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radiotron · #1 09-15-2012, 04:12 PM

I just got my first color tv, a 1965 zenith!!!!!!!!

will post pictures tomorrow or next week

vintagecollect · #2 09-15-2012, 06:12 PM

those zenith are great performers, wish I would kept mine. Had ultra cheap photo paper cabinet. TV was AWESOME!! actually ran 6 months continious before vertical went flat unrestored.

Sandy G · #3 09-15-2012, 06:55 PM

I have my Papaw's 1965 metal cabinet woodgrain set that I NEED to take to Terry's sometime. Missing the VHF knob, it has the UHF tuner.

radiotron · #4 09-15-2012, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Sandy G

I have my Papaw's 1965 metal cabinet woodgrain set that I NEED to take to Terry's sometime. Missing the VHF knob, it has the UHF tuner.

Mine has uhf all the knobs, and a meatal cabinet

radiotron · #5 09-15-2012, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by vintagecollect

those zenith are great performers, wish I would kept mine. Had ultra cheap photo paper cabinet. TV was AWESOME!! actually ran 6 months continious before vertical went flat unrestored.

I havent fired it up yet im probbobly going to do that tomorrow

snelson903 · #6 09-15-2012, 07:50 PM

next week before a photo , wood grain metal cabinet sounds just like the one i got from ka-zoo mich. a few weeks ago ,except mine just has vhf tuner.

*zenithfan1* · #7 09-15-2012, 07:53 PM

It should have the 25MC33 chassis in it. A quite reliable one in my opinion. Check the can capacitors after it's on a while to see if they're warm. It would be best to slow start it with a variac and horizontal output tube pulled. That helps "reform" old caps bring them back to life. Regularly used sets should be recapped though. This chassis only has a few crappy caps to worry about. I have a '65 that has never been restored and I have been using it since '08. I keep meaning to recap it I just get lazy and don't...LOL.

Sandy G · #8 09-15-2012, 07:56 PM

And believe it or nutz, the woodgrain metal cab is really quite nicely done...Its some sort of a vinyl applique, & actually FEELS sorta like wood does.

*zenithfan1* · #9 09-15-2012, 08:02 PM

You're right Sandy, I have a '67 Zenith like that and it looks really nice.

snelson903 · #10 09-15-2012, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by zenithfan1

It should have the 25MC33 chassis in it. A quite reliable one in my opinion. Check the can capacitors after it's on a while to see if they're warm. It would be best to slow start it with a variac and horizontal output tube pulled. That helps "reform" old caps bring them back to life. Regularly used sets should be recapped though. This chassis only has a few crappy caps to worry about. I have a '65 that has never been restored and I have been using it since '08. I keep meaning to recap it I just get lazy and don't...LOL.

yea right now iv to many other projects that have to get done before winter ,like fire wood is one right now put them in a nice safe place and then i have all winter to play and make these tv like new again.thats when ill be able focus on them and everyone here will leave me alone long enough to do what i want to do.

mstaton · #11 09-16-2012, 01:02 AM

Looking forward to seeing pictures. Someday I'll get a Zenith roundie. I have several RCA'a, 1 Admiral, and a Maggie. All now working.

snelson903 · #12 09-16-2012, 02:48 AM

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Looking forward to seeing pictures. Someday I'll get a Zenith roundie. I have several RCA'a, 1 Admiral, and a Maggie. All now working.

you might try to do what i did since spring time ,if you have a local craigslist just start a post i have 3 [ looking for older tv's] , a take pictures of color roundies and post them along with a description of what you want ,if you just say old tv's youll get 80-90's tv's, people dont know or understand what a roundie is or what shape there crt is, iv had a lady with a port hole zenith think it was a old small washer mech. ,pictures are important and of different brands. they will call you and say i have one in the basement that looks like one you have posted ,and you know there all roundies you posted but they only see the one like theres,try it you be suprized what shows up i got 5 b&w from one guy 2 were roundies spartin / westinghouse all for 50.00 bucks. most people think no-one wants the real old tv's and dont bother hauling them out of a basement, most of the tv's were there before they were born and it always been there why mess with it.

mstaton · #13 09-16-2012, 03:12 AM

I tried that route. We got color TV late here in Idaho. Not many left around. Only picked up 1 roundie Admiral color and haven't seen any since. In fact, I have only seen 1 other color tube set for sale, a square tube GE. Lots of B&W sets like every other town. All I ever got in response to my ads were trying to sell me cheap BPC sets or 80's-90's consoles. One guy wanted one to make a fish tank out of it. Of course he wanted the CTC-100 in my sample pics. I don't own one(yet) but I put it in my ad to show what I'm looking for. I'll run across a Zenith someday. I have plenty for now.

snelson903 · #14 09-16-2012, 03:25 AM

that same thing happened to me a lady down indy wanted one of mine to make into a art project , she said she would clean it out for me [gut it ] i didnt have to do that if it will save her money, i told her how about NO why dont you use one of these late model bpc sets that are a dime dozen from china ,she wanted those ones with legs on it .email back why not put 4 legs on a plastic tv and call it your art project challage .lol

radiotron · #15 09-16-2012, 06:40 AM

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Originally Posted by mstaton

Looking forward to seeing pictures. Someday I'll get a Zenith roundie. I have several RCA'a, 1 Admiral, and a Maggie. All now working.

surprising for a color, but its not a roundie