The CTC-9 is here!
 

Got this one Sunday:banana: I think it is a Latham. It's very unmolested and the picture tube has a date code of 60-22. It looks like the original 21CYP22 as it has the serial numbeer still on it. And it's good and strong! The flyback has what looks like a white outer covering on it and very little wax dripping. The tag has a repair date of 1968. It was originally purchased and lived about three blocks from my house. A friend of mine found it at a hugh garage sale a few miles from here. The circuit boards are nice and brown, not black. Even under the vertical output tube. This critter has a number of bumblebees under it so I'm going to replace anything suspicious before the variac gets started.
One question... how does the front glass come off?

nice find!! IIRC there should be some little clip like retainiers around the brass trim on the front.

That's a real beauty.

Here's a link to my recent CTC-10 safety glass removal adventures. Your set looks to use the same trim mounting scheme. Take your time and don't use too much brute force.

http://www.videokarma.org/showthread.php?t=251989

That's funny, I always thought 'Colorama' meant it was a rebuild but that base says 'all new materials'.

This is what my '59 21CYP22 looks like:

http://videokarma.org/attachment.php...4&d=1315931987


Perhaps all tubes beyond a certain date ('60 or so?) were Colorama, while earlier production ones had a base like mine?

I also have a trio of 21AXP22's. The one that was rebuilt in '65 and went to air has a blank black base (probably not rebuilt by RCA), while the good RCA Colorama rebuild lives in my CTC-4. The 21-CT-55 still has it's original tube in it with a similar base to the CYP in the picture, though the tube type is stamped on the neck not engraved on the base.

The colorama threw me too but it has the serial number tag still on it. Does anyone know how long the CTC-9 was in production? I would think for at least a year (but then again, when did the model year start?)
Another question is are the older flybacks white instead if red? I hope to finish up my Admiral B/W tonight and pull the RCA chassis late tonight or tomorrow night.

Silverama and Colorama were both advertised as new tubes back in 1960. I think RCA rebuilt tubes were called red label.

My 9 had a blue rubber tire on it.

I thought that is was "Hi-Lite" for rebuilds.

It's hard to tell sometimes, they don't always make the glass welds high on the neck. I just sold a tube that looked like it had a weld right down by where the bell ends, you could tell because of the shade of internal dag coating.

The "Hi-Lite" series were new so maybe when this trade name was used the "Colorama" was delegated to rebuilt status.

I think the Hi-Lite came along later. I suppose any of them could show up today as "rebuilt"

http://books.google.com/books?id=DFA...20tube&f=false

Here's a very early ad for both Colorama and Silverama.

http://books.google.com/books?id=iAo...20tube&f=false

Have you considered the possibility of the original bakelite base being replaced early in life due to mis-handling, or a short supply of correctly labled bases at the plant causing the wrong base to be put on the tube so it could be installed in a new set?

Wow Nice set! glad the CRT is good. CTC9's are great sets. You will enjoy it.

Congrats! Nice looking TV, all original too, a perfect starting point for restoration :yes: I do wish these colour roundies were around in my neck of the woods...I feel like I'm really missing out! :)