Well, someone's day is going to be made. Someone on here is looking for a 1940s table model television to tinker with. Someone else is looking for a flyback (don't know if these are the correct models). Well, here are 3 1940s RCA televisions!!!!!!!!! Two have no picture tubes, and one has a picture tube! WOW! What a find! It isn't particularily easy to find the 10BP4 tubes, but perhaps the worst set can be used for parts. Who knows....with a little work, at least one of these sets might actually be attractive. They sure don't look that way now, but there's a reason why someone bought them when they were new....

T.

Always helps to post the page!

http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?sofocus=bs&sbrftog=1&from=R10&catref=C6&satitle=RCA+television+vintage&sacat=-1%26catref%3DC6&bs=Search&fsop=1%26fsoo%3D1&coaction=compare&copagenum=1&coentrypage=search&sargn=-1%26saslc%3D2&sadis=200&fpos=ZIP%2FPostal&ftrt=1&ftrv=1&saprclo=&saprchi=

Speaking of which, here's an interesting one, but it's not RCA. Needs a good home. Too bad the morons plugged it in. Could have damaged everything.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ANTIQUE-1940s-MAGNAVOX-TELEVISION-CHASSIS-W-TUBE-WORKS_W0QQitemZ9736298794QQihZ008QQcategoryZ73374QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

:Speaking of which, here's an interesting one, but it's not RCA. Needs a good home. Too bad the morons plugged it in. Could have damaged everything.
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:http://cgi.ebay.com/ANTIQUE-1940s-MAGNAVOX-TELEVISION-CHASSIS-W-TUBE-WORKS_W0QQitemZ9736298794QQihZ008QQcategoryZ73374QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Hi Thomas
Just viewed your televisions on E Bay, $149, I wish you the best of luck in selling them:)
Mark

I'm not selling them. I just found them and wanted to tell everyone, especially since someone in this forum is looking for an old 1940s table model television, and someone else is working on a 1940s table model television, and possibly needs a new flyback.

T.

:I'm not selling them. I just found them and wanted to tell everyone, especially since someone in this forum is looking for an old 1940s table model television, and someone else is working on a 1940s table model television, and possibly needs a new flyback.
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:T.
Hi Thomas
Sorry, I thought you were selling them on E Bay, I saw 3 of the same 1940's Television sets there that matched your description, they were 1940's RCA Televison sets, two of which had no CRT's, thought those were the ones you were talking about, my mistake.
Mark

Yep, those were the ones I was talking about. I searched for Vintage RCA Television, and got those searches, along with an antenna, and some really overly priced television in the Buy It Now section that's selling for $500. It is missing tubes and other pieces, and doesn't even work. Don't know how people feel they can charge so much for junk.

T.

Thomas, those '40s sets would interest me, except they're B&W, not color :>)

They are pretty awesome. They're not my favorite design. If fixed up, though, they would probably look pretty fabulous. As I've said before, I own a DeWald BT-100, which contains the famous RCA 630TS chassis. Anyone who wants a picture of my set can see it via e-mail (just request and I will send). For those who think I have lots of old sets to sell on eBay, this is the only television of this vintage that I own. Other designs that I like a lot are various pre-war televisions put out by RCA and GE and Andrea. RCA's very first post-war set is very beautiful. After this they kind of got ugly. Anyone who wants to see some beautiful televisions can go to www.myvintagetv.com. DuMont made some incredible sets. There's one on that site that has a circular picture. Quite a beautiful set. Forgot the brand, but it's called a Manhattan. The DuMont "dog house" is quite an intriguing set, too.

I love my set a lot. It's probably one of the few black and white sets in existance (since these 1940s sets are quite rare) that everyone will actually want to watch. The beautiful mahogany veneers and the unbelievably intriguing little 10 inch framed picture really look nice. I don't know what it is about those old sets with the really small pictures, but they look so cool. They are hard to watch, but look awesome just the same. To solve the color issue and to possibly save the picture tube (not that I watch a lot of television anyway), I've thought about putting in a 10 inch color computer monitor screen (with appropriate driving circuits), or a flat LCD screen. This would solve the color problem for sure. Too much work at this point, though. I don't know how I'd go about it. I would like the television's tuner to do the work. The horizontal and vertical circuits (and flyback) would be out of service, of course. Another problem is that most modern tubes and LCD screens are gray, not white. That looks bad even though it yields a better picture.

Well, all of that is just a thought that drifts through my head. I really have no desire to modify my television at all. I love the way it looks. I love the really long picture tube. It's all really incredible. I'm even going to mold new Solar condensers and replace all of the very bad cloth wiring so that it looks beautiful underneath. Still, that mahogany cabinet would be even more wonderful with a color picture. It would be all that could be desired. Perhaps one of those sets lacking the CRT would be ideal as a modified set for those of you who want a beautiful television with a color picture. Then, too, if you're good with veneers and woodworking, perhaps it would be a good idea to build a replica cabinet of the style you desire. Then mount a modern television chassis inside with a 10 inch picture tube (modified internal opening that would be rectangular for a rectangular tube). Use a high quality 6 or 8 inch speaker, and possibly build an auxilary amplifier (tube or transistor) that has nice deep bass. The sound quality of my DeWald really is impressive. That's something that most smaller modern televisions lack.

Thomas

Thomas,
Are those your TV chassis?

Dave
:Speaking of which, here's an interesting one, but it's not RCA. Needs a good home. Too bad the morons plugged it in. Could have damaged everything.
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:http://cgi.ebay.com/ANTIQUE-1940s-MAGNAVOX-TELEVISION-CHASSIS-W-TUBE-WORKS_W0QQitemZ9736298794QQihZ008QQcategoryZ73374QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Thomas,
I knew about the 2 chassis. Someone is trying to get them for me to use for parts. He may not but I need that flyback transformer and yoke.

Dave
:Well, someone's day is going to be made. Someone on here is looking for a 1940s table model television to tinker with. Someone else is looking for a flyback (don't know if these are the correct models). Well, here are 3 1940s RCA televisions!!!!!!!!! Two have no picture tubes, and one has a picture tube! WOW! What a find! It isn't particularily easy to find the 10BP4 tubes, but perhaps the worst set can be used for parts. Who knows....with a little work, at least one of these sets might actually be attractive. They sure don't look that way now, but there's a reason why someone bought them when they were new....
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:T.

No, they are not my televisions. If they were, I wouldn't be selling them...well, maybe I would because I need extra cash. I probably wouldn't, though. If you buy one and it gets shipped from Delaware Ave. in Milwaukee, then it was probably my set. Otherwise it isn't.

(Why does everyone think that I'm selling them? I just did some searching.)

T.