Nice images from an 1971 "Zenith" Catalogue

[jsowers]

The 14" table model is exactly like the TV my dad's boss had in his beach house in the 1970s when we vacationed there. The house was on the ocean front and the HV cage got rusty and you could hear the hiss of arcing inside it and smell the ozone. My uncle continued to work for the man until the house was torn down to build a condo and I was lucky enough to get the TV free when that happened.

I still have the TV in my basement. It worked, with that minor arcing, when I got it in the late 1980s. Funny, the slider volume, color and tint controls are pushed all the way to the right on the display model. That would be full volume and very lousy tint and color in real life.

I've read how well these TVs were made on this forum and I completely agree. It's hard to believe it stood up to the salty ocean air and still worked all those years later, including those slider pots.

Picture attached below.