This may be of interest to you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnlDvGPnaU4
The $10 was well spent IMHO. They were good little radios but never
built to last 50 yrs ! Getting the case makes it even better.
When you get into better models look for TRF radios. They have an extra
RF amp stage & big loop stick antenna. Preformance is much higher.
At sunset on the E coast ( at the shore) they can get Euro, mid east etc stations on a good day.
Also up til the mid 60's US brands had super high build quality & some
Zeniths were still hand wired.
73 Zeno
LFOD !