I have a friend who's looking for a beast system. The wider and bigger, the better. Prefferably in the Northeast region.

I think this one's a bit too radical, though. He wants a bit lower and ULTRAWIDE. Wooden, TV, phono, stereo. I'd prefer a roundie since I'm gonna have to fix the thing ;)

Nasa,

Seems like this one would have been good for your friend... although i don't recall where it was. I think this one was up for auction a few weeks back. I don't think they come any wider than this one... wasn't it like 80 inches wide???

Aren't the dollies in the picture part of the original equpment?


Reece

Charlie - yeah, that's what he wants! If anyone sees one in the Northeast area, or on ebay on the east coast - let me know. Has to have a stereo in it too.

1/2 the reason he wants them - they're cool. Other 1/2? Too big for the parents to throw out on him!

Remember, the wider the better!

I just arrived home! The beast is on the back of the truck. The CRT has a 1 AUGUST1980 rebuild date stamped on it. More later


polaraman

Wow... you got that set in your truck? Hope you remembered to pick your testicles up off the ground after you loaded it! :D

It took three of us to get it in! There was a one foot drop from the dock to the bed of my truck. Broke one of the legs off loading it. I am going to Home Depot after work to get some wheels for this tank. :scratch2: Got two more sets on the trip. I will post those on the black and white thread.


polaraman

A 1980 rebuild date on that tube is pretty good! With putting that money into it, one would assume they got at least 10+ years more use out of it, so it couldn't have been out of service for very long. I think the last year my Uncle put in a round tube was 1982 and it was a chore to find one available then. I still remember that set. It was a "plain Jane" CTC-16 and he put in a Sylvania "New Gun" tube and a flyback. Can't wait for you to post your "findings" and pix!

The tube that keeps going and going . . .
 

If this set's former owner got 24 years of good service from that CRT (and it still makes a good picture today), it must have been a good tube. :thmbsp: When you consider most tubes are getting dim after ten years (some modern ones get too weak to watch after only three to five years), if a tube is double that age, and then some, and still has a good picture, good brightness and all, it is excellent--almost unbelievable. I would be tempted to think your CM console wasn't even used that much, or perhaps very rarely, after the new CRT was installed.

Too bad the TV program That's Incredible! isn't around anymore. If it were, I'd suggest you try to get your CM on it. As I said above, 24 good years from a color CRT is darned nearly incredible. The only thing I can figure is that the CRT in your set was made by RCA or some other manufacturer from TV's early days, as the tube seems to be every bit like the Energizer battery--it keeps going and going and going . . .

BTW, sorry to hear that one leg broke off the console while you were offloading it from your truck. (Shouldn't be too much of a job reattaching it, although you will have the heck of a time putting the cabinet in a position such that you can do it; seems to me you may have to take the chassis out, do something with the control hutch on top . . . Even at that, the cabinet will be heavy enough that you'll need plenty of help to get it on its back.)

The idea of putting wheels on the cabinet is good--I never heard of that being done with a console that big. If you do that, however, just make sure the set doesn't go rolling around in your living room or basement, wherever you plan to put it, every time you so much as nudge the cabinet. When/if it does, believe me, you'll know it--it will sound like a freight train rumbling through the house or worse. :D

Here it is!!! It has AM/FM Stereo with a tuning eye!

Is it hiding? I don't see anything! :dunno:

Pictures do not seem to be loading. I will try later.

Second try!

Closer TV chassis. Missing a 12BY7 tube.

Radio chassis. Too hard to see.