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11-27-2010, 01:23 AM
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'52 Zenith in Hannibal, NY
http://cgi.ebay.com/vintage-zenith-B...item4cf35583fd
It's way out of my reach, but the starting bid seems fair enough I thought it was nice to find that my Zenith has at least a few more surviving relatives. It's a year older than my '53 and I like the fancier cabinet with those trademark early 50's cabinet doors. They say it's a 17'' but it looked more like a 21'' to me. My set is a 17'' and it doesn't look anywhere near that big and wide.   It's similar the to the one seen here on the top row, third from the left. Different cabinet style, though. The '52 equivalent of my 17'' set is on the bottom left. Last edited by RitchieMars; 11-27-2010 at 01:50 AM. 
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11-27-2010, 05:20 PM
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Greetings from FixitLand!
Yup -- "The Stafford" -- that's the one I have. Last played 20 years ago. CRT was pretty tired. Since then it's been an end table. Got a new power cord for it...that's a start...<grin> Thanks for posting that ad! Interesting to note that the ad shows these as 1953 models...I always thought it was a '52. Take care, -- J. E. Knox 'The Victor Freak'
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11-27-2010, 07:44 PM
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Ah, see I didn't even notice that the ad I posted was from '53. Apparently, the '52-'54 models were very similar and I had assumed that your set with the wood across the control panel was the '52 and mine with the gold-colored metal panel was a '53. But, appearances are pretty deceiving when you have so many different styles made around the same time, all using more-or-less the same chassis. I guess this is an example of how televisions aren't quite as easy to date as automobiles. According to tvhistory.tv 1950 Zenith's model numbers start with "G", '51 goes to "H" and then "J", and '52 moves along to "K" and then "L" which continues into '53. Mine is an "L" so I call my set a '53, but it could possibly be a late '52. I've yet to find an ad that shows my exact model or what it was called.
I was able to get a vintage rebuilt 17LP4 for my Zenith, so maybe there's a good chance you could find a replacement for your Stratford if you had to. My Zenith was used long and hard, all original components minus a couple tubes, and it was driven all the way from Mississippi to South Carolina without a single bolt holding the chassis down. It wasn't my doing, but I prefer to imagine that the tube was likely pretty tired even before the neck got cracked.
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