I own some old Zenith transistor Radio's.None of them are floor model
Radio's though.Some of them work ok and some of them do not work at
all.I reckon,altogether,, I probally own over two hundred Radio's.
cuhulin

"Stephen M.H. Lawrence" wrote:

"dxAce" wrote in message
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| "Stephen M.H. Lawrence" wrote:
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| wrote in message
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| | There isn't any better furniture in the World than a floor model
Radio.
| | cuhulin
|
| Zenith's chair-side radios, in particular,
| look like truly fine furniture.
|
| I was just sitting here thinking about the nice one I passed up for $75 a
few
| years ago.
|
| The big black Zenith dial, a perfect cabinet too...
|
| dxAce
| Michigan
| USA

Holy crap, what a great price.

Yeah, the more I think about the darn thing I wish I'd bought it. As I recall
the owner of the shop later gave it to her daughter who committed suicide. Who
knows, the little shop is hardly ever open and I've not been there for some
time. Maybe I should try to stop when it's open...



Right now, the Transoceanics seem to be going (at least locally) for
around that, thanks to the rare/expensive (so they say) 1L6 tube,
intact with both antennas (MW and SW), but I have yet to find
one with an outstanding, clean case.

73,

--
Steve Lawrence
KAØPMD
Burnsville, Minnesota

"If a man wants his dreams to come true then he must wake up."
- Anonymous

When I was in the U.S.Army,, it was hard to catch me whithout a
transistor in my shirt pocket.WHAS out of Louisville,Kentucky and WHAS
still ROCKS!
cuhulin

Every Which Way But Lose is startin on tb now,See y'all later!
cuhulin

wrote in message
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| I own some old Zenith transistor Radio's.None of them are floor model
| Radio's though.Some of them work ok and some of them do not work at
| all.I reckon,altogether,, I probally own over two hundred Radio's.
| cuhulin

The '7000 model (don't remember the nomenclature precisely) is,
for its low parts count (or maybe because of its low parts count,
acutally), a really decent portable.

73,

--
Steve Lawrence
KAØPMD
Burnsville, Minnesota

"If a man wants his dreams to come true then he must wake up."
- Anonymous

"dxAce" wrote:

| Yeah, the more I think about the darn thing I wish I'd bought it. As I
recall
| the owner of the shop later gave it to her daughter who committed suicide.
Who
| knows, the little shop is hardly ever open and I've not been there for
some
| time. Maybe I should try to stop when it's open...

There's a shop called "Grampy's" in the Benson neighborhood, in Omaha,
and they tend to get the chairsides from time to time. I saw a Philco
motorized
console there a couple of years back, and kick myself often for not buying
it.
Also, saw an old Grundig console, with AM/FM/Shortwave and turntable,
selling for $25.00. "Works great," said the tag. "Better recap it," said
I.
What a beautiful radio - once again, another one passed up.

What a pain in the butt.

73,

--
Steve Lawrence
KAØPMD
Burnsville, Minnesota

"If a man wants his dreams to come true then he must wake up."
- Anonymous

MII - In CanaDuh its Fifty La Grand ;-) ~ RHF

"-=jd=-" wrote:

| NB: Not necessarily directed at Steve - I'm just jumping in the thread at
| this point.
|
| Let's say the winning bid was $50k.
|
| Based on what little is known about it from the pictures and description
| that accompanied the auction, how much *more* would one need to invest in
| it to restore it (just a best-guesstimate) -AND- once restored, how much
do
| you think it might go for if it was re-listed on eBay?

I've restored a number of radios, and without getting too deep
(It's almost dinnertime, and I'm about to run off), there are two
ways to go in the world of restorations: The first is complete
OEM parts, but when you're talking about wax caps and multi
section electrolytics which had a lifespan of perhaps 20 years,
coupled with the rarity of OEM parts, it wouldn't cost altogether
very much to restore the unit. At the very most, I'd budget $1,000
for such a project.

