture of it I can get the full number off of.

[bandersen]

I'm having trouble finding the serial# Where did you find it ?

[Kevin Kuehn]

Originally Posted by bandersen

I'm having trouble finding the serial# Where did you find it ?

I'd like to know too. Curiosity got the better of me, so I had to go have a look at my 20X122 tuner. Mines stamped Sept 20 1949. I guess that makes mine an old timer.

[Eric H]

Originally Posted by bandersen

I'm having trouble finding the serial# Where did you find it ?

Paper tag, left rear below the Antenna connection.

You can see it in this picture.

[bandersen]

I checked all 3 of my 20X1 chassis and it's only partially legible on this chassis from a 20X11. 42,000 ? I can't find a date on it though

[Kevin Kuehn]

No sign that my set ever had one of those paper tags, there are no rivets in those four holes.

[bandersen]

I reinstalled the repaired 10BP4 and it's working fine

[TerrySmith]

Excellent work! Those old Admirals really produce a good picture.

[tvtimeisfun]

Hey Bryan great job on that Admiral keep up the good work I wish I could do a great job like that... CONGRATS

[bandersen]

Originally Posted by Kevin Kuehn

No sign that my set ever had one of those paper tags, there are no rivets in those four holes.

No rivets in this particular chassis either.


I've moved on to the final cabinet tweaks like replacing the hardened bezel foam.

[bandersen]

I completed an alignment and buttoned up the chassis.


Here are some screenshots with a DTV converter box as a source. 'Danger, Will Robinson!'

That black stuff in the lower left is some old foam residue that come off easily with a little paint thinner.

[bandersen]

I gave the cabinet a final rub down with Meguire's Cleaner Wax. Still a bit dull, but plenty smooth and shiny.


I also stripped the rust off the back and clear coated it.


Finally, here it is all back together


Next up, I'm going to hook up the internal "roto-scope" antenna and see what reception from a Blonder Tongue modulator is like.

[Glenz75]

That looks fantastic! Me want one!

[Mars777]

Another great restoration! Congrats.

I wish I lived in your neck of the woods sometimes. All these finds that you get. I imagine it is mostly due because the manufactures were "right there" in their hayday.

Nothing like those bakelite models show up around that I have found unfortunately.

[Eric H]

That looks splendid!
I need to get off my butt and finish mine.