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Old 16th Sep 2015, 12:37 pm   #1
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Default Ferguson 247T: huge console TV set.

I'm having a tidyup in the workshop. Last night I dug out this huge Ferguson 21" CRT console TV, model 247T. It's one of the first 21" CRT sets to be marketed in the UK, I'd reckon it was made in 1955. The HMV 1820 was the first 21" UK made set, that was 1952.
One thing that always puzzled me was how the CRT was installed in the set.
Then it dawned on me, the wood panel that the CRT is fitted on is slides into the top of the cabinet, you flip the whole assembly upside down and just push it in. Actually, it's not that easy.
A new safety glass is required, that's not too much of a problem for me, a local firm will cut a piece of 6mm glass anytime.
The truth is I'm not all that keen on the set, do I restore it, chop it up for spares, or alternatively is there anyone interested on taking over the restoration job.?
The only way to watch 405 in on a set like this one.

DFWB.
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