[Electronic M]

So I hauled the whole thing into the basement over the last 2 days. I pulled everything but the speakers, TV face bezels and wiring harness to make it lighter.

I learned the reason why the audio is K line (1962) and the TV is M line (1964)...It's a frankenset! Inside the changer side speaker box I found a K line tube chart with a piece of wood sitting loose on it...That wood had an M line TV tube chart on one side and blond photofinish on the other. Also the power switch wiring off the remote (and presumably to the chassis) is someone's back job. So someone killed a 25MC43 to make this set have a newer chassis.

Most of the rest of the installation is fairly tidy. I should try and figure out if the remote chassis and bezels are original or from the M line donor. I suspect it is a mishmash.

Over the next few days I want to get the TV good enough to do a shadow mask check on the CRT I gathered for it and start on a proper restoration of the electronics.