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07-21-2009, 11:44 PM
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12" Zenith b&w Portable- Plastic cabinet is Disintegrating
I picked up a mid 60's zenith b&w portable at the thrift store today. With "$5- as is" on the price tag I was expecting a dead set. Got it home, plugged it in, and of course it worked like new. It's a Zenith after all! It's a hot chassis set, has a continuous UHF tuner, and only has one transistor, in the UHF tuner. The set has one major problem however. The white plastic cabinet back is literally disintegrating. I can make deep gouges in the plastic with my fingernail, leaving a powdery residue behind. Removing and reinstalling the back to take a look at the filter caps caused the case screws to strip in their holes. I've never seen a plastic cabinet decay in this way before. Is this common problem with Zenith portables? I'll get some pictures and a model number up in the morning.
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This device isn't a spaceship, it's a time machine. It goes backwards, and forwards... it takes us to a place where we ache to go again. Last edited by fsjonsey; 07-23-2009 at 08:47 PM. 
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