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Thank you Julian. I never thought I'd see a "living" 1954 Admiral color TV again. But there it was in that WLVT feature. In 1955, my brother and I used $65 saved up from our newspaper route to buy our own Admiral "colored tv" back in Wichita. It was very low mileage - the seller had won it in a contest and had no use for it. When I saw yours, in the Tennessee Traveler story, the memories flooded back. We must have parted with ours as soon as we could get our hands on a 21" color - which happened to be a new 1959 Sylvania -heavily discounted because it was gathering dust - not a hot seller then but also very rare now (if even one survives). When my brother and I got our driver licenses, our interests changed and along the way we traded off both the Admiral and the Sylvania. I wish I had a serial number to check to see whether our beautiful buxom blonde Admiral with the big copper chassis somehow managed to avoid a landfill and make it to Tennessee. All I remember is that I had to change out a fried focus pot and that it had to be ordered from Admiral. Somewhere, I have a photo of it displaying a color picture from NBC's "Haggis Baggis" daytime game show. If I ever find those photos I will share! And, again, thank you for sharing a glimpse of yours. Dare I enquire as to whether the 15GP has gone to air?
Roger
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