I have really cheesed off the Vintage TV collectors!

[justbob]

WOW, talk about hate mail! Holy crap, these guys are nuts! I recently listed the guts of a 1951 12" NONWORKING Zenith porthole TV on ebay because I didn't have the heart to trash them. I figured someone out there might need parts or whatever. These sets in perfect working order and perfect exterior only sell for $150-$350.00 and there seems to be plenty out there in great shape. I wanted this for a custom aquarium.

I found it in a corner of a garage at a farmhouse I was working on buried under a bunch of blankets. It is FAR from perfect, but that is actually the way I like it. I've even thought about taking the listing off because of the annoyonce! I'm not lookin to make anything, just thought I could help someone in need.

I wonder how many antique forums i'm on now getting bashed...:argue:

[Phrog_gunner]

Well then tell me what the most rare kind of antique tv/radio is and Ill post on there to sell the guts because I thought the TV would make a sweet pooper out in my outhouse......maybe even cause i lost my job and i needed the firewood? The opportunities are endless....

[LIGHTNIN1]

Does sound like something you could have fun with. Some people get too serious over the wrong things. If it was about losing one of their freedoms you probably couldn't get a rise out of them.

[SILVERSURFER03]

HAHA AFTER ALL THOSE PRANKS YOU PULLED... NOW YOUR BEING PICKED ON FOR BEING NICE STRANGE :eek::eek::eek:

[Black Dynamite]

Well on the flipside of that they probably think we're nutso for being that way about "just a car."

When I was younger I was really into model railroading. I went to a couple of swap meets in my early teens and I remember thinking "these guys take this $#!+ WAY too seriously."

I'm sure every hobby is like that but yeah it can be startling when you're an 'outsider.'

[Joe Walsh]

WOW, talk about hate mail! Holy crap, these guys are nuts! I recently listed the guts of a 1951 12" NONWORKING Zenith porthole TV on ebay because I didn't have the heart to trash them. I figured someone out there might need parts or whatever. These sets in perfect working order and perfect exterior only sell for $150-$350.00 and there seems to be plenty out there in great shape. I wanted this for a custom aquarium.

I wonder how many antique forums i'm on now getting bashed...:argue:


You can really get them cranked up.....:mad2:..... by saying that you own a strip club and you gutted the TV to make a wall mount peep show.

[Spectragod]

Link to auction?????????

[justbob]

So you can screw with me? haha. I allready deleted the first round of about 15 delightfull people.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-1951-Zenith-round-porthole-12-TV-22H20-guts_W0QQitemZ280398375324QQcm dZViewItemQQptZVintage_Electro nics_R2?hash=item41490ba99c&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

[Spectragod]

Uhhhh, no, I just wanted to see the tv....

[justbob]

I was just kidding. I will post a finished project of what I kept when it's done.

[-Matt-]

This thread is useless w/o the copy-pasta of the actual threats

[justbob]

Sorry bro you'll have to sit back and wait now. All deleted.

[UncleLar]

If it has a 1L5 tube save it for me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!

[justbob]

:dunno:What the hell is that?

[UncleLar]

A tube,about 3/4" diameter and 2" or so tall.Pull any that look like that and look carefully for the tube number on the side of the tube near the bottom.
1L5's are pretty scarce and several of my old radios use them.

[UncleLar]

I was gonna email you a couple of questions on eBay,like Does this fit the portholes on a 57 T Bird top? (port hole tv,right?) Is the remote control included?,etc,etc.

[CoreyM75]

I was gonna email you, but I thought that you are having enough poorly written emails about the auction already without mine. Good luck getting some money for the project.