Motorolla TV from the 60's!

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As seen in the "Rescued From hell" thread, this was bound fo scrapping, but was bailed out at the last minute. The cord was cut, and it was/is crazy dirty, but it's not going to be crushed for the nickel's worth of copper inside.

The tag that would have indicated the model/year on the bottom has disintegrated, so I'm not sure when it was built. I reached out to a few more knowledgeable folks here and @MattPilz indicated it's probably from the 1960's.

A very unusual design as CRTs go.

I dig the integrated handle!

 

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Cleaned up somewhat, it's moved into the shop. It smells very strongly of old cigarettes. I expect the cleaning process will take a while.

There are 5 screws holding the rear case onto the front case, and it's clearly been designed with service in mind, which is encouraging.

It's quite dirty inside, and it smells especially bad in here.

A whole farm of vacuum tubes! The black material covering the rear of the CRT itself has started to fail at the top (lower left in picture) where clear glass can be seen underneath. I'm leery to disturb it, as I'm not sure what it's made out of.

It also appears that something has come loose from something on top, as the board hanging down near the yoke isn't secured to anything, and looks like it was screwed in elsewhere at some point. It's covered in so much dust that it makes me wonder how long it's been like that.

 

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My ultimate goal is to see if we can get this one working again. It seems doable, though quite a few capacitors and whatnot will need to be replaced with modern parts. It may need more work depending on what else might be damaged or worn inside too.

In the meantime, it's going into a big box with some things that'll hopefully reduce the smell a bit. It's definitely a display piece regardless of it's operating condition, but it'll need to be "bearable" before it goes anywhere close to the general public.

 

[Jasper]

It looks cool as shit! Get that working again if you can!