French Provincial CTC12

[Charlie]

Currently, I am in Port Angeles, WA... awaiting my turn to go home from the boat. Was supposed to go home a couple of days ago, but they couldn't pull it off. That's okay... it just makes my vacation time longer. This vacation should end up being about 3 months long! That will give me plenty of time to play with a new toy... a CTC12.

A lady in Dallas contacted me last week with photos of this roundie... asking if I was interested. Without asking a price, I told her I'd take it. It was too clean looking to pass up. Also, it looks like the CRT has likely been replaced because the face does not have the typical green tint from the FJP safety glass. Not exactly my favorite cabinet style. If this was 1963, I would have never bought this set. I don't find it attractive. However, being different is what makes it interesting. When I finally asked how much money should I bring, she said a hundred bucks. Cool!

Since I'm stuck on the boat till at least the 20th, I called my brother in Dallas and asked him to go get it. I spoke to him yesterday and he said he had it sitting in his garage... along with the paperwork and remote. Paperwork and remote??? He said it was all in a plastic bag... along with a plastic banner.

I asked him to snap some photos and send... and unfortunately, it turned out to be a remote for a newer set... a colortrack 2000. Oh well... no biggie. However, it still has nice paperwork to go with it... the manual, a schematic, the Mark 8 tag, and a plastic banner that I assume was on the face of the tube when it came out of the store all those years ago.

The set looks so clean... I'm willin to bet the damn thing works. I'll have to wait till I get home... I don't want my brother trying to plug it in.