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Originally Posted by Electronic M
I've seen a LOT of 50's and 60's Zeniths work decently on original caps...I can't recall the last one I saw that was not usable as is.
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I have two Zenith radios, K731 and C845, that still have all original parts, including capacitors and even the original selenium B+ rectifiers. They both work great even now, over 50 years later. I scored last month (on eBay) a Zenith Royal 3000-1 that, I think, still has original capacitors, and is working just fine. The only modifications the former owner made were to install rechargeable batteries, and to replace the incandescent dial lamps with bright white LEDs. The radio works probably every bit as well now as it did when it was new. I would not, however, trust the capacitors in the power supplies of my two tube-type Zenith radios if the sets had power transformers.