Scored a Zenith off Craigslist for free

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I picked this up today. I'm not sure the exact model, it has a 16D21Q chassis. Looks like it came on the market in 1959 and this particular model seems like it was built in 1960. Looks complete and it's in decent shape under the cobwebs. The remote control isn't in very good condition, but it's there. I think the design where it clips onto the Zenith shield on the front is pretty neat.

Guy was really nice, he said it belonged to his parents when he was a kid. He was moving and wanted to get rid of it. I'm glad I reached out when I did, he was going to take it to the Goodwill the next day, so it'd likely have been shipped to China and destroyed.

Inside is nasty. Looks like potato bugs made their home in the bottom of the cabinet, and there's a big thing of crumbling tinfoil? It doesn't seem like a rodent nest to me, because it's not shredded -- it's all in one piece, just falling apart from age. I'm not going to attempt to power it on until I can remove the chassis and clean all that up.

I've worked on various electronics, but this will be my first TV. If anyone has tips or suggestions, I'd definitely love to hear them.

Does someone have the SAMS for this? Looks like set 467, folder 2. Radiomuseum has them, but you have to download pages individually and ratelimits you aggressively.