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I also have this mint brown swirl bakelite 1951 Zenith H-724Z AM/FM radio, with a perfect plastic-covered handle, and the tone control on the right side. The bezel and dial are chrome, with a gold tint wire mesh screen. Another eBay find at $75 Buy It Now (at the time I had money to burn, so I thought the price was fair...not anymore, but I'm glad I bought it anyway).

Again I had it sent directly to my dad's shop, where again he cleaned, tested, and repaired the innards; all the tubes tested fine, all the caps replaced, along with the selenium rectifier. Now it resides on an end table, playing my favorite NPR station in Tampa, where I get the news, plus great classical and jazz music all day long. This radio has fine tone from its original speaker, and it has that crazy lil' orange neon(?) bulb that glows bright above the trademark round dial.

I really need to update my pics...

Someday I'd love to have a vintage early '40s Zenith cathedral or tombstone radio with the famous black round dial.