Crustys TV & VCR Collection

Welcome to my Vintage Colour Television collection. If the photo of the shop come museum has you interested, then you may like to take a tour (see link below).

Take a tour of the shop/museum

CrustyTV Vintage Television Museum

Television & VCR Collection; Thumbnail Photos.

Below you will find a simple gallery, providing a quick view of all the vintage TV’s. Click on the thumbnail to view a larger image of the unit.  Further down the page you will find more detailed blog reports. These TVs & VCRs are all a work in progress, as I find time to get around to the repairs, the blogs get updated.

Detailed Television Repair Blogs

1. 1968 Baird M718 (Hybrid D/S) 710 Read Blog
2. 1968 HMV 2701 (D/S) Thorn 2000 Read Blog
3. 1969 Baird 8724 Thorn 3000 Read Blog
4. 1969 Philips G22K511 G6 Read Blog
5. 1970 PYE CT72 New addition Blog Coming Soon
6. 1970 Ferguson 3703 Thorn 3000 Read Blog
7. 1971 Ferguson 3712 Thorn 8000 Read Blog
8. 1971 Ferguson 3713 Thorn 8500 Read Blog
9. 1972 EKCO CT252 697 Chassis New addition Blog coming soon
10. 1972 Ultra 6713 Thorn 8500 Read Blog
11. 1972 Tandberg (continental) CTV1-90 (Hybrid)  Read Blog
12. 1972 SABA (continental) NEW! T2705-F Hybrid Read Blog
13. 1973 Decca CS1830/B (Hybrid) Bradford Read Blog
14. 1973 Körting (continental) Telesure 54673 (Hybrid) Read Blog
15. 1973 Grundig 5011 (continental) Super-Color  Read Blog
16. 1973 Telefunken (continental) PalColour 743 GB 711 Read Blog
17. 1973 Philips G17T320 (mono) 320 series Read Blog
18. 1974 Philips G26K526/05 G8 Read Blog
19. 1974 PYE CT205 New ..Blog coming soon
20. 1974 HMV 2726 Thorn 4000 Read Blog
21. 1974 Ferguson 3C03 Thorn 4000 Read Blog
22. 1975 Multibroadcast 773 Thorn 9000 Read Blog
23. 1975 SABA (continental) T4610 Z718 Read Blog
24. 1975 Tandberg (continental) CTV2 4-125 Read Blog
25. 1976 Sharp C-2051H New addition Blog coming soon
26. 1976/77 Bush BC6738A ‘Arena’ T20A Read Blog
27. 1977 Rank Arena AC6333 T12A Teletext  (Prototype) Read Blog
    
28. 1976 GEC C2219H New addition Blog coming soon
29. 1979 PYE 66K1826/15P (continental) K12 Blog coming!
30. 1979 Philips C22C700/01 G11 New addition Blog coming soon
31. 1979 Ferguson 3758 Thorn 9900 chassis New addition Blog coming soon
32. 1980/81 Salora  (continental) 1F4K 1F Read Blog
33. 1982 Ferguson 37063 TX10 Teletext  Read Blog
34. 1983 GEC McMichael 2290H Hitachi 2290 Teletext Read Blog
35. 1983 Sanyo CTP7132 80P chassis Teletext New addition Blog coming soon
36. 1983 PYE 3400 New addition – Blog coming soon .. ..
37. 1984 PYE 51KT3260/05T New addition – Blog coming soon .. ..
38. 1984 Ferguson 37493 TX9 Teletext  Read Blog
39. 1986 Ferguson 51A2 TX100 Read Blog
40. 1986 Ferguson 20E2 TX90 Read Blog
41. 1986 Panasonic TX-2122 Teletext New addition – Blog coming soon .. ..
42. 1987 GranadaColour C51EZ4 (Salora 20L30) Teletext New Addition
43. 1988 Ferguson 51H3 TX100 FST FastText Teletext Read Blog

405 line & Dual Standard B&W

1. 1963 Bush TV125CU Read Blog
2. 1952 BushTV22

VCR Collection

All the VCRs in the collection are from the early 70s such as the N1500 through to the 1980 3V44, and all in between. Also included will be Laserdisc and CED players. For now, some thumbnails.

VCR / Disc Repair Blogs

Coming

In case you’ve not come across CED players, you may find this interesting

Hitachi VIP201P C.E.D Player

TeleText Set-Top Box Collection

Coming soon, early 70s Teletext set-top boxes

The Stock Room

Just some of the printed circuit boards in the museum’s stockroom, also the test bench where they are inspected.

PCB Repairs

CTV PCB Repairs

Thorn 3000 PSU Repair Blog