My strange new-to-me zenith

[jpdylon]

This was originally on ebay, then it was put out on the street, where Adam promptly picked it up and was storing it in his apartment, then decided to let it go, where I picked it up this afternoon --thanks Adam BTW. Got to see the beastly buick while I was there as well. Definitely a nice cruzin car.

The cabinet will need refinishing, but the 21YP4 tests great and the set basically functions. I don't think the control door is original, it says vhf on the lef and UHF on the right, but AFAIK this is a VHF only set. The volume knob is stripped and will not grab the shaft. I'm wondering if anything cosmetic wise on this set is original.

Also, the numbers on the tuning knob are in no order at all. It goes from 2 4 5 7 9 11 13 3 6 8 10 and 12. The green translucent center is odd as well.

The yoke is also crumbling to dust. The back part of the assembly with the centering magnets has separated from the rest of the yoke, and trying to epoxy it back together just makes it fall apart more.

I really like the look of the CRT mask. This is also another tube with a vertical face. The safety glass follows the vertical curve and from a distance the set looks like a trinitron.

Yet another project taking up valuable space, but it at least looks cool doing so. I'll get to it when I have some spare time. The new job doesn't allow for much "free time"