Dave's Antique Radio & TV Restorations
P.O. Box 285
Liverpool, NY 13088-0285
315 457-5099
dave2@dreamscape.com
dave2@dtubesandtransistorsandmore.com
Antique TV Restoration Information Page

Just like with antique radios, most of the time, replacement of all paper and filter capacitors (an Antique Electronic Restoration) usually brings an antique TV back to its original or better operating condition.

I hope that you choose me to electronically restore your Antique TV Sets.

Fada 799 aka RCA 630TS


Here's one of 3 ways I calculate the price of an Antique TV Restoration:

  • Restoration: I count the number of paper and filter capacitors and multiply by $20.00
  • Tax: If you live in NY State I have to charge you sales tax.
  • Shipping: Whatever you paid to send your Antique TV to me, I need that amount to send it back to you.

I call this my White Glove service because it includes anything and everything necessary to get your antique TV to work like new or better.*

*Please see my FAQ page for more information.

TV Test Pattern



 
RCA TRK-9 from 1939
How much is it going to cost? Well, there are so many antique TVs out there that the price varies. Here is one example from an initial estimate on a Philco Predicta Table model TV set. There are 23 paper + filter capacitors Capacitors, making the cost my White Glove TV service restoration:
$20 x 25 = $500.00 + Sales Tax (NY State Residents) +return shipping.

Philco predicta tvs and other sets from the late 50s contain early printed circuit boards, which can have problems. Solving these problems is included as part of my White Glove service restoration.
This flat rate and includes more than the paper and filter capacitors. It also includes a horizontal "tune-up" on all late 40s/early 50s TV chassis.

If I replace all the paper and electrolytic capacitors and your Predicta works like new or better, and no further work needs to be done, the restoration cost will be lower at my regular prices.

Please see my FAQ or contact me for more information on Antique TV Restorations.


 Other sets, such as the one pictured above and to the left, have a much higher restoration cost.
  The best way for me to tell you what it's going to cost is if you send your set to me for a FREE ESTIMATE.

 
 

More Information:
Of course you are also responsible for the cost of packaging and shipping the TV to and from my shop, and how the TV is packaged.
Please pack well.  Please use plenty of bubble wrap, plenty of packaging peanuts and a heavy (double wall) shipping box.  Its even better to put a box in a box.  I have to use the same packaging to send your tv back to you.  I cannot continue to buy new cartons and packaging materials for everyone who sends me a TV to restore.  So please package well.

Please make payment in the form of a US Postal Service Postal Money Order from a US Post Office.

Please keep your cabinet and knobs protected from damage in shipment.  If the chassis and picture tube are attached, then all I need is the chassis and speaker.  If the picture tube is supported by the cabinet please call me.

I do not restore cabinets, however I can clean and shine plastic ones.

 A Red RCA 9-PT-7010 TV set from 1954.


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Created 1/8/98  at 2:30 am
Last Update April 16, 2008