My first find of '09... Philco 50-T1630

[RobtWB]

I had seen this beast on STL CL a couple weeks ago. Called them and they still had it. So I went after it.

It is a Philco 50-T1630 model. I have no idea what the chassis is. Can't really find any ID on it just yet. It may be F65379.

The cabinet looks worse than it really is. I think it should clean up and refurbish nicely to its original deep mahogony color. The safety glass and the gold Philco lettering is intact.

The clowns that I got it from had powered it up and said it works. It does not. All tubes light up, no smoke, popping, crackling, hissing etc...and the neck of the CRT does light up but no raster. Chassis is beyond dirty, and there is some rust spots visible.

I'll try and post pictures later tonight, can't seem to get camera/computer to download.