[slford310]

What do you guys think is the max I should pay for this??  Always wanted a chair side radio. 
           

[Arran]

Are you sure that it is a model 71LZ and not the previous years' 370 Lazyboy? Production for both models appears to be 16,285, not common but not rare either. I generally try to pay as little as possible since the chassis is unknown so would try not to go above $125, maybe $150 at the top end since you want a chairside, there are others out there. Part of the beaded molding is missing, so inspect for other cabinet issues.
Regards
Arran

[slford310]

He only wants 40 so I think I’ll have to buy it

[slford310]

Just took a closer look at it.  It is a 370LZ not the 71LZ.

[GarySP]

If he only wants $40.00 what are you doing still pondering over it? Go get it! Take care and BE HEALTHY! Gary

[slford310]

lol not pondering it’s been mine for at least an hour now ?.  At a local car show with my Jeep will load it up and take it home soon then I’ll post a few more pictures

[Arran]

That sounds like a reasonable price, to most people it's just an old fashioned end table, apparently the cabinet was styled by Norman Bel Geddes, not that the name means much these days. Nothing wrong with a 370 Lazyboy, as long as the autodyne oscillator doesn't cause problems 
Regards
Arran

[slford310]

So had time to go through it tonight. It is a 370LZ not the 71LZ.  Other than a few scratches and a couple missing cylinder trim pieces, the bottom edges of the veneer on both sides have come lose but none of it is missing.  The chassis appears not to have been worked on at all and it’s very clean.

[Radioroslyn]

I'll mention a couple of fine points on the 370 that are different from the 70/70B that you currently have. The major thing is that the vol/off-on and tuning are on two concentric shafts. The original vol/off-on control is made out of unobtanium. A single resistor and pot combo (sold as a replacement) doesn't really preform same way the dual pot does.  

The dial and drive has a couple of pot metal gears. Haven't seen any failures but I have seen some swelling which makes the tuning knob hard to turn. There's an easy fix which is to slightly enlarge the hole in the gear on the dial. 

Your a mechanical kinda guy and I just wanted to give you a little heads up before you dive in. Oh for autodyne detector hater this set doesn't use a single tube mixer like the 80,84,89,19, and so on. It has a 24A mixer/27 lo.

https://philcoradio.com/library/download...n%2057.pdf

[slford310]

Thanks for the info Terry.  Luckily for me there appears to be no swelling in the pot metal gear it rotates the tunner easily

[Villager61]

I came across this post and I just redid my 370. My Question is: Where does the toner rod go. This one was in a bag and mine is complete and still attached to the toner switch but someone bent mine 90 degrees to the right. But even if it was straight I have NO IDEA where it goes or how it was used. Did you just left up the lid and reach over and pull it up or push it down to set the tone you wanted? Any one know? Thanks

[slford310]

Sorry, I haven't gotten to this project yet, so I don't have the answer, but I bet one of the experts on this site does.

Sam

[Villager61]

Thank you for the reply. After much studying I figured it just sat there and you have to open the top and pull up and/or push it down when you want it changed. I put a little Christmas like sticky hanger with a hook on it and attached it to the side of the transformer so it just poked out the top of the chassis so when you open the door you just reach in and push or pull. Best thing I could come up with.
Thanks
Mark

[slford310]

Can you send a couple of pictures?