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1937 was a huge year for Zenith. The black dials were continued over from 1936 and were a huge hit. Zenith came out with some special models in the 1937 line. Starting with the 12-tube 12-U-158 and the 12-U-159, then the addition of the Stratosphere model. The Stratosphere 1000 only had 300 made. It's so highly collectible that some fetch as much as $100,000 in today's market. The Zephyr also had very low production numbers and are highly sought after by collectors. The 8-S-137 is an eight-tube, three-band (AM,SW,police) radio. We replaced all of the capacitors with modern equivalent. The resistors and tubes were checked and replaced where needed. We installed a safety fuse, a new power cord and an audio input cable. Here a few comments from Gary Marvin about this particular Zephyr: "This is the only Zephyr tombstone radio that I have had, but I restored a cabinet for a regular customer once. This model came with six tubes and eight tubes and they are very low production cabinets and rarely seen. The horizontal bars are Maple and the cabinet is Australian Laurel veneers. I believe that most of the eight-tube models were made for export and they came with a power transformer that is easily adjustable up to 230 volts and a black 8-inch Zenith speaker. I don't know how this one came from the factory with a 10" speaker! I am including a picture of the 10-inch speaker board." The radio has the original knobs, chassis and speaker. 23-1/2"H x 18"W x 14"D.

THIS RADIO HAS BEEN SOLD!

1937 was a huge year for Zenith. The black dials were continued over from 1936 and were a huge hit. Zenith came out with some special models in the 1937 line. Starting with the 12-tube 12-U-158 and the 12-U-159, then the addition of the Stratosphere model. The Stratosphere 1000 only had 300 made. It's so highly collectible that some fetch as much as $100,000 in today's market. The Zephyr also had very low production numbers and are highly sought after by collectors. The 8-S-137 is an eight-tube, three-band (AM,SW,police) radio. We replaced all of the capacitors with modern equivalent. The resistors and tubes were checked and replaced where needed. We installed a safety fuse, a new power cord and an audio input cable. Here a few comments from Gary Marvin about this particular Zephyr: "This is the only Zephyr tombstone radio that I have had, but I restored a cabinet for a regular customer once. This model came with six tubes and eight tubes and they are very low production cabinets and rarely seen. The horizontal bars are Maple and the cabinet is Australian Laurel veneers. I believe that most of the eight-tube models were made for export and they came with a power transformer that is easily adjustable up to 230 volts and a black 8-inch Zenith speaker. I don't know how this one came from the factory with a 10" speaker! I am including a picture of the 10-inch speaker board." The radio has the original knobs, chassis and speaker. 23-1/2"H x 18"W x 14"D.

Reported sold by Joe Millward on April 15, 2026 Listed price on date of sale - $3,995.00

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