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Old 11-26-2011, 05:29 AM
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Beautiful "Adams" Porthole.
Two things come to mind after viewing those pictures?

1- What color paint did you use to refinish the escutcheon? Looks nice.

2- Anyone ever thought about how many variations Zenith made to the escutcheon? Bobs "Graemere" escutcheon is one piece with mahogony red paint. My "Lincoln" escutcheon is 3 pieces with bronze paint on the inside of the door. In addition, the oval crest on my door cover is further down - yours and Bobs crest slightly protrude into the screen area making it easier to open.

Oh well, just curious about the variations and wonder about why Zenith made so many variations. The cost of making dies to cast the metal makes me wonder that they must have been selling a lot of these TVs in its day.

Carl
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