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ChiefRider · #16 07-21-2009, 10:29 PM

Very nice! That looks remarkably like the first set I remember.

Chief

kx250rider · #17 07-22-2009, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Adam

One of my Zenith b/w sets, a 1961 19" in a metal cabinet, has a weak tube, the rest were ok. I wish I could find a 48-51 Zenith, the porthole is one of the few sets that I still don't have that I'd really like to pick up.

One of the ones you got from me in that big package lot of TVs a few years ago, was found lying in a flood control ditch out on Dillon Road in the middle of the Coachella Desert... Been there for Heaven knows how long in 120-degree heat, and it worked! It had a really banged-up cabinet, if I recall, and maybe concrete splattered on it.

Charles

Adam · #18 07-22-2009, 11:17 AM

That's the one. The only things really wrong with it were the weak crt and the shaft on the fine tuning control was broken (which I've since fixed) After I had used it regularly for I think more than a year in as found condition, a resistor went bad and screwed up the horiz sync. Then I did recap the whole set, but it didn't really need it. I polished up the cabinet to get the concrete off, and put back together and repainted the plastic crt bezel. But the cabinet's still a little scratched up and has a very small dent on the top (I'm using it in the basement now) If I ever come across a good crt for it, I'll do the bodywork and repaint the cabinet.

*Bill Cahill* · #19 07-23-2009, 08:53 AM

Not mine. I have a 60 Zenith Remote table model 16" with 300 series remote.
Worn out remote, switches on tuner sparking, motor wouldn't shut off, tv has blown caps.
This set needs lots more work.
Bill Cahill

Carmine · #20 07-23-2009, 12:23 PM

In 2007 I picked up an early 60s B&W Zenith SC 300 that was still in daily use at a home in Detroit. It was being watched when I arrived at the house, and the whole room smelled like warm vacuum tubes!

The remote works, the CRT is marginal... I suspect that may be from lots of use. The cabinet was destroyed, and spray-painted gold.

I took it as a mercy find. (The rest of the house was falling down around it!) I figured I can do whatever I want to the cabinet of this set and feel no guilt.