1965 Zenith model MM2670 stereo console score

[orthophonic]

Great Score, my favorite console. i have the all SS 1968 version, that took
me ten years of searching to find. These were very expensive, over 1,000,
when new.
I modiifed mine to use an Ortofon magnetic cartridge.

My research on the changer some years back turned up that it was a joint
venture design in 1961 with CBS and Zenith. i believe CBS mostly designed
the cartridge. There was one website I found that claimed it was made by Webcor, but my findings do not support that.

Those belt drive changers were used by Zenith in their top of the line models
thru 1969, the colors changed a little each year and the tonearm became
slimmer after 1965.
I found after examining the late 60's versions that were black and silver,
they were actually the early 60's brown color underneath the paint and were
just repainted. That leads me to believe that the basic changer base were all
made in the early 60's and Zenith just repainted a different color scheme
on them each year.