1970 Models.

Astor TD048 - 25" Lowboy
Release Date - 1970
Chassis - Series 11

Astor TD049 "Durham" - 23" Wideboy
Release Date - 1970
Chassis - Series 11

Astor TD050 "Durham" - 23" Lowboy
Release Date - 1970
Chassis - Series 11

Astor TD051 "Dorset" - 25" Wideboy
Release Date - 1970
Colour Options - Maple, Teak or Walnut
Chassis - Series 11

Astor TD052 "Dorset" - 25" Lowboy
Release Date - 1970
Colour Options - Maple, Teak or Walnut
Chassis - Series 11

Astor TD053 "Dorset" - 23" Wideboy
Release Date - 1970
Colour Options - Maple, Teak or Walnut
Chassis - Series 11

Astor TD054 "Dorset" - 23" Lowboy
Release Date - 1970
Colour Options - Maple, Teak or Walnut
Chassis - Series 11

Astor TD055 "Dorset" - 23" Lowboy
Release Date - 1970
Chassis - Series 11

Astor TD056 "Royal" - 25" TV/Radiogram combination
Release Date - 1970
Colour Options - Maple, Teak or Walnut
Chassis - Series 8 or 11

Astor TD057 - 21" Lowboy
Release Date - 1970
Chassis - Series 11

Astor TD058 - 25" Lowboy
Release Date - 1970
Chassis - Series 11

Astor TD059 "Monte Carlo" - 25" Wideboy
Release Date - 1970
Colour Options - Maple with Russian Birch Inlay, French Walnut with Inlay or Palisander with Inlay
Chassis - Series 11



Astor TD060 - 21" Table
Release Date - 1970
Chassis - Series 11

Astor TD061 - 25" Lowboy
Release Date - 1970
Chassis - Series 11
Myer's special model

Astor TD062 - 23" Lowboy
Release Date - 1970
Chassis - Series 11
W.A. Motels only model

Astor TD063 "Sherwood" - 24" Wideboy
Release Date - 1970
Chassis - Series 11

Astor TD064 "Dorset" - 25" Wideboy
Release Date - 1970
Chassis - Series 9D
Fringe reception area chassis

Astor TD065 - 25" Lowboy
Release Date - 1970
Chassis - Series 11B
Coin operated model

Astor TD066 - 23" Lowboy
Release Date - 1970
Chassis - Series 11
Patersons only model

Astor TD067 "Kalgoorlie" - 25" Lowboy
Release Date - 1970
Chassis - Series 11

Astor TD068 - 25" Lowboy
Release Date - 1970
Chassis - Series 11
N.S.W. Stores only

Astor TD069 - Not Produced

Moved to: https://vintage-radio.com.au/default.asp?f=3&th=652.

SharnRiver,

I've shifted your request to the Wanted and For Sale forum. It will get more attention there in its own thread.

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A valve a day keeps the transistor away...

TV Collector said the following:

"This continued until about 1975 with a limited quantity of Astor branded colour TV's based on the Philips K9A chassis. Around 1975 Philips made the decision to no longer continue using the Astor brand"

Astor branded colour TV's?

Are there any pictures of those sets in existence?

Wasn't one of Astor's portable TV's using an Australianised version of an Emerson TV imported from the US because I remember seeing one out the back of a second hand shop in Dubbo in the early 80's & it clearly had made by Emerson in the rear cover.

No images of the Astor colour TV models has been found so far but I remain hopeful of finding one. The main difference I believe was the Astor models had a silver control panel while the Philips sets were brown.

I'm not aware of any of the Astor portables being made by Emerson but I'm willing to be proved wrong! Do you have any pictures?
The later model portables from around 1965 onwards are definitely all Astor. That just leaves the JSJ and SL models and both appear to be partially or wholly Astor designed and built.

Hello TV Collector.

I am compiling a database of Australian B&W TVs and this thread has been most helpful, as most of the information I have only covers chassis types, not models. I am a member of Radiomuseum.org and would like, with your permission, use the illustrations with the Astor TV models listed that I would like to add. It would be nice to use the photos also, but most of those I realise are not yours to use.

Regards, Stuart

Hi Stuart,

I do intend to add the contents of this thread to Radiomuseum, however I have been busy with other things and it has not been a priority. I have already made arrangements with a Radiomuseum member to add this content to the database with due credit to my research and images.

I also am working on gathering information on the various Australian TV models. I have spent several years compiling this information and it's not something I want someone else to claim credit for. Many of the images are either of TV's I own or are scanned from my own paper originals.

However, due to the amount of work involved to create all these model entries, I'm happy for you to create model pages with due credit to my work, but not to upload my images. I will make arrangements for that to be done.

I'm sure that you had the best of intentions with your request, but after some thought and knowing how Radiomuseum operates, I feel that I should not freely give away this work.

Hi TV Collector.

No problems. I'll start to create the model pages shortly, it'll take a while.

Cheers, Stuart

Hi TV Collector, this is indeed an amazing compendium of knowledge. I'm currently working on a JSK which I'll send Brad a picture of to add here.

Thanks, glad you found it useful. Looking forward to a picture of your JSK, and good luck with it.

I hope I'm remaining on topic enough but I recently received a service bulletin for an FSK and found these great A2 technical illustrations for the SJ which I've framed for hanging. I'll probably mat them. A nice curio of what I can tell might be the first model.

http://i.imgur.com/75lWyet.jpg

G'day TVcollector.

I know it's an old post but I'm new here and this is brilliant info.

If you're still on line, can I ask why Astor continued with point to point wiring for so long after all the other local manufactures had gone to PCB? I came across a lot of their console sets at tip shops in the early 90's. It shames me to tell you where they ended up. I wish I'd kept them but at the time they were cheap and easy to find, 'never thought they'd be rare in the future. I'd love to get hold of a few sets now. They were magnificently built. There was something special about them. They are my most loved vintage TV..... and now I have none )-:

TV Collector posted a few threads like this and it was great to see all the different models. This is a permanent record of how things were with Astor but it is a shame that there aren't knowledgeable people with similar resources on the many other brands. Back in the day, most televisions sold in Australia were made here. There wasn't a need to rely on China back then and it was probably a case that most Chinese people had never seen a television before the 1980s let alone making them for other markets.

Back then, televisions were a piece of furniture - somewhere to put a pot plant or lamp as well as watching the programming. One cannot do all that with today's flat screens.

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Hi Andy,

I'm a fan of point to point wiring when it comes to valve gear. I have several technical complaints with PCB mounted valves, the top two are:

a) Heat. Badly discoloured PCB tracks around valve sockets sound an alarm and warrant closer inspection.

b) Aggressive replacement of valves, i.e. flexing the PCB beyond its limits, can introduce nasty intermittent faults later on, e.g. fractured tracks, dry solder joints.

And a recent observation I made the last few years when looking at valve guitar amplifiers for sale is that sellers of such gear highlight the fact their goods are point to point wiring, the inference being that this method is superior and very much a selling point.