Question about a Zenith TV

[Captain Video]

I hope the CRT is good, but if not, I will take it anyway. This type of television is extremely rare here, and as a collector, being able to own one, is like put the hands on the Holy Grail. To tell the whole truth, this was a completely unexpected find. No one really expects, or believe, that finding a Zenith roundie is something possible here. This is only the second roundie Zenith that is known to exist here. And I will not be surprised if those two are the only ones left.

Roundies, in general, are difficult to find here, but the ones made by General Electric are the more "easier" to find. It's estimated that by 1951 there were something like 7000 TV sets in this country. A very small number, and it is certain that very few of those 7000 were Zeniths. Brazilians, in general, didn't buy those high-end brands like Zenith, people here bought General Electric and Admiral. To find a Zenith roundie here, in 2010, was quite a shock. They were so few that it was believed that they were all gone by now.

[Captain Video]

The set no longer has the knobs for the radio and the "pencil box" door on the TV. If anyone here have both, or one of those itens, please contact me.

[Captain Video]

I need the schematic for this TV. If anyone can send me the schematic, please send me a message.

[Captain Video]

I already got the schematic here: http://www.antiqueradios.com/

[sean]

Captain,

I had sent you an email through VK offering a scan of the service manual. Send me an email back if you would like it.

[Captain Video]

Hi, I didn't received any e-mail. Maybe something wrong happened. Anyway, I got the service manual at the antiqueradios web site.

I thank you for your offer.

[Captain Video]

A real miracle has happened: the TV arrived with the CRT intact.

Why is it a miracle? Well, for the following reasons:

1) The neck protrudes a little bit outside the cabinet ( just a little bit, but enough to break ).

2)There's no back cover.

3) To my shock and horror, the chassis is NOT BOLTED TO THE CABINET!!!!

It is a miracle that the tube arrived here in one piece. After a 700km trip on the back of a truck, with the neck exposed and the chassis loose on the cabinet!!! It was the Hand of God, that protected this CRT, of that much I am certain!!!

And I ASKED the seller to make a back cover and to see if the chassis was really bolted to the cabinet. And he lied to me!!! He said that he was going to provide a back cover and that he looked inside and the chassis was bolted. He lied on both instances. I will never buy a TV from that guy again. He is a scoundrel.

The TV had both knobs, and because of the loose chassis it lost one of them ( the on/off knob ). Well, at least it is the lesser of evils. The worse thing that could have happened - the breaking of the CRT - was avoided!!!

The plastic mask that goes inside, around the tube, is cracked in several places and I will have to glue it together. I am thinking of using Super Bonder ( don't know for sure if you guys have that brand in the USA ), what do you guys think?

Also, it no longer has the radio knobs ( and the radio was also loose inside the cabinet, too ).

Together with this roundie Zenith TV came another one, a 1957 21 inch set that I bought from another seller. The other TV is a "Standard Electric" brand, it was manufactured here in Brazil by ITT. Both TVs are on the attached pictures.