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Old 09-19-2008, 07:38 PM
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Hey Mark - I am REALLY impressed - when I found you online I just wanted this set to get a good home where someone could enjoy it. I NEVER expected it to turn out like this! Nice job man!
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Old 09-20-2008, 05:28 PM
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Thanks Joe! I promised you I'd do the best I could with 'er. This set is now one of my most favorite, the 26KC20 chassis is a great performer and I love the black metal cabinet with the stand.
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Old 09-20-2008, 09:56 PM
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Congratulations! That is a beautiful set. My Zenith roundie has been in service for a year now and still going strong. They are really the best of early color TV as far as reliability goes. i have always loved the metal cabinet roundies. I hope she runs for decades more. I can't believe you have six roundies. I only have two if you count my 8" Motorola 9VT1 which needs a ballast tube. Way to go and thanks for the great pics.
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I dont think anyone on the forum has or has ever seen a 27KC20, which is the next chassis after the 29JC20.
I just scored a 27KC20 in that "truckload" score from upstate NY. The cabinet is pretty rough. It's one of those faux-finish cabinets and will be tough to make presentable again. I didn't know the 27KC20 was quite so rare until I read Doug's post. Now that I know it's this rare, I'll need to put its restoration at a higher priority than it was originally and rearrange my displays to give it a suitably prominent position once it's restored.

My 25LC30 is in a genuine wood veneer cabinet, though, and I just got that one disassembled in preparation for refinishing yesterday and re-secured the loose top cap on the 6HF5 Horiz. Out. tube. The convergence yoke on this set is the "color coded" enclosed type rather than the open-frame white plastic.

I also just got my Philco 16M91 roundie into watchable condition. That set had been in storage since 2003, so it was well past time to move forward with its restoration. That was the one where I got it home and discovered the detached CRT base lying on the chassis and CRT leads broken off at the glass. I had bought a used 21FJP22 with good emission, balance, and tracking "cheap" to use in the Philco just before the "road trip" to get the truckload of Zenith sets and before I knew there was a used 21GVP22A and NOS 21FJP22A to be had from the same seller. I already had the "cheap" replacement CRT mounted in the Philco set by then. It turned out the "cheap" tube had H-K leakage on the red gun, but I used an "isolator/brightener" wired in "isolation-only" mode to isolate the cathodes. Until I get that startup loan paid off, there was no point in letting an otherwise-usable tube sit idle waiting for a rebuild that I can't afford yet.

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Old 07-02-2009, 04:35 AM
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There's about a 3/8" oblong "puncture wound" in one of the side panels of the 27KC20's "Woodgrain photo on Masonite" cabinet along with several deep scratches, so the preliminary assessment is that I'll need to have new top and side panels made from 1/8" Cabinet Grade plywood, sealed with several coats of sanding sealer on the inside to prevent warping from the heat of the tubes, and glued to the original frame and moldings. It seems that only the inner frame, wood moldings, bottom, and legs of the original cabinet will be reusable. At least unless there's a way to close up the hole in the side and apply a new "photo" finish to the three original panels at reasonable cost. Barring that, I don't see any way to avoid a non-original cabinet for this set.
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Old 07-02-2009, 06:31 AM
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That's where I'm at with my CTC4, I'm going to veneer the cabinet and forget about the photo finish. I plan to stain it the original color or close. I'm not a fan of printed finishes that's for sure.
It's cool that you found a 27KC20, can you post a few pics? You can use my thread if you want.


BTW everyone, sadly, sort of, I no longer own the Zenith this thread is about, although I love it greatly and will miss it. It's a secret as to what happened to it, at least for a few more weeks. THEN I'll let the cat out of the bag.
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