I brought home a blonde and a 6' brunette from Florida

[carmine]

Long story short, I traded another member on this site some old-timey TV stuff. This became feasible when I flew to Orlando for a vacation, bought a minivan, and drove back to Michigan.

http://videokarma.org/showthread.php?t=262782

I hope it's OK if I cross-post from Audiokarma... Don't really want to re-type all this stuff but I know there are vintage electronics fans here and thought you guys might enjoy the story/pics. (Posted two here as teasers!)

Here is the little blonde:

http://videokarma.org/showthread.php?t=262993

And the long brunette (more my preference, lol)

http://videokarma.org/showthread.php?t=262992

 

[philr]

Nice! 

 

Are both sets having a Space Command or just the console?

 

 

[carmine]

Just the big combo console has remote (1963). The blonde is Zenith's first consumer color chassis from late 1961.

 

[philr]

I'll follow the threads on Videokarma! 

 

[ovrphil]

Love these old sets

cool! I'll follow, too, in videokarma.

 

[artcurus]

Sweet!

I follow the thread on Videokarma.

 

[firedome]

nice haul!

I've been into and following vintage audio for 40 years, but some of these old roundie color TVs are slowly drawing me in ... it's just a matter of time!

My folks would be called "late adopters" these days, they didn't get color TV until 1972, the year I graduated college! So we missed the roundie era completely, but I remember being so jealous of friends' families who had them!! Especially Zenith and RCA.