What hi-fi - television combo is this?

[cavemuscle]

Looks to be late 60's early 70's, possibly a bespoke cabinet with various electronics fitted in.

Any ideas?

Cheers

Brock

[dseymo1]

I'm probably wrong, but something about it says 'Heathkit' to me.

[reelguy]

The Reel tape deck looks like a Reflectograph.
If so its late 50s early 60s. Only a guess though.
Peter W........ Reelguy

[ben]

looks 60s to me. t table looks philips. Unit could be USA magnavox?

[reelguy]

Unit looks like homebuilt cabinet. Definately an English reel deck as I have two recorders with the same deck and one is a Reflectograph. The other one has the same reel deck but with Millbank { Studio Mixer people} electronics.
It used to be the thing to build all your Hi Fi gear into a cabinet to make it look tidy etc. { And to keep the wife happy }
The receiver certainly looks like a Heathkit as Dseymo 1 { ?} says.

peter W............. Reelguy

[chipp1968]

I would date it mid to v late sixties . wouldnt want to get that up the stairs
i presume its in units . Quite nice and intersting . cant imagine any surviving the last 40 years despite being very expensive by the look of it . the cabinet looks expensive too . i wonder if the tv is colour . Is it American , seams more likely ?

[cavemuscle]

Originally Posted by chipp1968

I would date it mid to v late sixties . wouldnt want to get that up the stairs
i presume its in units . Quite nice and intersting . cant imagine any surviving the last 40 years despite being very expensive by the look of it . the cabinet looks expensive too . i wonder if the tv is colour . Is it American , seams more likely ?

Not American, I "swiped" the image off a UK blog. and of course I forgot to bookmark it so I could go back and ask the blogger. Definitly not American tho. No mainstream builder would put more than 2 radio bands in, AM and FM.

For an American version, here's a beastie from a top notch regional maker, Curtis Mathes. They built their own cabinets, audio, and B&W televisions. The term "color convertible" meant the BW chassis could be slid out and a contract built Zenith color chassis put in it's place when color broadcasting became available in your area. Pretty slick, eh?

Dates from '62- '63.

Brock

[Autochanger]

I doesn't have a UK look about it, and look at the one-piece stand up telephone. It looks similar to the Scandinavian Ericaphone

[chipp1968]

Scandinavian design was of course all the rage at the time !