late 1930's Zenith console radio

[twintubdexter]

Very interesting cabinet. Looks like it just got out of the beauty parlor. $250 is very reasonble for a radio like this. Of course "Stereo" doesn't belong in the description. Orange County.

http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/atq/4508707965.html

 

[circlew]

Guess this one is just a radio, as I see no turntable like my '47 Zenith has.
Regardless, it's very nice.

 

[scoots]

Superb Radio

Beautiful woodwork, at a glance the guts look intact, and most important the plastics still look crisp and un-abused. At $250 this is a bargain. I'm surprised it's in Orange County CA, I'd expect a gouger price.

 

[travis]

That's a 1940 model 8S463.  They're attractive, but very common.  $250 is fine if the chassis has been restored and you can overlook the finish being too light in color.

 

[twintubdexter]

You're right, I was at least an entire year off! And $250 is way overpriced. For a just a little more you can get this Crosley. The cabinet is nice and light and all the electronics are brand new.

 

[tolivac]

Think I would rather have that old Zenith than the new Crosley-that new "Crosley" is made of plastic and particleboard.It has a VERY CHEAP plastic TT-have seen these in person.And the crappy electronics in these isn't anything compared to the Zenith.

 

[twintubdexter]

That was exactly my point...

I guess prices and tastes vary greatly across the Country.

The Zenith chairside radio in my living room that I thought was from the same era as the Zenith above, but who knows? I liked to play with those ebony/ivory elephants when I was a kid. My dad brought them back from India while he was in the medical corp during the war.[this post was last edited: 6/8/2014-14:52]

 

[cadman]

Joe, that's a beautiful Zenith you have!

And I have to agree with your original post, where else are you going to get so much radio for $250?

 

[d-jones]

This old Zenith has the tuning eye on the dial. I love that feature.

 

[ptcruiser51]

Zenith Memory

My OM had a 1941 model that was quite similar.  The dial and pushbuttons were identical, but I remember more of the same knobs for tuning, volume, off/on and changing frequencies.  It played well for years; he put in our summer cottage in the 1960s and sold it with the whole place in 2002.  It still played nice.

 

[tennblondie78]

OOOH...

I love your chairside!!! I would love to have one as well. I love all vintage Zeniths.

 

[norgeway]

Vintage Zenith radios..

Zeniths were always TOL stuff, When they introduced their FM with the Armstrong system..no one else had a chance!

 

[tolivac]

Like that Chairside Zenith Radio-NICE-and those elephants top it off nicely-those would have been neat to play with as a child.Met someone that my mother knew who was into elephants like that-she had a couple large cabinets full of them!!

 

[twintubdexter]

I have a thing about chairsides...

A lot of companies made them but the Zeniths seemed to have the coolest styling. Someone find me one of these (please.) In this model, the "Beverly Hills," the Cobramatic record changer has something called "Electro-Glide." The phonograph slid out of the cabinet electrically. How cool is that? The ad copy is fun to read.

If I ever found one I'd have to have my sofa recovered in the same material.

 

[ken]

My cousin two houses down has had this same Zenith as far back as I can remember. A couple years ago I told her dont ever part with it. And if she ever decided to I would take it.

 

[twintubdexter]

I'd start sending her flowers and candy and make sure she's on your Christmas list. Better yet, send me her address and I'll send the flowers

 

[ken]

Joe

Just send me the flowers and I'll see she gets them.

Just a short time after I made that comment to her concerning the radio she had a woman in who happens to live just up the road who deals in "old stuff" for want of a better term. She expressed interest in the radio but my cousin said no. She had it promised to someone if and when she decided to let it go.

That ad: "You dont have to get up every half hour". I guess people did "station hop" during commercials on their radios like we "channel hop" today on our TVs.