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Serial Lurker
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New Old Radio!
This one has been on my bucket list of radios for as long as I've been collecting. It's a 1940 Zenith 12-S-471. It's one of the last classic Zenith consoles before the war years came and everything changed!
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09-25-2016, 04:20 PM
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A Man of Wealth and Taste
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Beautiful.
My Grandmother had a wood stand up cabinet Waterkent where the doors opened up. Still have her1940 wood cabinet table top RCA. It works. I remember as a yougin our Mahgoney wood cabinet Teleking floor TV set. Beautiful solid wood cabinet. |
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09-25-2016, 04:58 PM
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WOW,just freekin amazimg.
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09-25-2016, 05:15 PM
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Beautiful!!!
I'll bet it has a warm sound from that big wood cabinet.
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09-25-2016, 05:49 PM
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Let me know what tubes it takes. I scored a large batch of old stuff recently, and may have some that'll work in it. You're welcome to come take a look next time you're nearer Seattle.
Edit.. looks like these... I know I didn't get any 6v6gt but I think I have some others. V1 6K7G RF amplifier V2 6A8G Mixer V3 6J5G Oscillator V4 6K7G IF amplifier V5 6J5G Detector V6 6J5G First audio amplifier V7 6F8G Inverter V8 6V6GT Audio amplifier V9 6V6GT Audio amplifier V10 6U5 Magic eye tuning indicator V11 6X5 Rectifier V12 6X5 Rectifier
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'85 911. White - 53,000 miles bought 3-16-07. "Casper" '88 924S. Blue - 120k miles bought with 105k miles. '94 968 Coupe - White - 108,000 miles bought 9-28-17 '09 Cayman - Grey - bought 9-8-20 Last edited by WolfeMacleod; 09-25-2016 at 05:56 PM.. |
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09-25-2016, 05:52 PM
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That is a beauty!
I still have my Dad's Philco vintage 1936 with the turntable inside.....  
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09-25-2016, 06:21 PM
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09-25-2016, 06:37 PM
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That is amazing!!
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09-26-2016, 04:39 AM
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I've been converting old philco cabinets with modern electronics for years, love the old at deco style radios
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09-26-2016, 05:50 PM
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09-26-2016, 06:48 PM
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I even have some NOS AM radio military transmitting tubes I scored in that bunch.
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09-26-2016, 06:51 PM
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I have a box full of tubes and an old tube tester(probably garbage). Already went through the box and none of them work with my amp or pre for home audio. Whats the next best way to see if they are good for anything or have value?
I was looking into build an amp a few years ago and then got my 911 instead... So project time and skill set has kind of stalled any amp building.
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09-26-2016, 07:30 PM
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09-27-2016, 05:23 AM
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wow, I'm impressed. I think I've found something new. Thanks guys for all the nice pictures. I'm captivated!
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09-27-2016, 06:01 AM
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Picked this up about ten years ago, need to clean her up and get her making music again.
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09-27-2016, 01:40 PM
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Sorry it took me a little longer than I said. I was busy going to Megadeth last night!
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09-28-2016, 05:15 PM
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Not surprising that you have been hunting that beauty. Absolutely one of the finest radio cabinets I've seen, and it works too.
Great find! Cheers Richard |
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09-28-2016, 07:19 PM
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1985 Porsche 911 carrera targa 3.2
