Solid State Zenith; vintage?

[Nolan Woodbury]

Hi guys,

Check out this eBay treasure:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ZENITH-Fm-Am-Sol...ayphotohosting

I remember reading a post written by Chad saying that not only were the tube-chassis Zenith's 'hand wired', but so were the earliest solid state sets. This one looks to qualify, especially noting the customary dot located at (roughly) 99 MHz for Zenith's Chicago-based radio station. When did that end?

Hey Jeff, got your ears on?

Judging by the styling, this set has to date from the late-50s, early 60s. If my bid goes through, I'll run a serial number check. I'm almost certain that #2-3101 isn't it...probably the chassis tag. I'm not really into the transistor stuff nor do I ever figure to be, but if this Zenith is from the period I think it is I'd like to have it.

Thoughts?