Two radios into one! Overhauling a Zenith AM/FM radio with custom paint

[@peterkendell5214]

That turned out really nice. And Jonathan Richman!

[@rayrussell6258]

Another super restoration, even if one chassis was sacrificed. A little white or gold paint with thinner added, brushed (with a thin paint brush) into the numbers and marks recessed on the dial, then cleaned around the edges before it dries with q-tips, would really bring this new paint job back to near original appearance.

[@garp32]

Color scheme turned out great!

[@markbrownfield437]

I have put the diode in backward before and it was indeed hair raising as you say! My partner was fascinated and would have liked me to do that again but no. Nice work

[@michaelpetersonjr]

Zenith Y723 AM/FM radio from 1955 or 1956. It is a seven-tube model with the CONELRAD (Civil Defense) markings, as well as the dot on top of the 100 band that indicated Chicago's call letters "WEFM." The letters "EFM" had stood for Eugene F. McDonald, Jr. Very nice piece that you did with the addition of Bluetooth, Seth!

[@crosleyfiver8686]

I re sub'd , figured a beer drinking radio restorer is my speed:)

[@waynebrettzky99]

Nice one Seth

[@hestheMaster]

Zenith's never die. Useful in parts, ha! Black charring under chassis seem to indicate something did burn up in there at one time. Could have been a carbon comp resistor or a lightning strike. It is still problematic surely due to some unseen damage in an IF. A 2nd chassis is better so the transplant works. I have done that with a 1960s RCA tube AM radio. Got a second one to make one good radio! Saved the day. Bluetooth added and a nice job done all around Seth.

[@ethelryan257]

I really enjoyed this good work.

[@scooterboi8761]

GREAT color!

[@silverperzon]

I’ve have good results with behr’s primer n paint cans, better than rustoleum in my opinion. A little more pricey but worth it.

[@ethelryan257]

Definitely better results but the smell bothers me.

[@MrMersh-ts7jl]

Love that color. By the way what is the part number of that isolation transformer? Thanks for everything you show and do!

[@davidhamm5626]

He buys them 100 at a time. He does show the fronts in a lot of videos...

[@hestheMaster]

YHDC part number PE2006-M

[@MrMersh-ts7jl]

@@davidhamm5626 definitely seen this in various videos. I just haven't been able to pull the number off the still frame.

[@MrMersh-ts7jl]

@@hestheMaster thank you so much!

[@davidhamm5626]

@@hestheMaster Thank You, I did have it somewhere...

[@Jammerk40]

I would have kept the dial numbers white.

[@normanwalz8636]

Nice, but why not move the terminal strip containing the silicon diode, capacitor and resistor to the underside of the chassis? Should be lots of room now that the selenium rectifier has been replaced.

[@ethelryan257]

I assume the resistor is going to get quite warm it is dissipating a fair amount of energy.

[@vintageradio58]

Zenith radios are notorious for silver mica disease.

[@suzakule]

SMD sucks