Thanks for the info. The set in this post reminded me of the one we had because of the front layout of the controls. In thinking back, ours also had a "flip down" panel on the front which hid a lot of other controls such as the horizontal and vertical hold, etc. We got the set at Christmas, 1968, so it might have been a 1969 model. From what I recall (I was 8 when we got it) it was a metal frame with simulated wood grain on the sides and top. I remember that we got to know our local tv repairman quite well while we had that set as it seemed to be breaking down on a fairly frequent basis (but it got a lot of use).
It's weird, but at the time, I thought that having a color tv (it was our first, and we were about the second or third house on the block to get a color set--I remember a fair number of our neighbours coming over to watch the Appollo 11 moon landing in color with us), but now, I'd love to get an old (but working as I am not really a techie) b&w console to have as my daily watcher