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With my B100 Motorola, I simply found a stray set of complete speakers from the 60's that have a similar look & size to the Motorola, sparkle gold grill cloth with aluminum trim with an RCA hook up, 8 ohm. If you change speakers, keep the Motorola's for the sake of originality if you ever sell he B100.
A trend I've noticed in recent years is that people are gutting the early 60's consoles and selling all the parts, chassis, speaker drivers. I guess folks can't handle a 6 foot long, 200 lb. unit so they're making their own tube audio systems...a good idea if you're skilled at cabinet making.
Back to Zenith.....Interest is on the 8 tube sets is on the rise, but still a great deal consdering what you get. The one that seems to be climbing price the fastest is the C845 & H845. For years I'd hear people say..."thats an ugly set" or "cheap looking front panel". Wow, that hurts this Zenith collector, last night I went and took a good look at my H845's front panel.....it's really of unique style and construction with the recessed center circle for the main speaker, plus the verticle bar theme across the whole front, then topped of with the chrome circle trim piece. It really would have been a more complicated grill to design and manufacture then most radio face panels. We've already mentioned what Zenith put into these 845 chassis...all good! I'm starting to see these sell for $45 and up on Ebay, for a long time they were selling for a song.
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