1970 Zenith FM AM Radio Cassette Tape Recorder MINT IN BOX!

[RetroVintageItems27]

We have the same carpet!

[thecooldude9999]

Deal

[thecooldude9999]

It is very rare to find a new old stock peace of electronic history like this, I recently bought a IBM ps/2 brand new for 500 bucks good desl

[Vaultovinyl]

I feel dirty...in a warm and fuzzy kind of way. It's like undressing the virgin in a slow, methodical manner in a 60's porno. Absolutely great stuff!!! I love the fact that the music moves into a light and bouncy march as the packaging finally comes off. :)

[watershed44]

I noticed that when you showed the battery compartment foam it actually looked like it had the imprint of the batteries on it. That is strange, I wonder do you think this was a factory refurbish or a return that was reboxed and sold as new?

[storrs19]

Nice to see the owner's manual in English and not ten thousand different languages. The way it should be.

[storrs19]

Excellent find! I know Zenith still manufactured their TransOceanic line of radios in the USA until the final model when during production they switched to Taiwan. Zenith used to build some really quality stuff.

[burt2481]

Brand new-Being in a fresh and unused condition; completely new.

40 years old makes this not brand new

[CassetteMaster]

That is amazing! You are very lucky. No the challenge is to not let even the slightest scratch come upon it! The sound quality is excellent, and simply is built to last. I found a "new" in box Texas Instruments cassette recorder, and it too worked after 29 years (it is from 1982).

[HDXFH]

Nice find, Love the wording on the older manuals

[Trance88]

Now thats what I call new old stock! Beautiful!

[yamahonkawazuki]

LOL NICE a zenith piracy kit. ship a radio AND the medium to record off of. where on earth did you find this. well done sir

[gli7utubeo]

I've got a Zenith Royal 66 AM radio from 1969 and I can see the family resemblance, like the ribbon to remove the batteries and the font on the radio and the logo. Thanks for the amazing video!!

[Geoffr524]

That is an awesome unit that is of high quality. I do have a clock radio from 1987 that is still like new, even though I used it everyday since then. It is a Panasonic Accu-set model RC-6340 I got for $40 back then. Amazing how long the the higher quality items last.

[llcvt15]

Was this one of those 25 cent estate sale finds? Its crazy how stuff like this can still be in a box after 40 years; and nobody ever opened it? Seems like a neat radio, looks a little like my old answering machine...

[AMStationEngineer]

I would have been tempted to inhale every molecule of the air from that packaging!! "Zenith factory smell" - (kinda like new car smell, only nostalgic).

I yearn for the days of a proud and productive United States of America, of which Zenith was among the best!! Old-world serviceable electronics, the ultimate in environmental protection and recycling, in what is now a disposable electronics-driven world. Thanks Doug for your efforts in keeping the memory of a productive America alive!!

[clydesight]

Really nice video about a really nice machine. I'm amazed that the electronics held up without use for 41 years and even the belts seem to be good on this machine. That's a real time capsule piece there. And it sounds so good too! Great find! Thanks for sharing the unveiling!

[ConcertinaGuy]

Doug, that is a great piece. I repaired a few of them in my day. Usually just belts and dirty controls. And it stood the test of 41 yrs of time in the box. Goes to show how old versus new.

[tjbewick]

Great to see this and really amazing how good the quality is on these old units, a lot better then the cheap stuff made now. Whether it is a CD player, DVD or other equipment they do not have the cabinet design, durability, or sound fidelity of these older bigger units. I think things now are specifically engineered for a throw away society without this quality and it is really a shame. Thanks for sharing this.

[TwinMillMC]

Thanks for this video - we can all enjoy seeing what it's like to open a brand new cassette player from 1970. It is indeed a very rare thing. The Seeburg background music fits perfectly also. One question though, would you consider running for president? LOL.... Your videos are awesome!

[78Point26]

@TwinMillMC

I think that he might be more of a stand-up comedian instead of a poltician. His voice is a bit like Mike Bullard's. Heh.

[TwinMillMC]

@78Point26 ha ha ha, yep he does sound like Mike Bullard. I didn't know who he was but I cut and pasted his name in the search box and yep, he came up. Sounds just like him. This guy is awesome though isn't he? His TV collection is outstanding and he repaired each one of them. Even though he never answers any of my question even after I submit them numerous times, I still think he would make a great president. After all, I'm just one of his insignificant fans.

