I worked with asbestos all my working life in the car trade . Also encountered some in vintage radios that I worked on. I am 84 and still healthy . Maybe I was just lucky . Who knows. I really enjoy your uploads . The best of the radio channels ! I wonder how long before that weird guy starts posting his strange comments here again . All the best from the UK .
@@Thomas-yr9ln I had to ban this person he's talking about because he would routinely come on and totally spam up the comments section with 1015 or more comments at a time. He was given quite a few warnings, and I finally had to do something about it. It's kind of sad cuz I'm sure he's a perfectly fine person but it wasn't nice to the other people on the channel making comments
I happened to notice that this particular Zenith radio has the CONELRAD markings on AM. So my only initial guess is it was made in 1955, and that the color is identical to your 1955 Mercury Monterey. Another Cold War piece you have done, even with Bluetooth, Seth!
I recently learned the hard way that if a radio chassis like this is placed upside-down and worked on the speaker frame can bend and cause rubbing. If you run into another radio with a rubbing speaker you might want to try straightening it if it might have gotten bent, this fixed my Heathkit's speaker.
Zenith model H724Z2 from 1952. In Beitman's Radio Diagram's from 1952!!! One bad tube replaced and wax paper caps it works pretty good but has a fussy FM tuner. New diode and resistor added and with FM antenna it's a champ again. They were very good radios.
Weren't the radios with the civil defense markings, like this one, with the triangle icons on the dial made from 1955 - 1963? You can't always tell the manufacture dates from the patent dates.
@@zulumax1You are correct, Zulu. The chrome finish on this piece is hard to tell, whether it has the CONELRAD (Civil Defense) markings or not. If you or anyone can pause the video at the beginning or towards the middle or end, the markings are there. So this model was made after 1955.
@@zulumax1 1951 was the year that the law was signed by President Truman that radios made by 1953 were to have CONELRAD markings on the dial. Some manufacturers were already on that! In Beitman's Radio Diagrams from 1952 so I'm going by those two pieces of information.
@@hestheMaster I have two Zenith AM/FM table radios that look identical, a T2542 which has no CD markings and uses a 14GT8 tube, chassis 7M07, and a K731 which has the CD markings and uses a 19T8 tube, chassis 7K07. So which one is older?
Again, nice job restoring the radio. I don't much agree with the asbestos fear however. Lawyers have villainized the product for their own profit, using "science" that doesn't actually prove cause/effect, just like they're now trying to do with Round-Up and WD-40. In 1984 I purchased and live in a house with asbestos siding, it's still on the house, and I've worked for decades in and around truck and car repair garages where asbestos brakes were installed and replaced. I'm 70 years old, with no cancer and no lung disease. We have to comply with the law regarding waste disposal but we don't need to hyper-fear asbestos. Sorry to disagree Seth, just being honest, and I use my own long life experience to back what I say.
Is there a contact cleaner that won't detune FM circuits. I sprayed contact cleaner on the FM tuner tube socket one time and it quit working and I had to wash it with 93% alcohol spray to get it to play again after the alcohol dried
I worked with asbestos all my working life in the car trade . Also encountered some in vintage radios that I worked on. I am 84 and still healthy . Maybe I was just lucky . Who knows.
I really enjoy your uploads . The best of the radio channels !
I wonder how long before that weird guy starts posting his strange comments here again .
All the best from the UK .
I finally had to ban him.
I'm British but behave myself. Don't judge all British by one weirdo.
My friend! 😂
Mrister radio you are good at banning spammers my friend.
@@Thomas-yr9ln I had to ban this person he's talking about because he would routinely come on and totally spam up the comments section with 1015 or more comments at a time. He was given quite a few warnings, and I finally had to do something about it. It's kind of sad cuz I'm sure he's a perfectly fine person but it wasn't nice to the other people on the channel making comments
I happened to notice that this particular Zenith radio has the CONELRAD markings on AM. So my only initial guess is it was made in 1955, and that the color is identical to your 1955 Mercury Monterey. Another Cold War piece you have done, even with Bluetooth, Seth!
Love those turquoise and coral colors of the late 50's. Some called it pink, but it was marketed as coral. I think it is pretty left alone as it is.
Very nice radio love the color and sound Zenith makes great radios great video
Man, I love that turquoise and off white color combo. Very sharp lookin’ radio, plus it’s a Zenith 👍
I recently learned the hard way that if a radio chassis like this is placed upside-down and worked on the speaker frame can bend and cause rubbing. If you run into another radio with a rubbing speaker you might want to try straightening it if it might have gotten bent, this fixed my Heathkit's speaker.
My neighbor had this same radio in dark brown in his garage when I was growing up. He used to listen to baseball games on it.
Nice looking set
another wonderful job Mr. Radio, you brought it back to life sounding better than ever 👍
Zenith model H724Z2 from 1952. In Beitman's Radio Diagram's from 1952!!! One bad tube replaced and wax paper caps
it works pretty good but has a fussy FM tuner. New diode and resistor added and with FM antenna it's a champ again.
They were very good radios.
Weren't the radios with the civil defense markings, like this one, with the triangle icons on the dial made from 1955 - 1963? You can't always tell the manufacture dates from the patent dates.
@@zulumax1You are correct, Zulu. The chrome finish on this piece is hard to tell, whether it has the CONELRAD (Civil Defense) markings or not. If you or anyone can pause the video at the beginning or towards the middle or end, the markings are there. So this model was made after 1955.
@@michaelpetersonjr 0:53 look right under the 9 below 92 on the FM band. The first triangle is clearly visible at 640 AM.
@@zulumax1 1951 was the year that the law was signed by President Truman that radios made by 1953 were to
have CONELRAD markings on the dial. Some manufacturers were already on that! In Beitman's Radio Diagrams
from 1952 so I'm going by those two pieces of information.
@@hestheMaster I have two Zenith AM/FM table radios that look identical, a T2542 which has no CD markings and uses a 14GT8 tube, chassis 7M07, and a K731 which has the CD markings and uses a 19T8 tube, chassis 7K07. So which one is older?
Again, nice job restoring the radio. I don't much agree with the asbestos fear however. Lawyers have villainized the product for their own profit, using "science" that doesn't actually prove cause/effect, just like they're now trying to do with Round-Up and WD-40. In 1984 I purchased and live in a house with asbestos siding, it's still on the house, and I've worked for decades in and around truck and car repair garages where asbestos brakes were installed and replaced. I'm 70 years old, with no cancer and no lung disease. We have to comply with the law regarding waste disposal but we don't need to hyper-fear asbestos. Sorry to disagree Seth, just being honest, and I use my own long life experience to back what I say.
Nice !
Mr Seth, where do you all auction your radios?? Bryan in El Paso:)
Is there a contact cleaner that won't detune FM circuits. I sprayed contact cleaner on the FM tuner tube socket one time and it quit working and I had to wash it with 93% alcohol spray to get it to play again after the alcohol dried