what IS this Zenith?!

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Here are the two different 14" portables for '68. The Z3508 on the left was the "step up" from the base model on the right, the Z3504. The 3508 had back lit channel indicators and a more decorative wood grain vinyl clad metal cabinet. The 3504 had plain channel knobs and was available in either plain charcoal or gold colored vinyl clad metal cabinets. Both use the 15Y6C15 chassis which was the very first portable color chassis introduced by Zenith. As previously mentioned, there were NO production shortcuts on these. They still had the flip open control door beneath the CRT like their other sets and a hand wired chassis. Note the inverted CRT where the blue gun is on the bottom. The CRT is designed to run on 21.5 KV. The picture is decent on these, but consider it's the first generation portable color set here. They are real tanks. When you pick one up, it's like a lead block! These metal cabinet portables were only available in 1968. For 1969, Zenith introduced the 12A10C15 chassis for the 14" portables. This was the start of the plastic cabinets with large one piece plastic back cover. They were also great sets, but everyone loves a solid metal cabinet