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Nice find! I've got a couple similar Zeniths - the 23" version of that, and then the slightly newer 23" version. So far I've only really had the chance to work on one of them (the newer 23"), and it took very little to get it going. I found that set in a roll-off bin (long dumpster, like a construction dumpster). It had been rained on, and had clearly been thrown in there. The cabinet survived very well with very minor bending. All I had to do to get it working was to take apart and clean the tuner, as it was so bad that I didn't even get a picture, just a blank raster. I had to clean crud off the picture tube near the HV connection to get rid of some arcing, and clean a couple tube pins. I think I also had to replace one tube, although I forget which one.
Those sets were made very well, the quality definitely went in before the name went on...
As to your TV carrying story, I've been there before. I once rollerbladed a mile and a half carrying a TRS-80 Model 3. (I also collect old computers). I had found it on the side of the road on my way back from school several years ago and just had to grab it - for those of you that aren't familliar with the model 3, it's an 80's Radio Shack machine, and the monitor, disk drives and keyboard are all in one housing. Very heavy.
-Ian
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