Zenith.... What If..??

[Rob]

Originally posted by Carmine
Sounds like a challenge to me.

Anybody got a good roundie CRT/Chassis with a ruined cabinet?

This is the latest thing in the old car hobby... Building "phantom" cars that average people THINK really exsisted, or the factory might have proposed. (Lincoln station wagons, '71 Superbirds, etc.)

Carmine,

The possibilities to modify vintage TV's the way you propose is almost endless. For example I have a 1938-39 prewar Zenith floor console radio that looks a bit like a TRK-9. I bought it without the chassis for the possible use of converting into a fake prewar TV. I have a pair of hard to find 6 inch Brit WW-II radar CRT's that have electrostatic deflection and B&W phosphor, but it is a different white, kinda very slight yellow green tinge with a slightly longer decay than P4. This would really make a believable prewar TV picture. I was thinking of using a recapped Motorola 7VT5R set that has a bad cabinet I have to drive the CRT.

If one could locate a 21" Zenith PH cabinet you could put a round screen color chassis in it like a CTC-16 or so. That would be cool.
I have a Zenith PH window/escutcheon for a 19" porthole. Hmmmm.

Rob