Hi,
Most italian, american and british TV sets came in parts into Spain.
There was a spanish company who did the assembly.
The reason was that is that Spain had heavy taxes and Franco wanted labor for
his workers.
Telefunken had its own plant in Spain, since the 30s which goes back on
the friendship between Spain and Germany.
Different countries had export versions of their home production to sell
them in Spain.
These sets were "aligned" in style and technology to the spanish market.
All these sets have a tag inside, naming the number of valves, the permission
number and the name of the spanish assembler company.
Another sign for these export TV sets sold in Spain are the dual languages
on the back with safety informations, and sometimes on the front panel
to explain the controls.
I am hooked on export TV sets from around the world, I am just working
on a spanish Admiral made in the late 50s.
Problem in Spain is the poor quality of the schematics, as far they were offered!
Regards,
German Dalek
