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Philco 49-1040
#1

I thought I had an arrangement to restore this set for a customer but his wife said heck no.  Instead, he gave it to me.
Some say it's goofy looking, but it's one of my favorite early designs and I'll so my best to bring it back to life.

It's all there including the back.  CRT tests good Icon_smile

I love how primitive it looks. Note the tuner tubes are mounted under the chassis.

It also lacks fine tuning. I guess the thinking at the time was that it wasn't needed.

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#2

Hello Bob,
You are like the home for lost tv's like how people bring pets home !
Sincerely Richard
#3

Bob;
Looks like another "Bumble Bee" special, like my Brand Z T.O radios. Is that section they took out of one side of the chassis to make space for the speaker or was that used is some other model that needed it for clearing the picture tube?
Regards
Arran
#4

Oh yes, many bumblebees and loktal tubes.

The cutout is for the speaker.  Here's a photo from a different set.

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#5

Hello bob,
that underside looks like it is all original !

Sincerely Richard
#6

Yes, and it's surprisingly common for early TVs to be mostly or all original. My thinking is that they were retired early as lower cost sets with much bigger screens hit the market.
#7

+1 Bob. Yeah, they bought it in 1949 or so, but by 1960, with the CRT starting to dim and after having the set repaired at least 2X, they figured that for about 1.5 to 2X the cost of a repair, they could get a 23" B/W job with a fancy cabinet.

Grandma bought a Zenith portable in 1964 when her DuMont RA113 CRT got dim and the Tech told her that it would be cheaper to buy a new TV. I now have both and may fix before I grow dim.

"Do Justly, love Mercy and walk humbly with your God"- Micah 6:8
"Let us begin to do good"- St. Francis

Best Regards, 

MrFixr55
#8

Really cool old TV Mr. Anderson! Just being complete, clean and unmolested means a lot! I love how the tuner is flipped over so that all the dust can get on the contacts and cause it to be scratchy. I look forward to a video on this! Thanks for sharing!

If I could find the place called "Somewhere", I could find "Anything" Icon_confused

Tim

Jesus cried out and said, "Whoever believes in me , believes not in me but in him who sent me" John 12:44
#9

Here's another example of this chassis. Sure seems like a cover over the tuner would have been wise.
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#10

No fine tuning! That's a new one on me, never seen that before




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