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Old 08-13-2010, 03:39 PM
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"1939 Zenith Radio 7S-363 Cabinet"

OMG!
I have died and have gone to HELL.
Please forgive me for posting this abomination.
You know where.
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Old 08-13-2010, 05:08 PM
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How could someone have destroyed that radio ?!? Even the wood frame around the LCD looks like crap.
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Who would commit such an atrocity? I guess they couldn't stand the shame of having an AM radio in the living room.

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Old 08-13-2010, 05:20 PM
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Oh man, look what he did with a porthole TV:

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Old 08-13-2010, 06:51 PM
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Both of those are beyond ridiculous. Someone needs to archive the pictures of the gas station porthole. Its like a drug induced hallucination.
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Old 08-13-2010, 08:48 PM
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Even the wood frame around the LCD looks like crap.
Why would you think that? I looked at the pictures of the converted cabinet, and I think whomever installed the LCD monitor where the radio chassis used to be did a very good job framing it. I think this is a very creative way of reusing an antique radio cabinet, if the radio chassis was beyond repair; much better than turning the cabinet into a fishtank.

BTW, this is the first console HDTV flat panel I have ever seen, and I like it. Homemade, yes, but it is one of a kind, for now anyway. Maybe this will give others some ideas on how to make a HD flat-panel TV look good (by building the set into a cabinet), not just a black flat screen sitting on a table. Most FPs, IMO, are about as stylish as today's black-plastic cube CRT sets.
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Old 08-13-2010, 09:34 PM
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Oh, I don't mean the framing job itself. I mean that I think the plain brown paint looks bad next to all the very pretty veneer. It think it would look better with a quality wood frame stained or toned to let the grain show through.

It's been done before and good radios have been destroyed in the process. I spoke with a local antique shop owner just the other day about this topic. He said that he a had a regular customer who converted vintage TVs and radios into fishtanks and flat planels like this. Claimed he got $1,000+ plus for them too. He might very well have been talking about this seller.
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Old 08-14-2010, 05:18 PM
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Not really HDTV, the aspect ratio is wrong. Should be 16 by 9. And replace that grill cloth!
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It can't be... I mean, no one would really do that to a Zenith... wait, a gas station...?

I'm gonna have nightmares, now.
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Gah - it sold for $400
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