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Early 20 at our local swap meet - OldRestorer - 10-07-2018
Ok so what is so special about it?
3 people were going on about the difference from the later 20 console.
It ended up selling for around $200.00.
RE: Early 20 at our local swap meet - PhilcoPhan1936 - 10-07-2018
Nice! Makes me want to tackle my 95 Lowboy!
RE: Early 20 at our local swap meet - morzh - 10-07-2018
This is as much a 20 as I am Frank Sinatra.
Isn't that the 87 from Quakertown we saw here another day?
RE: Early 20 at our local swap meet - Ron Ramirez - 10-07-2018
^ What Mike said. That isn't a 20, it's an 87.
RE: Early 20 at our local swap meet - OldRestorer - 10-08-2018
Weird.....
I swear he said it was an early 20.....
He said something about the extra transformers?
Too leggy for me either way
RE: Early 20 at our local swap meet - morzh - 10-08-2018
This type chassis with its very characteristic look was used in those radios that came before 20, including their first superhet, the 111/112.
The 20 had smaller chassis that was the first Baby-grand and would fit in a cathedral tabletop. The previous one would not; the only tabletop it would fit into was a 511.
Let alone the fact that the dial in all of these was the rotating cylinder with the surface facing the operator and so the numbers moved up-down, while in the 20 it was a circular sector type and the numbers moved left-right.
Another tell-tell sign also is the tube shield.
And, of course, the face with the knobs widely spaced in the 85 and such, vs the small triangle in the 20.
RE: Early 20 at our local swap meet - Arran - 10-09-2018
If someone paid $200 for that model 87 they obviously didn't get out much, they should have gone for a highboy cabinet version at least.
Regards
Arran