| Zenith
Model 801, 1935. Generally, the Zenith model
number and pricing scheme was simple. The lowest
model number in the series was the least expensive. This
was not the case with the 801 which had a list price
of $34.95, five dollars more than the model 805 cathedral. The
model 805 is significantly smaller in stature than
the models 825 and 827, the other mantle sets in the
800-series. According to the book, Zenith
Radio: The Early Years, Zenith did not manufacture
the chassis for the 801 at the Iron Street plant in
Chicago, it was outsourced to the Belmont Radio Corporation
of Chicago. Belmont also made radios under the
Classique, Crusader, Freshman, Goodyear Wings, Imperial,
Starck Classique, Trutone and Wings nameplates.
From
the 1935 Zenith brochure: Zenith Model
801-Portable type, AC-DC-five tube superheterodyne. Here
is a Zenith set small enough to be handily packed
in the luggage of a traveler. Wave range
from 540-1,750 kilocycles. 7 1/2 inches high. $34.95.
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