John,
Welcome to AK!
I have a '63 Curtis Mathes 23" B&W set in one of my entertainment centers. After replacing the capacitors, it has been a great player for 10 years now! I haven't done anything to it since the re-cap other than clean out the dust once or twice. Mine has a horizontal chassis mounted at the bottom and I love the way it's put together... extrememly easy to get to every component.
I tried punching the number you gave into the Sams index page... it did not bring anything up. It's possible that there might be another number in there. My set (chassis model 8E) had the number stamped in ink on the chassis. I recall it took me a while to find the number... they sometimes put them in the damndest places!
