My new to me 1968 Motorola color set
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I worked a deal with Dwight Moody about 6 months ago or so, and I finally got it shipped to me when no other transport became available. It was well worth the wait. :banana: It works fine, just needs a few more tweaks to be ready for daily use.
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Nice set there, mate.
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BTW, one thing puzzles me. How did you find the room in your van for a console TV? :scratch2: With all your stereo gear in the van as well, it must be awfully difficult getting around in there, unless the van is incredibly large. |
It says right in my post that I had it shipped. When I did have my van, I could put several console sets in there. I would just move the stereo amp and sub out of the way. a minivan with the seats removed can haul as much as a pickup. I once hauled a Harley motorcycle in there lol. The set has been repaired and the CRT replaced, I plan on replacing the remaining old caps and whatever else I find to be suspect.
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I have its B/W cousin. It's in the shed waiting for a new flyback.
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Does it kinda look like my set?
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Naturally, the first two runs used 23EG's. The last runs used a 25X or 25A type. The chassis was really reliable, the CRT's, not so. 40+ years ago, I installed a Zenith ChromaColor CRT in a set like yours. The original CRT was an Admiral, EIA 101. :thumbsdn: The set owner said that the picture was good for about two years and went downhill fast. |
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Also, if the set has been repaired, it should work almost as well as it did the day it was manufactured. It will be even better once you replace any questionable components, as would be expected. Motorola made excellent TVs when they were still in this country (their main plant was in Chicago, if I remember correctly). My former stepmother, now deceased, had relatives (her folks) in West Virginia who owned a 19" Motorola portable b&w TV with a front panel that looked like yours; in fact, the front panel of your set reminded me of it. BTW, I had no idea your van was that big, or that a minivan can haul every bit as much as a pickup truck if the seats are removed. When you said you once transported a motorcycle in that van, I was convinced the vehicle was big enough, and then some, to accomodate at least one console TV. I didn't know you had moved, as your location was listed for some time as "in my beat-up green ford van..." with no indication of an actual city of residence. I was just curious as to your present location. |
What a sweet piece. Love working on those, but saw few.
Put it next to your SK77 stereophonic :) |
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That Motorola chassis was very reliable, more so than many. :thmbsp: |
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How has this set been doing? I might be getting one almost identical soon, and I'm trying to glean as much information about Motorolas as I can.
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vary nice set you got there zenithfan1.....
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can carry 4X8' plywood flat. Easy 3 or 4 consoles. All for about $20 K. Damn handy thing to have but I still rather drive my old Crown Vic. 73 Zeno:smoke: LFOD ! |
This Motorola was one of the last flat chassis wasn't it? The TS915 was the first works in a drawer. All the 1969 and later models were WID. Some were hybrids and others all SS.
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I've got a table model with a similar control panel and near identical chassis....Wish I could find the UHF and On-Off/vol knobs for it.
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I checked my spares and did not see one but I did find the fine tuning - a double-flat larger shaft yet looks the same as the on/off, a half-shaft |
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Another quirk was replacement of the 6LE8. The replacement had to be a Motorola branded one, either a Japanese or GE sourced one. Using an RCA or other brand, the tint range would be affected. :scratch2: |
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They probably made as much profit on a pocket pager as on a TV set, without the warrantee problems. |
It's been doing well, since a lot of it is still original, it gets kinda crabby sometimes but always looks good after it's warmed up. I watched a lot of movies and anime on it with a great picture.
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