Thread: Skip find Ultra
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Old 17th Jul 2017, 7:22 pm   #30
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Default Re: Skip find Ultra

Looks good John. Symon's set further up the thread is certainly no basket case and should hopefully be nice and easy to get going.

As for my derelict example from the skip, I've got it in bits and you know what- it's not bad at all. I think it has been stored face down, hence the amazing amount of debris it has collected. I think water has also pooled in the plastic implosion guard at some point. Having said all that, with a brush-out, it looks pretty much like any other set of this age ripe for restoration. I was interested to find that the crt was not the Mazda original but a Mullard AW43-88, which was probably good prior to being necked.

The only slightly tricky part will be repairing the mask which has gone very brittle and has a small corner piece missing. That will require some thought.

Anyway, photos showing aspects of the set with the plaster, glass and filth removed (most of it anyway).

Steve
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