I've always loved these 1955 Zenith sets. From around age 10 onward I've thought this model is about as cool as old TV sets get. In March of 09 this one came home with me. The seller filled me in on its history: it was his grandparents' first set and remained in use until it conked out sometime around 1969 and they decided it was time for a color TV.
I only needed one guess as to what happened to it at that point (yes, I was [i]asked[/i] to guess): it spent the next 40-some years as a TV stand. The seller considered gutting the cabinet and putting in an LCD screen, but fortunately chose instead to pass it on to somebody who would preserve it.
