1966 Zenith ad (1977 models)

[old_tv_nut]

Multipage ad from Readers Digest - Rectangular color taking over, but still some roundies, plus B&W of all types.

http://www.bretl.com/tvarticles/zeni...thad1966RD.pdf

[Findm-Keepm]

.... and Doug has how many of them?

Cool - it has my mini Zenith "vest pocket radio" - albeit mine has a cracked cabinet.

Thanks for sharing!!

Cheers,

[ctc17]

Cool! thanks for taking the time to scan and post it. I cant really say I'm a fan of Zeniths color demodulator circuit but the rest is great.
I have one of those 3000 radio on my list to be restored. Cool

[dieseljeep]

I see the only Zenith "roundie" I have. That chassis was carried over from 1966. It still has a 6BK4 regulator, where the rest of the Zenith "X" models used the 6HS5. A totally different circuit.

[Carmine]

Why is this titled "1977 models"?

[Findm-Keepm]

Originally Posted by Carmine

Why is this titled "1977 models"?

FFS Fat Finger Syndrome? I suffer....


Vheers,

[drh4683]

Excellent. I do have the roundie thats pictured. Its got the 24NC31 chassis which puts out an outstanding picture.

I'd really like to find one of those early 18" table models. The earliest I have is a '69 but I know that one in this ad is the first generation the 18".

As for the radios, the royal 3000 is by far my most favorite of the TO series. The other radio pictured as letter "A" is one that I've been searching ebay on for years. I had one as a kid back in the early 90's, bought it at the resale shop down the street from where I grew up for 2 bucks. It's their first solid state table radio which actually came out in '66 as the N890. Its a very high end unit with the plug in transistors. The one I had was beat up and I saw another one on ebay a couple years ago. It too was pretty well beat but bought it anyway. I eventually gave it away as a freebie to someone who bought some TV's off me as the extreme wear and tear annoyed me but couldn't just junk it. Would love to find a mint one someday.

In fact, theres nothing in that ad that I'd love to find. One of those mid-late 60's space command black and whites would be a great find. Seems like if you find them, its the early 60's ones and then thats it, impossible to find anything later than about a '63.

[old_tv_nut]

Originally Posted by Carmine

Why is this titled "1977 models"?

Just washed my hands and couldn't do a thing with them - if someone knows how to correct it to 1967, please do

[Adam]

I'm always looking for those b/w Zeniths with the space commander. I have a non-space command set in nearly the same cabinet as "The Westport" in the ad there, but mine doesn't have that slide-rule uhf dial scale.

[old_coot88]

Originally Posted by ctc17

I have one of those 3000 radio on my list to be restored. Cool

If you plan on using it on batteries, be sure and check the battery feed-thru socket for leakage between lugs and from lugs to chassis. They tend to form leakage paths that will run the batteries down. I have one that showed 200 microamps drain on the battery pack, and another guy mentioned having one with a few milliamps (forget the exact number).
Bill(oc)

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by drh4683

Excellent. I do have the roundie thats pictured. Its got the 24NC31 chassis which puts out an outstanding picture.

I'd really like to find one of those early 18" table models. The earliest I have is a '69 but I know that one in this ad is the first generation the 18".

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Doug. That last roundie, the 24NC31 was the only Zenith roundie I wanted. The last one I sold, I installed a RCA Hi-Lite Tube in it from a scrapped GE. The 18" pictured has a chassis simular to the 1966 25" Zenith. They call it a portable? Things gotta weigh at least 100 lbs. It has a flimsy aluminum back that bends and cracks real easy.