Anyone remember puratone? - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

mark pirate · 20th May 2010, 1:02 am

Having a nostalgic look back through my old photos, i had a picture of my teenage bedroom circa 1978ish, i was using a puratone 405 set as my telly,
never seen one since (wait for 50 posts of "i got one of those") has anyone got one?
Must have had a band 111 conversion at some point, as i remember watching the sweeney on itv....

Mark

Heatercathodeshort · 20th May 2010, 8:36 am

Puratone Rentals! Great sets and I used to clear loads of them from Top Rank in the late 60's. They had a huge showroom in Fife Road Kingston-Upon- Thames later to become Top Rank Television and later still Granada. The sets were very stylish with a red mask surround and cream knobs. Plessey chassis with Mullard AW43-80 tubes. VERY reliable, as good as an RGD DEEP SEVENTEEN and that is a hard act to follow. I used to sell them for £18-10/- and they flew off the shelves faster than I could pack them into my Ford 100E van. Strangely enough I picked up a Pageant version at the NVCF, identical other than the red mask. Mice have nibbled the frame output transformer destroying the primary....I'm sure I will be able to cobble something in place of it. Regards, John.

20th May 2010, 1:02 am	#1
mark pirate Dekatron Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Worthing, West Sussex, UK Posts: 5,185	Anyone remember puratone? Having a nostalgic look back through my old photos, i had a picture of my teenage bedroom circa 1978ish, i was using a puratone 405 set as my telly, never seen one since (wait for 50 posts of "i got one of those") has anyone got one? Must have had a band 111 conversion at some point, as i remember watching the sweeney on itv.... Mark

20th May 2010, 8:36 am	#2
Heatercathodeshort Dekatron Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Warnham, West Sussex. 10 miles south of DORKING. Posts: 9,147	Re: Anyone remember puratone? Puratone Rentals! Great sets and I used to clear loads of them from Top Rank in the late 60's. They had a huge showroom in Fife Road Kingston-Upon- Thames later to become Top Rank Television and later still Granada. The sets were very stylish with a red mask surround and cream knobs. Plessey chassis with Mullard AW43-80 tubes. VERY reliable, as good as an RGD DEEP SEVENTEEN and that is a hard act to follow. I used to sell them for £18-10/- and they flew off the shelves faster than I could pack them into my Ford 100E van. Strangely enough I picked up a Pageant version at the NVCF, identical other than the red mask. Mice have nibbled the frame output transformer destroying the primary....I'm sure I will be able to cobble something in place of it. Regards, John.