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Old 09-17-2008, 08:56 AM
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Originally Posted by zenith2134 View Post
That chassis looks just simple enough to be perfect. By this time, I'd imagine they were building some darn good B&W sets. Good find!
I agree, the picture and sound when working is great on these. This is very similar to my '58 as far as the chassis goes, other than the fact it has the "new" vert. out. tube as compared to the way to small, discontinued 6CY7. Man those can be hard to find. They were only used in two Zenith model years. They ran too hot for the application due to the small size of the glass envelope and failed often, they also made the picture roll when they got too hot. I have to get up at least three times when watching the '58 to adjust the vert. hold. LOL! I don't remember what number this one has but it is an octal base. I might fix this up before some of the roundies due to the fact I love using the remote to change channels. I'm going to use the Space Command sets as much as possible before analog goes dead. I now have three. I wish I could find more color ones.
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