12/24 TV score...

As I was going out Christmas Eve, I went the other way from my house. I haven't gone that way for about a week. It was dark, but I saw a reflection about 10 feet from the road out in a little bit of weeds in this field. It was a TV. I had to stop and get it. Couldn't see what it was, but it had a wide cabinet and was bulky. I get home later, and find it was a 1981 Zenith. I was hoping it was at least mid 70s or older. I still like TVs from the very early 80s anyhow.

This TV must have sat there for almost a week. We have had a lot of heavy rain, some snow, and sub zero temperatures at night. When I picked it up it was frozen to the ground. I stuck a heater on it for the past 2 days to dry it out. All the metal shields, heat sinks, etc. had rust on them already. Once it was dry, it just had loose dust and dirt which I blew out with air.

Last night I tried it, and surprisingly, it worked perfectly! I didn't even have to adjust anything. Tunes perfectly too. It has digital tuning, not direct access, and has a fine tuning button. It also does white balance automatically by balancing drive emissions. Is this TV a System 3 set?