Restored a 1950's Zenith AM/FM table radio (Model K725)

[LooseChange]

This was a lot of fun. The radio sounds great and still plays all the oldies.

[stingray_65]

I just sold my '48 transoceanic this summer :(

even though it was touted as being a portable unit, it did not fold as easy or carry as well as the $50 bills he exchanged for it 

I LOVE OLD ZENITH RADIOS!

none better in my book!

What a looker too!

If you tire of radio play, a discrete aux input is pretty simple to add and hook up an Ipod or mp3 player.

but that borders on the line of sacrilege

 There are a few radio purists around my area, they actually build miniature AM transmitters  and hook their  mp3 players to the x-mitters

[stingray_65]

looks like a brown bakelite '54

chassis 7k01?

lot of interest in Zeniths

was there a lot of repairs to be made? or just the usual cap replacement?

they were surely meant to last!

You didn't have to replace the tuning cord did you?

That's a serious PITA

LOVE the civil defense markers on the "STD." band

OH!

TRY not to use that handle to carry it!

That vintage plastic is notoriously brittle and is known to fail suddenly and unexpectedly!

[John]

That is so cool!

[bigsbybender]

Beautiful radio!


I inherited my grandfather's old radios (and tubes). He used to fix them on the side but was actually a prize fighter and dock worker by career. When he died he had just finished repairing an old Wards-Airline All American 5 AM radio which 16 years after his death is still working beautifully. One that he never finished was a tabletop GE radio that was AM/FM which is similar to that Zenith. I hope to restore it someday but I never seem to get around to it, if nothing else it's cool to look at.

j.

[Bassmanster]

Super cool!