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02-03-2016, 09:08 AM
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1951 16" Zenith Porthole Restoration
I decided to work on one of my 16" portholes, while I work on alignment in my RCA projection set.
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02-03-2016, 10:21 AM
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That's a very nice set.
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02-03-2016, 10:44 AM
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Thanks! It's a pretty straight forward restoration with easy to get to parts. I'll replace all capacitors, sand coated resistors and the candohm resistors too. If I could only find the lazy bones remote for one of theses sets!
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02-03-2016, 02:11 PM
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Don't we all wish we had a Lazy Bones remote? Some enterprising collector should start making reproductions...
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Tom C. Zenith: The quality stays in EVEN after the name falls off! What I want. --> http://www.videokarma.org/showpost.p...62&postcount=4
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02-03-2016, 07:15 PM
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I didn't know they had remotes for TVs this early, I know Zenith's very first wireless remote was the "Flash-o-matic" if I remember right which was basically just a flashlight that you would shine on 4 photoresistors on either one of the 4 corners of the TV that would either turn on the TV change the channel, raise and lower the volume and mute the TV if I remember right, and that was back in 1955 if I remember right, so I take it this "lazy-bones" remote was wired?
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02-03-2016, 08:13 PM
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Wow, That's sharp.
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02-03-2016, 09:20 PM
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I was actually surprised that there were only 3 bids on the complete Lazy Bones kit, including motor, that was on eBay recently:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Zenith-Lazyb...p2047675.l2557
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02-03-2016, 09:31 PM
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02-03-2016, 09:43 PM
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I bid on one a couple months ago that was new in the box, but I gave up at around $115. Here's the cabinet with the doors closed.
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02-11-2016, 04:33 PM
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All caps are replaced and it is a pretty good picture. It is very stable too. Deciding on if I want to replace the sand coated resistors or leave well enough alone.
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02-13-2016, 03:27 PM
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Alright, calling this one done!
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02-13-2016, 10:19 PM
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Portholes RULE !! Still wish I'd sprung for the one I saw over in Pigeon Forge several. years back.. It WASN'T a Zenith, either... It was in a touristy "Aunty-Kue" shop.
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02-13-2016, 10:55 PM
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Good grief...
I looked at the eBay listing for a Zenith SC400 remote kit. They want $999.99 for the thing, which, I am sure, is much more than an entire Zenith b&w non-remote console sold for in the early fifties. I tried to save the image of the remote kit, but no luck.
 This is not a Lazy Bones kit, but the entire SC400 remote control system including the hand control box and drive motor. It is in as-new condition, so it may well have been intended as a replacement or a retrofit kit for a non-remote set. The SC400 is not the rarest of the rare as far as TV remotes go, but still, just one penny under a grand for an opening bid is nuts. Even the gold-colored Computer Space Command hand units I've seen on eBay don't have opening bids anywhere near that high, for crying out loud! I think the seller is simply trying to get as much money as he/she can from this auction. If this were a CT-100 or one of the first CTC-series RCA roundie color TVs I could see an opening bid that high, but good grief, not for a remote control kit.
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Jeff, WB8NHV Collecting, restoring and enjoying vintage Zenith radios since 2002 Zenith. Gone, but not forgotten. Last edited by Jeffhs; 02-13-2016 at 11:07 PM.
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