As to the second part of your question, you may very well not
expect to get a thousand dollars more (to pay for your restoration).
Radios are really fickle eBay (and auction) items, and the best
answer I can give you (with a few exceptions, i.e., Catalins,
the old Scotts, and so forth), the price we saw this Zenith go for
is really very incredible. The best answer I can give to answer
your second question is, "However much you can get for it."
Not offered in a mocking tone, but it's hard to get a very solid
idea of what any given set would be "worth."

73,

Steve Lawrence
KAØPMD
Burnsville, Minnesota

"If a man wants his dreams to come true then he must wake up."
- Anonymous

OBTW - and a P.S.:

"-=jd=-" wrote:
(snip)
| I just have a problem paying more than I spent
| on my first house for something the size of a chair.

BINGO!

Sorry, I somehow completely skipped over that sentence
(premature Alzheimer's, I'm sure).

You hit the ball out of the park. I'd end the following words
to the end of your sentence: "Especially with so many outstanding
radios in this world."

The R-390 (non-a) is an example of "hollow state" engineering
at its very best. The aesthetic appeal is not "there" for some
collectors, but it definitely gets me jazzed up. I guess that
collecting comes down to "what strikes my fancy?" -- and that
is the greatest determining factor (price-wise).

73,

--
Steve Lawrence
KAØPMD
Burnsville, Minnesota

"If a man wants his dreams to come true then he must wake up."
- Anonymous

RHF wrote:

MII - In CanaDuh its Fifty La Grand ;-) ~ RHF


La? Must be the female of the species..as in 'Lare'

'Le' is the male gender.



mike

m II wrote:

RHF wrote:

MII - In CanaDuh its Fifty La Grand ;-) ~ RHF

La? Must be the female of the species..as in 'Lare'

'Le' is the male gender.

LOL, 'Duh' describes those in CanaDuh of either gender.

LMAO at the 'tard.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

I hope that Zenith radio sold for what they were asking for it,, and
then some.NOW!,If I had their money and they had a feather up their
ass,, we would both be tickled :{)
cuhulin

Stephen M.H. Lawrence wrote:


wrote in message
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| I own some old Zenith transistor Radio's.None of them are floor model
| Radio's though.Some of them work ok and some of them do not work at
| all.I reckon,altogether,, I probally own over two hundred Radio's.
| cuhulin

The '7000 model (don't remember the nomenclature precisely) is,
for its low parts count (or maybe because of its low parts count,
acutally), a really decent portable.

In another post cuhulin mentions always having a transistor radio with
him when he was in the US Army. That reminds me of something that
happened to me when I lived in San Francisco 10 years ago. I was
browsing the junk for sale at one of the city's sidewalk garage sales,
where homeless people sell stuff fished out of dumpsters in order to eat
or buy some dope. One guy had a TO 7000 in reasonably good shape. He
wanted $20, which I didn't have. He said that he had lugged it through
his entire tour of duty in Vietnam and that it had kept him connected to
home. He didn't want to sell it since it had a lot of sentimental value
to him but he needed to eat. I told him I would get the $20 later that
day and come back tomorrow and if he still had it I would buy it. I came
back the next day at the same time with the $20 but he was nowhere to be
found. I still wish I would have had the money to buy it off him right
then and there. Can you imagine hauling a TO through the jungles of Nam
for a year, what with all those soldiers went through? And then having
to sell it-your last real possession-on some godforsaken street corner
in San Francisco for $20 in order to eat that night? (Another time, I
DID buy some bum's Silvertone AM transistor radio for $4. It had a
hinged plate that flipped up to reveal the dial and thumbwheels. Real
neat little radio. I don't have it anymore, though.)

"running dogg" wrote:
(snip)
| Can you imagine hauling a TO through the jungles of Nam
| for a year, what with all those soldiers went through? And then having
| to sell it-your last real possession-on some godforsaken street corner
| in San Francisco for $20 in order to eat that night?

Civilization is far more fragile than many of us realize.

Thanks for a wonderful remembrance. I'll say a prayer
for the people walking in his shoes tonight.

73,

Steve Lawrence
KAOPMD
Burnsville, Minnesota

"If a man wants his dreams to come true then he must wake up."
- Anonymous