Never saw a 1960's Magnavox console stereo like this one...

[rickr]

No side firing speakers, and the top lifts up to open. No sliding panels.
Wonder if this was a special made to order model for Sammy Davis Jr??? Looks as long as a Hummer! lol!

It does have the mid 60's and up Collaro changer, so it is a 1969 model at the latest.
(I think it was 1970 when they added the lock down latches and changed the mech. to play 7" 10" and 12" records only)

Pardon Our Interruption...

 

[rickr]

It is a custom made model, I just looked at all the pixs! Bet that baby weighs a TON!! <:

 

[bundtboy]

gorgeous~

I love it~

It's gotta be the longest console ever, and historically significant, having once belonged to Sammy Davis Jr.

That's an awesome piece.

b

 

[petek]

It is beautiful. I'm surprised at the model name Parisienne, it looks more Scandinavian

 

[paulg]

Absolutely love it. Would love to know the history.
On a related-unrelated note:
While on a business trip in Fort Wayne, I stayed at a Ramada on Magnavox Way.
Drove up and down the (fairly short) street looking for any remnant of Magnavox but could not.
Someone out there must know about these custom jobs.

 

[pturo]

Looks to me like an icon. Cool, no matter what rat pack owned it, striking and sleek.

 

[frontaloadotmy]

Perhaps Mr. Crane

Specialized in Magnavox makeovers for the well to do and
famous. It does look like a very custom crafted cabinet.
I have a Voice of Music 1000 that is that size , and very
heavy.
In other slightly related snippets, just recently I saw a
1975 GMC Motor Home on eBay that was told to have been
Mr. Davis Jr.'s. It did have his name on the registration
and a tour itinerary included.

 

[rickr]

Magnavox plant

Hi Paul, The original Magnavox plant is on Beuter Road and is now being used for another business.I cannot remember the name right now, but their metal sign hangs over the original Magnavox lion head and speaker horn logo, and the company name carved in Indiana limestone . That limestone panel was incorporated in the brickwork, and was above the main front doors. This is the original brick facility that the stereos radios, and tv's were made in back in the day. There is also a much newer Magnavox building on US 30 West.
The later building was used in the 1980's for building electronics that Magnavox/Phillips produced for the US government.

Magnavox Way has nothing to do with Magnavox facilities, but was named after the Magnavox Company. Why??? I don't know...<:

 

[hydralique]

Ken Crane . . .

Is still a big dealer here in the Los Angeles area for home theatre equipment. I had no idea that they have been around for so long. Regardless of its' history, that is one cool console!

 

[fonografmaniac]

plastic lock-down latches

the plastic lock-down latches came out in 1969 because i have a 1969 player with one. btw the console is badass and has the same changer in my 1967 magnavox full dimension stereo portable record player.

 

[bundtboy]

'67

I was gonna guess '67 as it resembles my '67 Zenith very closely, except the Magnavox is quite a bit longer. Both feature louvered speaker grills with slats on 45 degree angles to enhange stereo seperation.

I wonder if it'll sell, and what the total value of it will ultimately be.

I guess we'll see.

b

 

[fonografmaniac]

bundtboy

i said the samething about the magnavox it resembles a zenth console. can you put the zenith console up on youtube someday and present itz operations? love to see it!

 

[lightedcontrols]

Got hold of the seller!

here's the dimensions. 26" high 20" deep 79" long. Mark

 

[jasonl]

1968

I'm gonna guess 68 because that looks like the turntable in my portable Magnavox stereo.

that thing's 6.5' long. You'd need a U-haul or long-bed pickup.

 

[rickr]

Mark, I think you should go for this one. Your collection is the best, and this is one of a kind. I thought of you right away when I saw it. <:

 

[whirlcool]

Does anyone know in what year Magnavox went out of business or was acquired by Phillips?

 

[fonografmaniac]

whirlcool

according to wikipedia phillips bought out magnavox in 1974

 

[rickr]

Magnavox was purchased by Phillips in the 1970's. That is about when Magnavox started building items for the Department of defense and seemed to loose a market share in home entertainment products. Of course at that time Japan was starting to come out with home entertainment products, so perhaps it was the way with all the american based companies that produced electronics for home use. RCA, Zenith, Syvania,Motorola ect. They all seemed to fall off by the mid to late 1980's.
Motorola survived by building communication products. Don't know about the others.
Now they will all go under because of the cheap throw away crap that comes from China! YIKES!!

 

[lightedcontrols]

Rickr!

I'm trying to get RID of stuff!!!!!!! Mark