RCA 721TCS resurrection

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Thanks to Eric's tip, I recently scored this empty 1947 RCA 721TCS cabinet. Been looking for one for years. Much harder to find than the tabletop top version. Would have been nice to get the insides too. I didn't ask but the seller likely tossed them. She also did the funky paint job assuming someone would want to use it for a piece of decorative furniture. She was amazed that I was going to turn it back into functioning TV.




I'm hoping this is the correct, original speaker ?


Now I'm not totally nuts as last year I happened to have picked up a tabletop 721TS for $20 with a rough cabinet. So a little chassis and knob swap and I'll be in business. Also that tabletop chassis is all original and actually working pretty well. Amazing that the caps held up so well.


Here it is down at my storage unit where I was hoping to swap the chassis, but I forgot to bring a screwdriver


Looks like latex paint and hopefully not too hard to strip off.