My long suffering wife (in many respects) let me go radio shopping yesterday. These are my two new treasures.
The bigger wooden one is a 1937 Zenith 6-S-229 Tombstone. Missing a couple tubes, needs a new AC line cord, capacitors and resistors but it should be an easy resto. It's pretty desirable from a collector's stand point, and this one hasn't been abused so I don't have any cabinet work to do. There are the usual scuffs and scrapes but the thing is 75 years old!
The other is a bakelite Crosley from 1946. It's called an American/Overseas set. The dial says "American" for AM and "Overseas" for shortwave. It works great and is in nearly pristine condition. I don't think I will keep this one. It's nice, but not really my speed. It's fairly collectible and in great shape, so I think I will get more than enough out of it to pay for both radios plus the restoration on the Zenith. All in all, a pretty nice find.
