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Went to a sale at 3928 Johnson Ave, Western Springs, IL on april 21. Picked up this mint zenith 4 tube hybrid with the factory correct gusdorf cart. The original owner was an engineer for western electric. He had some old WE photographs I bought as well as a few old phones. The TV was in the finished basement since new. The man had a few chairs arrayed around the TV set near the wall. I think this TV has hardly any hours on it. Looks like it was bought for show only. The house had baseboard heat, so there was practically no dust inside. The photos are exactly what the inside of the TV looks like when I first took the back off. Looks like im the first to pull the back off of it. The horizontal output still has the silicone holding it in place, didn't want to pull the tube to test it as its still original and untouched inside. Very rare to see a chassis with no dust accumulation.
When I went into the house, first place I look are the bedrooms. I found a 1985 zenith table set with space command. I was considering buying it. The lady running the sale said it was half off then said there an older one downstairs. She said they though it was a black and white at first but then found out it was color once turned on. "its pretty old though, you might not be interested" she says. "The picture is not that good". When I go down into the basement I was shocked to see it was a 4 tube hybrid. I havn't found a 4 tube hybrid at an estate sale in years. The picture wasnt that good, because someone turned the focus control all the way to one end and had a dull picture. Adjusted to about mid range and had that pefect crisp chromacolor picture. The peak picture control was down too, adjust that and the picture gets even better. The set was marked $15 and got it for half off as it was after 12pm on saterday.

This one is a 1973 model D4026W with a 19DC21 chassis. Its the chassis that uses the solid state stick HV rectifier (no trippler). I took a good number of photos of this set, mainly because 4 tube hybrids are among my favorite sets. You're very luck if you find one these days.