1955 zenith
 

i just pick up a 1955 zenith model r 2360 ru , the tv is in perfect shape ,nothing missing or frankensteined ,it's like it was put in a time capsole all it needs is recapped maybe a picture tube not sure yet ,i don't no if it was factory or not but it has a glass protector on top cut to fit. :banana: i just got the schematic ,so i will probley start recapping and take my time going through everything this weekend,if i dont get side tracked . WELL in stead of starting a new post on this tv ill just reuse the orginal back when i picked up this zenith, i started on it this monday after sitting around allmost a year , i just got finished recaping and repairing some other things ,like remake the yoke housing it fell apart. but it turned pretty good i havent aligined anything yet just by eye its got nice sharp pickure camera dosent show it that well but this really turned nice.

Cool! - Zenith rules. Post a picture in at B&W-Projection, you'll get expert advice!

i will show some pic's when i get chance you will not beleave the condition its like new and its never been touched.i have been searching craigslist for awhile and this was only a block away from me ,couldnt beleave it.

zenith pictures
 

i finally posted some picture's i have more set's like a 1949 rca victor floor model i will have to take pic of later.:D

Nice set, is it space command?

no that's the first thing i checked,i wish it was. if i need a picture tube do you know anyone who might have one ,i tested it but i dont realy trust my b k 467, i got to go through that to and make sure it's working right.

Very beautiful TV!
Hope the picture tube test good.
What is the picture tube number?

21zp4b even if it show's up weak i probley will put a new in it ,ill keep as a spare ,i like watching the old black white twilight zone on these older set's they go together nicely i have complete collection. can't believe that's how i bought it off craigslist the owner kept on trying to plug it in to show me the lines on the screan until i took cord out his hand ,ask him stop doing that. i already found 5 short and weak tube's .

People cant resist plugging old sets in. I bought a very nice 1954 RCA set and of course they plugged it in and left it on!!! Wouldn't you know it, A blown up 5U4 and a possible transformer open winding. AAAARRRRGGGGHHH!!!

yup if you look close to picture of the back of that was the first i had to replace one of the 5u4's the nice clean one ,he said it used to have sound earlier,as i was thinking about rapping the cord around his neck !!

magnavox roundie score today
 

a guy called me last night ,responding to a add i placed on craiglist . he said he had a tv that i might want ,it was in the basement and he couldnt get it out . looks like someone made a room were they had a bar set up in the 70's and they put up two glass slidding door's and it would not fit to get it out he said .here's the funny part good for me he didnt know all he had to do is lift up on the bottom of door's and they pop out, tv fit's now and its mine 1968 mini console roundie.:D:yes::yes:

magnavox pic
 

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Hey that's REAL nice, I had one of those with the same yellow cataract, 30 years ago! Its a T938 chassis, the last of the color roundies for Mag.

Seems you kitty likes it too!

Great find that Maggie color roundie!
Same here, I bet I've collected 100's of TV shows from the 50's and early 60's that I watch on my '55 Bendix.
Now you'll need to get some color shows to watch on that Maggie.

Nice looking Maggie :yes:

that's my helper kitty he has to be right there all the time what ever i do,even goes out to the garage with me.

thank's

I remember those old Zeniths. The channel number projects onto the back of the center of the tuning knob as I recall.. nice!

Both of those sets are very nice indeed :yes: Great finds!

that murphy 23 sure catches my eye ,never seen one before nice collection

Thanks :) Yeah that Murphy sure is a nice looking TV. Cheers Glen

the picture tube in the maggie tested vary strong after a clean balance no leakage/strong focus im vary happy ! does anyone know if that cataract can be fixed on a roundie in same way as the rect. picture tube ?

Yes, cataracts can be fixed and that has often been discussed in the Early Color Television forum. Here is one recent discussion:

http://videokarma.org/showthread.php...light=cataract

If you search in that forum for "cataract" you will find other discussions.

Phil Nelson
Phil's Old Radios
http://antiqueradio.org/index.html

is that just glass without any baked on coating,because if is just pure glass has anyone tryed soaking the face of the tube in pure mineral spirits for day or so that pva compond looks a form of r v t silicone and mineral spirits will dissolve silicone nicely, doug on his video said he used carb&choke cleaner to clean the residue off the picture tube.but if there is any other coating on that glass the solvent will make it cloudy. but if that will work temp. is no longer a issue. anyone got a old bad tube to experiment with ha ha

phil are all those tv's and radio's your's in that gallery if they are then WOW there are some vary nice color sets there .

does'nt anyone want to touch that question ? hay does anyone have any of that pva still in a trash can ,they could put some solvent on it and see it desolves it. theres away we could test that theroy.

I've tried everything under the sun, nothing touches it. Best thing to do is either the hot wire method, or the one where you slowly insert wooden wedges while the face of the tube bakes in the hot sun.

soak it in water for a few weeks to soften up (if its green, then not needed), pick out some of the softened up stuff around the edges, secure the CRT face up in the sun, let it warm up some, insert wood wedges (wood clothespins work well) evenly around the edges where you picked out the old glue, tap them in GENTLY until just snug, walk away for 45 min, tap them in some more, repeat that process. After done the move the CRT to a shade area and let it cool SLOWLY, or just let the sun set, by then it will have cooled. A small kiddie pool is good to soak in, just put a towel down 1st in the water to protect the lens from scratching on any sand that may be in the water. I "think" brake fluid may attack it (IIRC I put a chunk in a jar) but its mighty wasteful and costly, when water and sun does it just fine.

this discussion really belongs in the early color btw..

Not really, some early B&W tubes have lenses too.

hmm did not realize that, ok good then should fit here as well.

i did a little on research on that stuff water is the way to brake that adheasive down ,thats what is causing the discoloration on the edge also .thanks for the input everyone i dont want to hurt a good strong roundie tube,i have waited to long to find one . i just love those round color picture tubes they have there own look !

but im still looking for my zenith roundie space comand , theres one out there somewhere with my name on it:D:yes:

these are the tv i got last month, but already had the 49 rca havent takin pictures of that one ,the chassie is on the bench and the tv cabnet has books and paper stacked on it

OOPS i wrote what i wanted to say about this post at the start of were i uploaded new pickures of it working now ,instead starting a new thread it dint work out good . lol