I just saved a Zenith CCII from the trash.

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by drh4683

Tom,

I'm studying Zenith production data and see this set has some valuable info on it. Could you post a brighter picture of the back cover model tag and also a brighter shot of the chassis that shows the tag where the chassis was assembled? There should also be an ink stamp to the right of that chassis tag.

Thanks

Sure.

This makes the fifth and newest CCII I own. If you want info on any of my other CCII's just ask.



More pictures here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/137849...h/25468045990/

I'd assume Oct. 1978 was fairly late production for CCII sets.
It's interesting to think that my car was built near exactly 1 year before the TV, and 14 years before I came to be (both have Oct. final build dates like me ).

[zeno]

The model number starts with a single S. This makes
it a big store set. Probably came from a major retailer
although we could sometimes get them as drop ins.
K-line is the switch over to 1st gen System 3. Top
line 25" & 2 19" sets came that way. In L-line almost
all were 2nd gen S3 sets ( 9-160 ) with a few uprights on the
lowest end sets.

73 Zeno

[drh4683]

Originally Posted by zeno

The model number starts with a single S. This makes
it a big store set. Probably came from a major retailer
although we could sometimes get them as drop ins.
K-line is the switch over to 1st gen System 3. Top
line 25" & 2 19" sets came that way. In L-line almost
all were 2nd gen S3 sets ( 9-160 ) with a few uprights on the
lowest end sets.

73 Zeno

Thanks for all the great photos, Tom! This helps a lot.

Zeno, what exactly did the "S" stand for and how did that make it a "big store" set? I also see some models that start with the letter "T" as well, typically sets from the early 70's. Were those sets for institutional use? What was a "drop in"? Otherwise, most models typically start with the familiar letter associated to any given model year. What made the "S" models different enough to justify to that designation?

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by zeno

The model number starts with a single S. This makes
it a big store set. Probably came from a major retailer
although we could sometimes get them as drop ins.
K-line is the switch over to 1st gen System 3. Top
line 25" & 2 19" sets came that way. In L-line almost
all were 2nd gen S3 sets ( 9-160 ) with a few uprights on the
lowest end sets.

73 Zeno

It's amazing, if you bought the lower end model you got a better chassis.