Bringing the 23" tin can Zenith up on the variac gave me this.
Pretty good for a weak CRT. Sound and picture were good, so once the vertical gets recapped it should be good to go.
After resolving power switch confusion on the ~17" space command portable Zenith, it too came to life.
Sync is pretty much non existent, and something (can't find it) is VERY lightly smoking. It is full of bumblebees and other sketchy cap types so some issues are to be expected. The remote is untested, and the power tuning seems to be dead. I plan to dig more into this soon.
The Bakelite Admiral (Yay, I finally have a Bakelite TV again!
) has a weak, but still usable 17" metal cone CRT.
Anyone know if the white paint around the screen is factory or aftermarket?