Zenith 6S147. This is a beautiful Zenith Chairside radio. I'm happy that I was able to work on this. Beautiful Art Deco design. If you're interested in this model, let me know! I'm located in Atlanta.
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@terryblackman6217 Жыл бұрын
Most unusual radio. Nice find. 😊👍
@hestheMaster Жыл бұрын
Zenith 6-S-147 is an awesome Art Deco cabinet but without the early connection for a phonograph. Great story about the previous owner's son breaking the dial glass. Nice that it works! That thick plate glass is cat proof, nice comfy place for him to sleep on.
@ricknelsonm Жыл бұрын
Great video, now if I could live next door to you, I get get some projects done like this too, lol Thank you
@ll1881ll2 ай бұрын
Really nice work. Please video your projects with the lights off and devices on.
@a587g Жыл бұрын
Nice set. That's the 1937 version of the '38 model I just worked on. Mine had the same rust on the front of the chassis as well. The only thing I'd highly recommend is replacing the whole candohm. Once one section fails the others are right behind, and I've also seen them short to chassis and take out a power transformer - though the fuse should help. A clock shop should be able to get you a piece of convex glass for the dial cover. Also make sure you make replacement inserts to cover the light bulbs, otherwise they'll burn through and destroy the dial!
@televisionforever Жыл бұрын
Great points here. At my new workshop, I'll have time and room to get back in there and replace the candohm and dial light covers. Lots of my spare parts are in storage currently and are hard to get to.
@wowzers0_0706 ай бұрын
It's crazy how you're not getting at least 50-100k views/video. Looking forward to more in the future
@sterlinsilver Жыл бұрын
Streamlined to the max!
@Peron1-MC Жыл бұрын
looks so cool next to the sofa :)
@Fearmylogic2 ай бұрын
What is with old people and their generation? " My kid accidentally broke something when he was SEVEN. So screw Him, I'll sell it to a random guy instead ". I just don't understand the entitlement of the older generation. They had the worlds greatest economy handed to them on a silver platter, and instead of sharing the wealth, they hoarded it all, and then don't understand why their kids and grandkids can't afford a house, or don't have 3 kids by the time they are 22. But this was an awesome piece to see. Sad about the speaker, and front glass. But it sounds amazing.
@scottnyc65722 ай бұрын
The nephew is probably suffering from post traumatic stress syndrome ever since he broke the glass.Poor kid should’ve earned his redemption I feel.I’d say the nephew deserves a second chance.
@john_barnett Жыл бұрын
Probably my favourite restoration channel that I've subscribed to. I hope the move is going well. Did you ever consider donating it back to the nephew now that it's all pretty and working? Would be an interesting conversation for sure.
@televisionforever Жыл бұрын
That means a lot to me, thank you so much! I'm glad others find what I do entertaining. I haven't talked to the old owner about doing that haha. He did seem very happy when I sent him a video of it working and cleaned up.
@JuliusTheDetective10 ай бұрын
@@televisionforeverhey i’m wondering, do you do restorations for people? If you do then i am wondering if you could restore my old grundig tv from 1956?
@televisionforever10 ай бұрын
@@JuliusTheDetective I have done repairs for people in the past. It all depends on location because shipping sets would be very very expensive. If you'd like, you can send me an email at jacksaundersisme@gmail.com to see photos of the Grundig set.
@JuliusTheDetective10 ай бұрын
@@televisionforever okay Thanks! :)
@JuliusTheDetective8 ай бұрын
@@televisionforeverhey! its me Julius, i have a question! I got my old tv to work and i’ve seen that you have gotten your tv’s to show movies/shows from the 1950’s, how do you do it i Wonder?
@choppergirl Жыл бұрын
nice, a chairside. not the first time i've seen one. 100% totally obsolete though lol when you got a 16 core CPU 128gb of RAM and internet, how can this compete for even 10 minutes of your attention. i haven't touched my tube radios in years.
@john_barnett Жыл бұрын
Nah it's like the whole journey vs destination argument. All the fun comes from getting them back in working order, esp since there's so many AM stations still around
@choppergirl Жыл бұрын
@@john_barnett Great, meanwhile your kid has popped the hood on your car, and is pulling out fuses and relays and ignition wires and taking off filler caps and throwing them everywhere all over the place because it looks fun. In the morning when you have to go out to work and find your car won't work, don't think of it as reality standing in your way to vex you and give you yet one more problem you have to now solve... think of it like the whole journey vs the destination argument. You'l be journeying all over your front yard looking for little black plastic objects in the grass. All the fun comes from getting them back in working order, and think of all the right wing talk show AM stations you'll be able to listen to on the way to work when you finally get all those fuses and wires back in and caps on. And if you don't like talk radio, well, there's still one music channel, that Opryland clear channel flamethrower out of Nashville! Meanwhile, Choppergirl be clicking on your instant music choice on demand of mp3's on the desktop or search terms pulling up KZfaq remixes :-) Static free. Can you Coherer that? :=_ I h8t3 all journeys now, I just what sh1t to work. It's an age thing. In the end you want no more journeys, just for sh1t to work out of the box all the time. Industry, don't sell me any more "crrrp" lol. Ypu know what would make these AM radios fun again. If the FCC opened up that spectrum for anyone at all to broadcast on without a license. Yeah. Like cable free access. Where you could fire up your 6 tube vacuum set and hear the kid across town in Sandy Springs using an old Pentium to stream his own pirate AM radio station of mp3 playlists. Then your vacuum set would be mondo cool once again like the golden age of radio.
@televisionforever Жыл бұрын
@@choppergirl I think I find joy in the tedious restoration process. So much of my life and career is dominated by instant gratification and it's honestly very depressing. Taking on a project that takes time, brain power, and working with my hands, makes me feel good and believe I have a skill that separates me from others. I do like to listen to AM at night while winding down. There's still a few stations in Atlanta worth listening to in my opinion. I do agree the FCC should ease back on restrictions, especially in rural areas where AM is essentially dead.
@Peron1-MC Жыл бұрын
i dunno i think youre watching the wrong channel. this guy repairs radios and tvs from the 1920s to the 1960s. this take has no place on this channel. its just like how i love old cars. ive been working on my 1948 cadillac for a couple of years on and off and it has cost me alot of money, time and effort. and people who are not into old cars ask me why i bother and not just buy a new car that already runs "it just needs to take you from A to B". and i tell them its because i think they are really cool and fun to drive. you dont have to have more of a reason for it. thats what hobbies are. and if you dont do anything for fun youre going to be a miserable person. and project it on others to take their fun away too...like youre doing right now. why are you arguing about if someones hobby is worth doing?
@john_barnett Жыл бұрын
@@choppergirl 74 here and I ain't readin' all that. How's that for competing for my attention 😂
@robturner3065 Жыл бұрын
Hmmm... anyone else thinking that "repair" guy had a Zenith? All it needed was a new speaker, tube cans, glass tubes....
@televisionforever Жыл бұрын
That’s what I suspected, him making his Zenith complete while throwing replacement parts on this one