Can anyone identify this Victor

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Can anyone identify this Victor

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Just saw this machine lusted in an estate sale. It is a Victor model that I have never seen before. Can anyone help identify this model and its value?

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Hi Rich,
I suspect that this started life as a rather deluxe radio. I think that someone has fitted a Victrola into a gutted radio cabinet. Lets hear from other members to see what they think it is.
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Since the decorative molding behind the motor board appears to be a different color and out of place.....I would have to agree with Pete. This is a pieced together unit that did not start out this way.

Value is a personal thing. It all depends on if "you" like it.

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It looks like they put the inside of the lid of a Victrola in the place where the radio's speaker went. Where is the horn?

This looks like a radio converted to a phonograph stacked on top of a completely different radio.

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It started out as a Zenith 40A, radio/phono


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A quick Google produced this...

http://userpages.bright.net/~geary/zenith/index.html


There are some you-tubes of a 40-A, I believe...
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Thanks for the input. I knew someone would know what it was.

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I would be very curious to see what arrangements have been made for a horn inside.

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