Lantz TV7G Portable 60's 70's?

[Eric H]

I found this little set at the Thrift Store today, snagged it off the cart as they were wheeling it out to stock the shelves. $15 - 50% so I got it for $7 and some change.
It's in great cosmetic shape, but it needs a little cleaning. The screen cover is removable and it has a connector for a 12V power cord that didn't come with it, it's just two pins that look very similar to a regular interlock cord, a bit smaller perhaps so you can't hook it to 110V by mistake.

I think it's a 7" model, probably what the 7 in the model number means, never heard of the brand, looks like a Sony wannabee right down to the orange tip on the antenna. Anyone know what year it was made? Probably early 70's I would guess.

It has instant on and it works great, at least at first, after a few minutes on the vertical started to shrink a bit and the horizontal only syncs at one end of the control, so it needs some new caps.