1955mercury
One of the Regulars
- Messages
- 195
- Location
- South Carolina
Here's an ad for this one from the April 24 1948 edition of the Saturday Evening Post.Back to an earlier set, here's my latest find. It's a very early production 1948 Motorola VT-71. It was the first set to sell under $200 and weighs only 26 pounds! It's a transformer-less electrostatic set with a very simple chassis. Amazing for the time. The set came in mahogany, walnut, and the less-often-seen blonde, as this one is. The front upper and lower panel is a decal. The set was found with an exceptional condition case, but the chassis led a hard life. It needed major components replaced. After likely 55-60 years, the set lives again!