I picked up a Fairbanks Morse TV will have fun restoring it

[Robert Grant]

For years, when my nephews were young, we went to a festival in Grand Ledge, MI every year. People would display their exhibits on an island in the Grand River.

Several groups displayed farm engines at these events. They basically did everything electric motors on farms and in factories did - but used gasoline, because many farms had not yet been electrified.

Many of these engines were Fairbanks-Morse.

An arm lifting a weight seems like a silly logo on a TV set, but I guess it has circuitry for the vertical hold.

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by Robert Grant

For years, when my nephews were young, we went to a festival in Grand Ledge, MI every year. People would display their exhibits on an island in the Grand River.

Several groups displayed farm engines at these events. They basically did everything electric motors on farms and in factories did - but used gasoline, because many farms had not yet been electrified.

Many of these engines were Fairbanks-Morse.

An arm lifting a weight seems like a silly logo on a TV set, but I guess it has circuitry for the vertical hold.

Flywheeler's conventions. I went to one in Florida a few years back. All kinds of interesting farm engines and related stuff.

Sometimes interesting vintage electronics will show up at those too.

[courcywill]

Sorry for taking so long for an answer The model is 4TW217 chassis number 20A2F

[Kevin Kuehn]

Originally Posted by courcywill

From what I can see on the 1954 Beitman Television servicing information publication the chassis looks like an Admiral 22F2 or 22M2 chassis.

Also there's an Admiral chassis 20A2 in Sams 256-2 that appears identical to your chassis.

[courcywill]

Originally Posted by Kevin Kuehn

Also there's an Admiral chassis 20A2 in Sams 256-2 that appears identical to your chassis.

Thanks for your help I am now getting somewhere with this tv

[Sandy G]

One would have to assume this TV is likely pretty close to the "End of the Line" for these Bad Boys.... I THINK I've seen a couple-MAYBE- of F/M "Hit & Miss" single cylinder motors, & perhaps, an odd pump or some such, but NEVER anything like a TV... I DO know that the "Sput-Sput-Sput-POW !" bunch is every bit as Nutso about their motors as WE are about our radios & TVs...

[Tube TV]

Could have been a marketing ploy to coax a bunch of old farmers into buying a new-fangled tv set....