I have always been a Motorola fan, as well as Admiral (and Zenith of course) Chicago's once "big three".

Im sure everyone is familar with the common TS-915 works in a drawer chassis from around 1968-70. I have one of those, excellent picture and now a reliable set once I replaced those junk ero caps on all of the modules.
The TS-919 is the horizontal chassis version of the 915 chassis. Electrically identical in every way. A 919 is on my "to find" list but who knows if it will ever happen. Motorola anything in TV is practically extinct. Does anyone have a TS-919 chassis set? For whatever reason, probably due to its apparent complexity, Im impressed with the TS-919. Im a fan of overkill engineering.

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You know back in early 90's I had aquired a Motorola 19" works in a drawer set from a neighbor. this neighbor also gave me a RCA CTC-38. This is when I got into electronics. My dad and I got the old RCA going again, I remember, no raster only sound, was a bunch of bad tubes in the power supply.. But I swear the Motorola was identical to the TS-919.

Would certainly be neat to find one....or any color Moto for that matter. In principle the Works-in-a-Drawer design is ingenious. Ironic that the modules will still need to be worked on at a component level though as u point out. Then again, it's been a WHILE since these were new, so it is still a testament to their hi-quality. Good luck in your searches.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spZ5X-AAaH8

I think the Quasar sets in these commercials are of that chassis.

Those 16mm commercial reels cost me about $6 each on ebay about ten years ago. Been wanting to see them for a while.. Thanks to Jim (classicradios, wurly1100) they FINALLY got transferred to DVD! If it were'nt for him, they would still be sitting in my desk drawer!
BTW, the last 919 metal cabinet table moto I saw, was the one I sold used in 1980!