DuMont 108 and Admiral Tele-bar finally home

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I finally made the trip to Buffalo this weekend and brought home my DuMont 108 and Admiral Tele-bar. VERY pleased with the cosmetic and chassis conditions of both sets. Both picture tubes test good as well.

Started cleaning up the DuMont cabinet today and looked over the chassis while at Tim's place in Buffalo. Will be a challenging restore to say the least. So I hope the fellas online who I know have restored DuMonts are open to answering some questions. I will probably reach out to some of you VERY soon via private messages.

Here are some photos for you to enjoy. The Tele-bar is in pieces (all there) and I will have to play "put together the jigsaw puzzle."

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Cleaned one of the DuMont knobs and it came out very nicely using Brasso.

Beautiful sets! Looking at that Admiral is making me thirsty.

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Lucky that it has all the glassware too.

I just finished restoring an Admiral 21K1 chassis and the Tele-bar is a 21L1 chassis. Almost identical. So this restore should be fairly easy.

[Eric H]

Just think, with that Admiral you could have a Bar and a Fishtank all in one!
Just kidding of course, it looks very elegant in black.

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Originally Posted by Eric H

Just think, with that Admiral you could have a Bar and a Fishtank all in one!
Just kidding of course, it looks very elegant in black.

[M3-SRT8]

Originally Posted by Eric H

Just think, with that Admiral you could have a Bar and a Fishtank all in one!

...kill him!

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I got the cleanest knobs around . . . Something to do while waiting for a few parts deliveries.

[M3-SRT8]

Like freshly polished brass buttons on a blue blazer.

On mine, i cut off the end of a control shaft, chucked it into a drill, and spun polished them in no time flat. Works wonders with other type control knobs as well.

[bigaudioal]

Originally Posted by M3-SRT8

Like freshly polished brass buttons on a blue blazer.

On mine, i cut off the end of a control shaft, chucked it into a drill, and spun polished them in no time flat. Works wonders with other type control knobs as well.

That is a great idea! I did mine with the old toothbrush. Each one took about 10 minutes.

[kvflyer]

Originally Posted by M3-SRT8

Like freshly polished brass buttons on a blue blazer.

On mine, i cut off the end of a control shaft, chucked it into a drill, and spun polished them in no time flat. Works wonders with other type control knobs as well.

Great idea, Bob. And if you have a small drill press, you can use that and have hands free. I used that with my HH Scott knobs as well.

[Kevin Kuehn]

Sweet pair of TV's you have there.

[Kamakiri]

Funny thing is that I found all 3 here. I can't wait to visit Al, I'm gonna feel more at home at his house than I do in mine

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Originally Posted by Kamakiri

Funny thing is that I found all 3 here. I can't wait to visit Al, I'm gonna feel more at home at his house than I do in mine

Yep, all 3 are Buffalo sets. For some reason, the immediate DC area seems to be void of old sets. Think b/c it is such a transitional town that folks just do not stay put long enough to fill up a basement or attic with family heirlooms. Now, an hour or two outside of DC into VA, Western MD or PA - different story.

[M3-SRT8]

One more thing about spun-polishing. When you do it with some Brasso and soft cotton towel it buffs it to such a high and uniform degree of luster that, 5 years later, they STILL are just as shiny.