Recognize this set?

[IsthmusTV]

Greetings,

This set is available locally and advertised as "non working." Can anyone ID this set? Is is worth saving? The price is right-- free

Thanks,

Clark

[jstout66]

From the knob layout and green halo, it's a Zenith. A really nice Zenith. Go get it!

[radiotvnut]

Late '60's-early '70's Zenith that's worth saving.

[zenithfan1]

That's a '68 or 9. Nice picture and great performer. Go save it!!

[IsthmusTV]

Great, thanks for the feedback! I was hoping that it was a Zenith. This will be my first vintage color set. I'll post when I've hauled it home.

-Clark

[Electronic M]

If you pass on getting it, I live near milwaukee and love zenith sets enought to save that set(especially if ti is free).

Tom C.

[bgadow]

A great first set! Some of the finest TV sets ever built, and that's no lie.

[JCFitz]

One of my old sets in my late teens that I fixed and later sold and I wish I had kept it was a Zenith similar to this. Was a 1967 Zenith 20Y1C38 chassis. What a great performer that set was.My uncle had the 1969 combo set with a solid state IF module and plug in color demodulator ic. Performed great too. I think that one was a 16Z8C50 ? chassis.The original crt survived 16 years of daily use and it got a Channel Master replacement in 1985 which was still going strong in 2000 when he replaced it with a bigscreen Toshiba.

Around the late 90s I saw a nearly identical set to my old Zenith (could have even been the same tv) being used as a table for one of the cashiers at an auction house in Bridgeville DE. I practically begged them to sell me the tv but they wouldn't.It probably hit the dump when they went out of business.

[sampson159]

a keeper for sure.run as fast as you can to get it!

[marty59]

Looks like it's missing the channel selector knob, but these are/were common sets and I'd bet you could locate one.

This model has the convergence controls behind the speaker grill making for easier adjustments. Should be the 16Z8C50 chassis which is listed under Howard Sams 1074-3 dated 1-70.

A good, solid performing set!

[IsthmusTV]

Well, unfortunately the owner has not returned my calls so I may be too late

Maybe they're just out of town for a while...

-Clark

[DaveWM]

persistance is the key. I one time chased a free set for weeks. turns out the owner got so many bozos calling (aranging meeting times and then not showing up) that they just stopped responding to calls. eventually after several trys I got thru, then went out and got it immediately.

Also we overplay our hands on these sets, remember its just junk to 99.99% of the people out there, so its not like they are on pins and needles just waiting to respond and spend energy fooling around with them.

[IsthmusTV]

I guess I spoke too soon. I just got a call and I'm picking it up Saturday

It's the "mother in law's" set, so I could get no further details. I'll post a bunch of photos when I get it. I'll need lots of guidance getting it running!

-Clark

[DaveWM]

[freakaftr8]

Nice set! IDK but it looks awfully like a 20BC50. Im probably wrong.