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VM model ? anyone know
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2022 8:48 pm
by hermitcrab
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/it ... erp%3Aa501
this is only 30 bucks about 40 miles away for me ...I have always wanted a VM console this will probably be the closest I get to owning one...
Re: VM model ? anyone know
Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2022 12:42 pm
by William
Elton, I have no idea what model it is, and I have looked at the available photos on Gary's site to see if I could find it. No luck, so it must be one of the models listed with not photo. The changer looks like the same changer I just finished that was in a 1969 Philco console if that helps. And it looks more Early American than MCM.
Don't forget this one, it's kind of close to you.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/353812012205?h ... BM3qXuq9lg
Bill
Re: VM model ? anyone know
Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2022 3:30 pm
by hermitcrab
wow, that one looks like the one I sold you with the reject button only in a full size cabinet ....
Re: VM model ? anyone know
Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2022 7:31 pm
by hermitcrab
Ok it's a model 977... yes I went and got it..talked them down to 20 bucks ... she has issues ...but the cabinet is in great shape
Re: VM model ? anyone know
Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2022 11:28 pm
by electra225
Good going, Elton! Where can you have fun anymore for $20? I hope you'll share the restoration with us.
Re: VM model ? anyone know
Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2022 11:40 pm
by William
Elton, are you talking about the one on legs with the AM radio built in?
Bill
Re: VM model ? anyone know
Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2022 2:04 am
by hermitcrab
yea, never seen a console version of that era with the push button reject feature... was that a VM only feature?
Re: VM model ? anyone know
Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2022 12:34 pm
by William
Elton, congrats on owning a VM console. 977 is one of the models on Gary's site that does not have a photo. As far as I know VM is the only manufacturer that had that feature. I have not seen it on any other brand. VM actually used that feature on a lot of their consoles in the early days. The one you picked up for me has that feature and so does another VM console that I have. I have 4 portable/table models with the same feature.
Bill
Re: VM model ? anyone know
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2022 1:30 am
by TC Chris
William wrote: ↑Wed Aug 24, 2022 12:34 pm
As far as I know VM is the only manufacturer that had that feature. I have not seen it on any other brand. VM actually used that feature on a lot of their consoles in the early days. The one you picked up for me as that feature and so does another VM console that I have. I have 4 portable/table models with the same feature.
My 566 has it
Chris Campbell