Very Rare Vintage Zenith Royal 800 AM Transistor Radio - 1956 Working - Nice for Sale

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Very Rare Vintage Zenith Royal 800 AM Transistor Radio - 1956 Working - Nice For Sale

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Very Rare Vintage Zenith Royal 800 AM Transistor Radio - 1956 Working - Nice:
$485.00

ZENITHRare 1956 Zenith Royal 800 Transistor RadioThis is Zenith's 1st All Transistor RadioCase is a Lunchbox Size Ebony Nylon 'Unbreakable Case'Pop Up HandlePowered by 8 "D" cell batteries.Original Battery Compartment*someone had re-soldered the wires to the battery compartmentbut switched the wires. So paper diagram installation instruction is actually opposite.I will add a note in the back of the radio as a reminder.Radio is in nice condition for it's age.It does have scuffs and scratches on the case and the grill.The back panel has warping as is very common with this model.(All others I've researched describe this issue)Still a very nice RARE Radio that Rarely appearsPlease see photos and videothanks for will be listing over 300 Vintage and Antique Radios from a Collectionthat I acquired. Radios from the 20's 30's 40's 50's 60's 70's some 80'sI would say most are from 50's 60's.
Conditions include Parts or Repair, Fair, Good, Excellent, and even Superb to Mint Condition.Some are Rare to Extremely Rare.It will take some time to list them all as I try to
test each one of them to give a more accurate description.