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*zenithfan1* · #**136** 10-31-2008, 09:12 PM

Nice score indeed!! Can't wait to see it working!

zenith2134 · #**137** 10-31-2008, 09:29 PM

Bet it'll have a great picture after the basics are taken care of. Again, a great find!

Maybe the channel motor just needs fresh grease. Took apart my 1920 Victrola this afternoon and cleaned and regreased the main spring. Talk about caked up grease! Its amazing how well certain things continue to work even after decades of neglect.

Carmine · #**138** 11-01-2008, 08:36 AM

A local TV collector gutted a set just like that, and I arrived to find just the cabinet and back. I still took the cabinet because it was such a beauty, but it just sat around for months in my garage and shed (getting in the way). I figured it would make a good "cabinet" for a flatscreen, but then I remembered I don't have much interest in owning a flatscreen, so that idea got shelved.

I gave some thought to shoving a cheap-cabinet Zenith in there, but somehow I knew the Franken-set mixing of DNA would bother me (OCD). Eventually, something damaged the cabinet and I sadly pitched it.

I would so love to have a roundie, late 60s, or early Chromacolor II set in a cabinet like that, but it just seems like they don't exist! Every Zenith set of that era seems to be a big steel or press-board box. If it has a wood cabinet, it's always some furniture style I dislike. However, I save the sets in the hope the correct-year/model cabinet will show up for an upgrade.

If anyone has Zenith full-line catalogs of that era, could you post a new thread with some picture scans? I'm starting to doubt they even made such sets, yet I don't see how they could have avoided it... Real Danish-modern style was so popular in the 60s.

How about a picture of this set in operation Doug??

rcaman · #**139** 11-01-2008, 12:20 PM

we want a pix of it working. great score. steve

drh4683 · #**140** 11-01-2008, 07:36 PM

Another TV showed up at the estates today. I found this one in Westchester at 1517 Westchester Blvd. Its a 1971 model Zenith B4519W with the 12B13C52 chassis. Another surprize of a find. It was easy to load up, it was brought into the garage for the sale. In fact, the original owners were running the sale. They were moving out of state and selling all of their stuff. I got to speak to the man who bought it new back in 1972 from what he told me. He couldn't remember where he bought it but claimed it was a furniture store in Oak Lawn.
There was also a chromacolor II console next to it in the garage, but someone actually bought it as it matched the furniture in the livingroom. Im sure it will be gutted for an LCD set. Both sets are like new still. I could tell this set was in a clean part of the house all these years. Im sure it was probably in the basement in the later years. Their son was there too and he told me one of the TV's works great, the other one didn't work that great. Ive yet to plug it in, but Im sure the chroma II was the perfect working one. Glad they decided to save it for the sale. I got it for 20 bucks. I was surprized as the son was telling me that the "old zeniths" were made by hand with no printed circuit boards, and that they were the best built TV's. Surprized me to hear that, perhaps he's the one who decided to save this set for the sale as he knew how good they were.

It even has the original zenith 75-300 ohm matching transformer on the antenna terminals.

I have a very similar model from carmine. In fact Chris, this was the kind of set I thought you had when you found the one similar to it. Its amazing how different these sets are though. The one from you was a '74 and is similar in cabinet design, but thats where it ends. This one has the the turret tuner and the gyro UHF tuner. Also has knobs for the auxilary controls as opposed to heat shrink tubing for knobs like the '74 did. The '74 was basically a set made from old parts what was left and was zenith's cheapest set available. Obviously the knobs were used up, so they used the tubing to extend the pot shafts through the control panel to save money. This was still a nice higher end set, granted its 3 years older, much changed in that time period.

Carmine · #**141** 11-01-2008, 07:48 PM

I think the cabinet on that set is identical to the remote set I gave you when you were here in the spring. (Not the spider-poop-covered thing from a month ago.)

Did you get a picture of the soon-to-be-gutted ChromacolorII so we can all cry?

rcaman · #**142** 11-02-2008, 10:41 AM

ok so i want to know how many tv,s do you have now. i am glad you are saving all of them. steve

drh4683 · #**143** 11-02-2008, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by rcaman

ok so i want to know how many tv,s do you have now. i am glad you are saving all of them. steve

As of today November 2, 2008, I have a total of 95 TV's throughout the house. Most of which are in the basement neatly displayed. This does not include TV's I have recently sold on ebay that are pending. At the present, I have 54 Zenith TV's, 25 RCA's, and 16 others (which are basically admiral, GE, motorola). So 57% of my collection is dominated by Zenith, 26% RCA, and 17% other. This includes all b/w+color TVs. I have very few b/w sets though.

