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Hello and welcome to VK!
That is a very cool find, color portables from this era are hard to find in good condition.
What size screen is it? can't tell perspective from the Photo but I'm guessing 14"-15"?
It's new enough that I would probably just plug it in and see if it works, watching closely for smoke.
Since you have a Variac available to you then that would be a wiser choice but you don't need to spend the whole weekend bringing it up, 30 minutes would be more than enough. I monitor the amperage as I ramp up the voltage and as long as it stays below an amp or two I just keep cranking it up until I hit 115.
Being a Zenith from the 60's I would guess it'll at least turn on and give a raster.
Please don't return it to the dump, if you decide you don't want it I have no doubt someone here would be happy to take it off your hands!
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