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If you can't find a new CRT socket, clean that spark gap the best you can. Rubbing alcohol usually works. Just make sure it's completely dry before powering up the set.
I'm curious to know if your set is a remote set, a one knob tuner, or the standard two knobs for VHF and UHF?
If you look for a '70's console; a Zenith Chromacolor or Chromacolor II would be a good choice. They use a delta gun tube and they almost never go bad. The triplers do fail; but, I've never seen one in the delta tube sets send the second anode voltage through the focus lead. They either arc and burn or they short, killing the HV and tripping the CB. The '70's RCA consoles are decent sets if the CRT is still good. I've seen way more bad RCA tubes than Zenith.
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