1942 Zenith 10S690 Radio/Phono Combo

[vortalexfan]

Hello everyone yesterday I found a Zenith 10S690 Radio/Phono Combo at a local flea market that is still in working order yet except for the tuner pointer (I believe the tuning string is broken either that or the tuning belt is broken, not sure which one of those two technologies Zenith was using by this time).

The turntable in it was tastefully and professionally retrofitted with an early 1960s Voice of Music 4 Speed record changer that was retrofitted in such a matter that it looks factory (they used a turntable that had the same type of mouting screw setup as the original 78 RPM only record changer had, and they used the original audio and power cables from the orginal record changer when wiring up the replacement record player to the radio).

The radio still has all of its factory original Zenith tubes in it, not speck of rust anywhere on the chassis, the cabinet looks gently used, all the preset buttons still work, the radio works hum free on its original power supply caps, and it appears to of been a locally owned radio that was from this area originally as it has local radio stations to this part of the country presetted into the radio's presets.

They want $65 for the radio, but said they would go down to $60.

Is this radio worth picking up and restoring at that price, or should I pass on it?

Pictures of the unit in question posted below.