20 of the 57 Zeniths are Space Command models, eight of them are space command 600's, two 100's, two 400's, two 500's, three 300's, and one 200, and two space command 1000's. The space command sets as you all know are my absolute favorites. Nothing can top them IMO. My goal is to have first, more space, second, one of every chassis color TV zenith produced between 1962 through 1975. Once I get that, and I have more money to work with, Id open the first Zenith electronics museum and showcase everything. They already have a motorola museum, we just need one for Zenith now.

*zenithfan1* · #**144** 11-02-2008, 05:04 PM

Hey nice find and a great idea! I would come to the museum! It is amazing how many sets you have still. I see why you are clearing out some. Maybe I can take a few extra when I come down. I still want the two Zenith sets for sure!

drh4683 · #**145** 11-16-2008, 07:21 AM

Here's the RCA roundie from the estate sale in Cicero. Turns out to be a bit nicer than expected. Its actually a CTC-15, has all of its original tubes, including the CRT, which is still good! The TV even works which is somewhat of a surprize. Has a two tube UHF tuner which is also kind of interesting. The set was upstairs in a bedroom. Has the custom cut glass top for it. The set was made in late '63/early '64.

IT got serviced back in 1967 by RCA, who pulled the chassis for repair. The tech must have lost is grip and dropped the chassis and it landed on the power transformer severely bending up the mounting feet of the transformer. Im surprized it has all of the orignal tubes, but there is missing hardware, HV cage cover is missing screws. All of this probably happened under that one repair.

sampson159 · #**146** 11-16-2008, 11:26 AM

thats the one!!! the cabinet i ve been looking for. that is my favorite style for the rca ctc15.looks very 50s.i have a white french provencial - my least favorite,that i would love to get rid of.that looks like a choice find.lucky,lucky man!

*zenithfan1* · #**147** 11-16-2008, 01:40 PM

Looks pretty nice, thanks for grabbing it. When can I come get it? I should have the drive-shaft all fixed in the next week. If not, I can borrow something to come down in.

zenith2134 · #**148** 11-16-2008, 09:22 PM

Cool set!

bgadow · #**149** 11-16-2008, 10:07 PM

Interesting-I have the almost identical set (different legs and grille cloth) but with a CTC-12 chassis. Uses that same UHF tuner, as I recall. A good performing set. There is something about that cabinet style that I like.

radotvguy · #**150** 11-17-2008, 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by drh4683

Another TV showed up at the estates today. I found this one in Westchester at 1517 Westchester Blvd. Its a 1971 model Zenith B4519W with the 12B13C52 chassis. Another surprize of a find. It was easy to load up, it was brought into the garage for the sale. In fact, the original owners were running the sale. They were moving out of state and selling all of their stuff. I got to speak to the man who bought it new back in 1972 from what he told me. He couldn't remember where he bought it but claimed it was a furniture store in Oak Lawn.
There was also a chromacolor II console next to it in the garage, but someone actually bought it as it matched the furniture in the livingroom. Im sure it will be gutted for an LCD set. Both sets are like new still. I could tell this set was in a clean part of the house all these years. Im sure it was probably in the basement in the later years. Their son was there too and he told me one of the TV's works great, the other one didn't work that great. Ive yet to plug it in, but Im sure the chroma II was the perfect working one. Glad they decided to save it for the sale. I got it for 20 bucks. I was surprized as the son was telling me that the "old zeniths" were made by hand with no printed circuit boards, and that they were the best built TV's. Surprized me to hear that, perhaps he's the one who decided to save this set for the sale as he knew how good they were.

It even has the original zenith 75-300 ohm matching transformer on the antenna terminals.

I have a very similar model from carmine. In fact Chris, this was the kind of set I thought you had when you found the one similar to it. Its amazing how different these sets are though. The one from you was a '74 and is similar in cabinet design, but thats where it ends. This one has the the turret tuner and the gyro UHF tuner. Also has knobs for the auxilary controls as opposed to heat shrink tubing for knobs like the '74 did. The '74 was basically a set made from old parts what was left and was zenith's cheapest set available. Obviously the knobs were used up, so they used the tubing to extend the pot shafts through the control panel to save money. This was still a nice higher end set, granted its 3 years older, much changed in that time period.

I have the exact same Zenith console . Excellent performer too i might add . I didnt even do anything to it , just plugged it in and it worked fine . Mine came from the famous "VAUGHN " in Ny.