tv in a old barn

[snelson903]

ha everybody this might be good , iv been talking to a guy for a month or more about tv's left by his wifes dad in a old barn for decades he finally today sent me some pourly taking pictures ,and i see color roundies and hole lot more so now i wait for a when & were just waiting for that email now for my g p s

[David Roper]

We'd love to have a go at a who and what, but

[snelson903]

ill try to transfer the pic's he sent me ,but there huge and taken up close

[DavGoodlin]

Get out there with a camera ASAP. Good luck!

[Sandy G]

Watch out for Waspers 'n' Rattle headed Copper Moccasins !

[snelson903]

they are not the best they were huge in my email ,thats all i can salvage for now, the first is deff. a color roundie,look at the edge of picture tube bezzel you can see the round tube side. he said this is far as he can get in the door to take pictures, i ask him to take pictures of the frt of the tv's and make sure to include the tuners look like he didnt miss the tuners. lol

[Phil Nelson]

[snelson903]

cool old picture phil ,looks like something been eating at the one in the picture doesnt it, looks like sunday is the expedition day his wife has plans for him , i hurd on the phone in the background .great now saturday im going to be wiging out about what else might be in there ,can anyone make out what the second tv is ? if this is to much for me ,i will let everone here know about it ,if you live in southern mich. thats the general area ,and also tell the owner that there are more people that might be interested so not to burn/ or scrap whats in there , but i will just wait to see what he has first ,and hope for the best .

[edison64]

Wow southern Michigan, and me with a big empty truck bed...I would be very interested in some barn excavation...

[snelson903]

yes if this turns out to be something like that you tube video i seen early this week, those two guy's who found that out building full of tv's, that someone else broke into first they cut somewires out of a few tv's and broke the tube neck off of another, if it turn's out to be like that, that would be way to many tv's for me. ill spred the word .

[snelson903]

i pretty much gave up on this guy of ever calling me back,we talk on the phone over a month ago ,how long does it take to walk back and take some pictures and email them to me . maybe thats a good sign they never do anything to fast there. thats why they have been sitting a barn for decades, maybe they never throw anything away.

[edison64]

Originally Posted by snelson903

i pretty much gave up on this guy of ever calling me back,we talk on the phone over a month ago ,how long does it take to walk back and take some pictures and email them to me . maybe thats a good sign they never do anything to fast there. thats why they have been sitting a barn for decades, maybe they never throw anything away.

Don't give up so quick Years ago there was a guy here in laporte Who ran a local auction house You know the type I'll sell anything for a buck. After being out of the auction business for several years He had a huge sale Literally 6 outbuildings full of all types of items I had asked about several tv sets that he had Said he wasn't sure if he wanted to sell them or not After a couple months I did receive a call from his daughter Apparently he had decided to sell them So I went out To pick them up On arrival he told me That if I found anything else I wanted to go ahead and take it As he was going into assisted living and couldn't afford to have the property cleaned up I came home with 2 motorola bt 73 I thought I was bad picture to 2 predictas still waiting to be restored Atc 166 from rca victor A lot of old victrola parts And some other miscellaneous goodies. Your best bet maybe to actually go and see for yourself Who knows there could be something spectacular hiding out there waiting for you to find it If it were me I think I would spend a little gas money just to check it out Anyway hope you keep us informed as to the outcome

[Tubejunke]

The first picture is a 1964 or so Zenith color "roundie" with UHF. I have one with a metal cabinet that was posted for sale, but I never found serious buyers. I have loved old sets for decades, but I always think that they are hard to get rid of once you need some space, get stumped, or just lose interest. Anyway, those Zeniths are supposed be GREAT performers. Mine made a beautiful color picture after decades of dormancy. Of course that only lasted for a few hours and the color went out. Darned capacitors! LOL I haven't powered it up since as I know that I was taking a big chance working without a Variac and a slow start.

[jstout66]

2nd set is an RCA (perhaps a CTC-25) Third set I'm not sure.. I was thinking GE or Sears.

[snelson903]

the barn was a bust ,its full alright of crap ,water damage, poop , and four crappy tv's that were nice at one time ,the b & w roudie combo was the best ,but he wants 100.00 for. i did buy the rca and the zenith on the hope that the color picture tube might be good for 20.00 bucks ,the rca cabnet looks like it could be restored but the chassie is rusty. heres what they really look like