Getting a 7 soon..But all is not roses...

[rca2000]

I will FINALLY be getting a CTC-7 (early production, w 5U4 tubes) Color set soon. And THIS one is not 500 ,100 or even 50 miles away, but about 10 MILES away!! I saw it today, and the cabinet is "fair" with some wear near the front. All knobs present and safety glass intact, as is the chassis.

BUT... Sometime during its tenure in the garage it is in..the BASE of the tube got smashed...now, all that is left are wires. I did not really mess with them much, as I did NOT want any to break off, but I am fearful that some may already have done so. Other than that--the tip appears to be intact, so the vacuum may be good. The owner said it DID have a picture a few years ago.

nonetheless--it is going to be "kinda" free. I will also get a couple of round BW sets and I got a late '60s metal table model Zenith BW too. All I have to do is try and fix a "bug eye" zenith, and trade a truetone radio I have, the guy wanted. All in all--not a bad deal.

But the crt in the 7 scares me. If any leads are missing--game over I guess. But I'll face that when I get it. It will be the oldest color set I have.

BTW--I have not ben around much lately-- been working a lot, and working some on a little "project" I came up with. So, not too much time to surf or chat--but this wekend is a bit of a respite.