BIG ZENITH 39A FINALLY FINISHED
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beautifully done fred like it with doors open
what is lever under speaker grill ?
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Gee Wizz Fred you always seem to amaze us! All I can say is WOW. That set came out beautiful. Great job I simply love it!
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It is beautiful. You do good work.
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Looks great, could be a centerpiece.
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Fred, you do just terrific work. Lovely radio.
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With the Philco on top. as it should be, the Zenith is stellar.
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Excellent! One of the best restorations I've seen yet. Hats off to you, Fred.
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I can see that this one took a lot of work.. Hats off to you and your ability to make it look the way it does now.
It looks very good.
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Wow, it's beautiful!
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