Todays sale was at 245 Elgin Ave in Forest Park. It was an early 1900's two flat. The upper level did not look like it was lived in since the late 60's. I like these old two flats as the upper living level is most always the untouched and "forgotten" portion where time just stays still.
The lower level looked like it was updated last around 1970, all avocado appliances and even avocado woodgrained kitchen cabinets. Nice clean house.
Sure enough, a nice clean Zenith 4 tuber made its appearance as I walked upstairs. It was just sitting on the floor under a table of christmas decorations. This set is in great shape, it was well taken care of. Fortunately, it didn't suffer from identity theft either, all the stickers and tags are still attached to the back cover. Its model F4001W, built in November, 1974 for the '75 line. This is a special Zenith, this is the very last of the 4 tube hybrids. Its also the last of tube type Zenith TV's all together. This was the cheapest set you could get from Zenith next to a 16" model, however, being the end of an era, this set has no frills like AFC, dial lights etc. Its just a basic TV with a detended UHF tuner. It even had a sticker on back that I never saw before, a Zenith QC inspection tag.
Its not your typical zenith though, I can't say this one "works like a Zenith" because it doesn't. Its got no high voltage. You can hear the horizontal oscillator ringing though. Im sure the trippler died out on it. Fortunately, it survived all these years hidden away upstairs knowing I would save it one day.
I never get bored of these sets, ever since I was a kid I loved 4 tube hybrids. Especially broken ones because that gives me a reason to take them apart and bring them back to life.
