Found a last gasp Zenith "Chromacolor II" table set!

[Username1]

~ (WOW) X (WOW) ~ That's WoW Squared, Boy Doug sure has some
kinda touch to get out there and find these things..... Kinda like
Steve Martin in Roxanne ! I didn't know Zenith was in Mexico as early as '72....
Great Pictures ! Thanks for doing such detailed postings for us all to learn from !

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[Findm-Keepm]

Originally Posted by Username1

~ (WOW) X (WOW) ~ That's WoW Squared, Boy Doug sure has some
kinda touch to get out there and find these things..... Kinda like
Steve Martin in Roxanne ! I didn't know Zenith was in Mexico as early as '72....
Great Pictures ! Thanks for doing such detailed postings for us all to learn from !

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We serviced about two-dozen of some very-similar metal cabinet duramodule sets - the Navy had them in barracks, and had a cover with tamper proof screws over the channel knob. Once we channelized them, they couldn't be tampered with. There were dimples in the door that cleared the clutch head screws.

The CRT sockets gave us grief - the little holes are spark gaps, and nicotine and tar from cigarette smoke would accumulate, starting an arc, and carbonization of the socket. We replaced a half-dozen or so. I remember replacing only stupid stuff - cords, antenna input terminals and leads, and the odd-focus pot damaged by sailors. (Give a sailor a rubber mallet and an anvil, and he'll break the anvil first....).

CRTS never went soft, despite being run almost 24/7. Those sets and the Panasonic projection sets they had in the barracks made us some really good money - checks from the rec fund paid for it all, and they had deep pockets. They later replaced most of them with System 3 19" sets that just about disappeared - they never bolted them down, and they lost 14 or 15 sets, stolen from the lounges. The next batch were on locked pedestals, bolted to the concrete floor. The key ring weighed about 10 pounds, and finding the right key took a few minutes..

Very nice find - I never saw one in that great of condition.