Absolutely Beautiful Zenith 16" Porthole combo available at estate sale in SD, CA

[jpdylon]

I got a call from an estate liquidator today about checking out a vintage zenith TV. She's hosting a huge estate sale of mainly 40s and 50s items. She asked me to check out the set before she put it out for sale.

The set in question was an amazing looking 16" porthole console. Model 37t996rlp with 28f23 tv chassis, am/fm radio and early cobramatic changer.

The set has not been used in years but was stored inside. No chassis rust except for a small bit on the transformer housing of the power supply chassis. The interlock plug is frayed and the set has not been powered on. All knobs and trim pieces are intact, the cabinet is absolutely beautiful and even a glass top was made for it. All the original manuals and station guides are included with the set. The record changer is frozen up and the dial string on the radio is broken.

The television chassis looks like a very promising bet for restoration. The HV cage and back are present, only a few tubes have been replaced, and the chassis looks virgin. The flyback looks to be in good condition with no sign of overheating or arc-over. The HV fuse was intact. The HV rectifier tube is dead, but the other sweep tubes tested fine.

The strong point and real value in this set is the CRT. The 16AP4 was replaced at some point with a new RCA tube. Afterwords it was probably not used much. I could not find an EIA code on the tube.
The CRT tested as new on my beltron, and emission came up immediately at warmup. The tube registered .94 / 100 (a good tube being .85) and had a long life test.

The estate lady is taking bids and she's trying to get the best offer over $350 - but I'm not sure if that will fly. However, this is one of the most beautiful virgin looking sets I've seen in a good long time - so if you're after a pretty porthole it might be worth it.

The estate sale is saturday (11th) 9-4 and sunday(12th) 10-2. at 6 1 3 6 Arno Dr in San Diego. Contact Kathy Hawley at (7 6 0) - 5 2 1 - 1 8 8 1 between 9am and 5pm for any more info about the set or estate sale.

I'm trying to extract pictures from my phone I took and will get them up as soon as I'm successful at getting those uploaded.

-I am not affiliated with this sale- This is just a heads up for you porthole collectors.