[TV MAN]

That's really neat Rich! I still have a lot of stuff from my TV repair days, both from the large company I worked for and my own adventure when the local shop closed. I'd say mine is an earlier model since it looks to be hand wired rather than PC boards. Sure wish I could find someone or some way to straighten the gold trim on the front of mine, but judging from the lack of a carrying strap and one elongated ring, it's probably taken a pretty hard bump at some point. I really don't think many of these "portables" were used much, since they were big and heavy, and smaller lighter portables came on the scene in the early 60's. Most were probably in kitchens or maybe bedrooms. The one in the family rooms were the ones that got all the hours on them! Ya know, what you gonna watch, the small 8" or 14"? Or the big 21"