[force311999]

when you were slowly opening the battery cover I thought O NO what if there was battery's in there thank god it did not come with batts in it that would be horrible LOL

[batterymaker]

@force311999 Those were the days before batteries were included...:-)

[force311999]

@batterymaker thank GOD

[Nintendoman2020]

That is a real nice find you have there. I like it!

[tasmith1969]

I was 8 yrs old then and cassettes were fairly new at that time, 8-track tapes still dominated. Early 1970's was about the time when electronics quality was going downhill, more cheap imported solid-state garbage. BUT you could buy good stuff, like Zenith, RCA, etc that still had excellent quality and lasted!

[DaAnalogDogg86]

@tasmith1969 Yeah especially funiture.

[SmashCOBamberg]

ah the 70s... when products were build to last not to die right after the warranty expiration date... I was born in the 90s tho lol

[mrlongmire]

Tune it into a rap station and it will probably explode.

[spatsbear2]

That thing is sweet. Congrats on your find!

Sound quality is excellent.

[markbyrn]

Best unboxing video

[mrksvideos]

Opened box??? Yeup, there goes the resale value ;) Hope the electrolytics didn't leak.

[drh4683]

@mrksvideos Don't plan on reselling it though. Its mine to enjoy ;)

[Jcc3279]

@drh4683 I have one of these I found it at a garage sale over the summer I use mine all the time as my main bedroom radio mine just needed a new belt for the tape player but and i recapped mine to play it safe

[batterymaker]

Beautiful time capsule. I was three years old when it was made.

[HD41117]

Fantastic video. Fantastic.

[MrTrenbo]

Reminds me of opening my 40 something year old Craftsman bench grinder for the first time. Great video, keep it up.

[jmkord]

Open it already! The suspense is killing me! :-) Really though, great documentation!

[clemsonbloke]

Also enjoyed the Seeburg musical selections.

[clemsonbloke]

Doug this is truly beautiful, it put a smile on my face.  Would love to have one of those babies on a side table in the living room. Thanks for sharing this with us and I hope you're doing well. -Kevin

[Vinylrecordsneverdie]

If that was me, I prolly wouldn't have the guts to open it lol!

[78recordrepair]

@Vinylrecordsneverdie ditto that

[78recordrepair]

When I lived in Georgia back in the '80s there was a car dealership that had closed back in the '50s. The '50s cars were still sitting in the showroom covered with 30 years worth of dust! Amazing the original stuff that's still out there.

[MIKON8ERISBACK]

@78recordrepair You should have broken in and stolen any valuable vintage electronics from the cars, assuming that the police didn't care. There are NO on board theft protection computers in those cars built before the 1980s.

[TheTarrMan]

NICE!!!!

[destroyersoueu]

Nice travel back to my 19 years old

[aussietv2]

i just had premature extrication .

[chickenofsea]

You are letting all the NOS air out of the box...

[MMMMMDIESEL]

so cool! :)

[MRjohnRc]

cool!

[rivest266]

Amazing find!

Is that the Seeburg background music system in the background?

[drh4683]

@rivest266 It is indeed Seeburg background music!

[trviideoman]

vary cool

[Turkeydoodlers]

I had to ad this to my favorites lol:)

[Turkeydoodlers]

Where did you get it, how much did it cost?

[Turkeydoodlers]

A retro unboxing lol. Love the back ground music. You have a nice stereo collection, love your videos

[JR3059]

At the edge of my seat through the whole video.

This is something you don't see every day. :)

Glad you have the opportunity to be it's caretaker.

[itsmewallis]

cool



[joebradio]

sounds like some Seeberg background music to accompany the presentation.. nice !

[Colortiniz]

I remember sometimes there'd be odd recordings in random places on the original tape.

[msylvain59]

Real fanatic collectors should have left it unopened.

[compu85]

@msylvain59 Real fanatic collectors also wouldn't replace dead capacitors.. they make the set "not original". But isn't it better to enjoy the device as the engineers intended?

[gsnfan]

That is cool!