Wingate, the end of a long road

[ohohyodafarted]

It must be close to three years ago now, that I acquired this wonderful 1956 WALNUT, Wingate Deluxe, from a Craigslist posting in California. I only paid $125 for the set, but getting it transported to Milwaukee was another $350. The seller said that it was working but when I received it the crt had gone to air. It took me another year to locate a VERY GOOD used 21axp22, for an additional $325.

I gutted the cabinet and had a local furniture refinisher strip and refinish it, for another $185, and I consider that a screaming bargain.

Then I spent about 6 months off and on recapping the set. But when the recap was finished I had this terrible ringing problem in the video. I chased that problem for another 6 months and finally discovered it wasn't a problem at all. It was just the long crt extension cable I was using to connect my 21axp22 test jig to the chassis. A lesson learned the hard way

Yesterday, I finally got around to putting the chassis back in the set and doing the usual convergence and set up. I do have to say that I love this CTC5 Deluxe chassis. I especially love the fact that all the convergence controlls are in the front behind the pencil box. And the fact that the convergence coils have a DC winding, and are supplied by adjustable controlls in the front of the set, makes convergence even easier, because you don't have to fiddle with magnet adjustments in the neck of the crt (except for Blue lateral)

I have always heard that the CTC5 was a dog and produced a crappy picture, but I can tell you that from this experience the Deluxe chassis is OUTSTANDING. This set is producing one of the nicest pictures I have ever seen on a set of this era.

I have recently acquired another CTC5 Deluxe with an excellent crt but in a lower end cabinet. It's the Whitby model. Some day I hope to get around to restoring that one, but I have to get my CT100 cabinets refinished and running first.

For a 1956 color tv, it dosen't get much better than this.

"Baseball, Hot dogs, Apple pie, and RCA" God I love this country! So glad I grew up as a youngster in this era.

Hope you enjoy the photos.



Rear view Back off


Front view doors closed


Front view doors open


Front view close up


Happy Dorthy


Yum Yum..Tasty apples


Scarecrow, Dorthy, and Tinman


The wicked witch of the west is comming


For my good friend John Folsom THE CAT LADY