View Full Version : A blonde I dragged home from Florida.


Carmine
11-09-2014, 07:08 PM
Always wanted a 29-series for my Zenith collection, and in old-school blonde, even better. Will look nice next to my blonde 12" porthole. Fired it up and it produced a better-than-HD image of an old tube TV chassis, even without a digital convertor box.*

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v619/Chromacolor2/TVs/IMG-20141109-00382_zpseec5aa2a.jpg

*This is a lie. :no:

Of course it will look even better with a CRT. I have extras stored within the same zip code. The Yoke on the other hand... Not so much.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v619/Chromacolor2/TVs/IMG-20141109-00381_zps8ae9a599.jpg

Eric H
11-09-2014, 07:33 PM
Lifelike picture, like you could reach right into the screen and touch the chassis. :D

the yoke on your other set looks the same as the RCA yokes, I got a couple spares from a CTC 11 that may work.

zeno
11-09-2014, 07:33 PM
Wow is that clean, better than I saw in the 70's for this set.
Still shines !

73 Zeno:smoke:

Phil R
11-09-2014, 07:38 PM
Nice finds!

snelson903
11-09-2014, 08:42 PM
boy iv been insearch of that vary set since i started collecting again, i had one just like it given to me when i was 13 .

dieseljeep
11-10-2014, 09:07 AM
Lifelike picture, like you could reach right into the screen and touch the chassis. :D

the yoke on your other set looks the same as the RCA yokes, I got a couple spares from a CTC 11 that may work.

RCA yokes from the round tube sets work just fine. I wonder if that early of a model, had those pull strings, instead of vert. and horizontal centering controls.
Probably 40 years, since I worked on one. :scratch2:

zenith2134
11-10-2014, 09:45 AM
Come on, someone HAD to have cleaned that chassis! They're never that shiny in the wild.

Carmine
11-10-2014, 09:55 AM
Come on, someone HAD to have cleaned that chassis! They're never that shiny in the wild.

I was told the chassis was re-capped, but I haven't even looked yet.

Appreciate the ideas on yoke replacement.

You guys will naturally be kept in the loop on whatever gets done as it's not like I really know that much without asking for help! :D

old_coot88
11-10-2014, 10:10 AM
RCA yokes from the round tube sets work just fine. I wonder if that early of a model, had those pull strings, instead of vert. and horizontal centering controls.
Probably 40 years, since I worked on one. :scratch2:
Weren't those actually purity adjusters? Been a lotta years, hard to remember for sure.

DavGoodlin
11-10-2014, 11:29 AM
Two 3DG4s and a monster transformer.That power supply is awesome!

old_coot88
11-10-2014, 12:08 PM
"The blonde i dragged home" is kinda reminiscent of this vid:lmao:...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c49EMvrs2hs

truetone36
11-24-2014, 09:49 PM
I had some NOS Zenith yokes stashed away somewhere, but I can't remember if I still have them or not. I haven't had them at the house in 5 years or so. I'll have to look in the boxes of parts I have stored.

tvcollector
08-31-2015, 09:08 PM
I found the Yoke last week when going through Storage.. It's yours for the shipping... Tried to Pm you but Carmine has exceeded their stored private messages quota and cannot accept further messages until they clear some space.

Adam

Username1
08-31-2015, 09:21 PM
I was expecting something in a bikini.........
Anyway... Nice tv, it has the bass & treble knobs like mine, good sound !

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Carmine
09-11-2015, 08:39 PM
Can you email me the address and amount?

chromacolor2

AT

yahoo

DOT

com

Thanks :thmbsp::banana:


(Sorry it took me so long, haven't had time to log in for a while)

Sandy G
09-11-2015, 09:19 PM
I'm Impressed ! Ya done GOOD, Carmine !

drh4683
09-12-2015, 07:27 AM
Great that you got the yoke for it!

Chris, do you need a CRT for that set? I've got one if you need it.

Carmine
09-12-2015, 02:20 PM
I have a couple extra Crts kicking around and I think OT&T is trying to get me to buy another, lol. No room at the Inn! But thanks for the offer.

tvcollector
09-12-2015, 03:50 PM
I will when I get a quote.. I'll go to Fedex seeing how its very close... I'll need your zipcode..

Carmine
09-12-2015, 06:34 PM
48081

oldtvsandtoy
09-13-2015, 08:14 AM
I have a couple extra Crts kicking around and I think OT&T is trying to get me to buy another, lol. No room at the Inn! But thanks for the offer.

Finally after 43 years we now know who the Carly Simon song was written for. :yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes: :yes::yes::yes::yes:

Carly Simon – You’re So Vain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgNMJRgXSvM