Went and looked at an Admiral

[Eric H]

But left it there.

A 16" Admiral showed up on CL "Make Offer" so I called and offered $25, guy had to ask the Wife and she said no less than $40.

OK, $40 is still good if the CRT is OK, I need a 16GP4 so maybe I'll luck out, he said I could test it first.

Pulled the back off enough to get at the CRT base, first thing I see is a brightener oh well, lets try it anyhow.
The CRT was an RCA with a date code that was probably 1955.

First off it had a massive H-K short, then it had no cutoff and finally zero emissions.
I said thank you and took off.

It did have a good control door, though the panel underneath it had a small crack.

The rest of the set was pretty mediocre, Barn Fresh (literally, it was in a barn) with torn grille cloth, chipped veneer and the usual mouse eaten speaker.

I probably wouldn't have taken it for $20 at this point.