• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Chevrolet Div.

• Year
• 1955/1956

• Category
• Car Radio, perhaps also + sound player/recorder

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 132453

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

• Number of Tubes
• 9

• Valves / Tubes
• 12BA6 12BE6 12BA6 12AV6 12AV6 12V6GT 12V6GT 12AU7 0Z4

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 260 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Storage Battery for all (e.g. for car radios and amateur radios) / 12 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent or electro-dynamic (moving coil), system not known yet. / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 3711897 - Chevrolet Div.

• Shape
• Chassis only or for «building in»

• Notes
• The model Chevrolet 3711897 from United Motors (see also there) and from Chevrolet Motor Division of General Motors Corp, Detroit 2, Michigan, is a storage battery operated custom-built automotive AM receiver with a vibrator Merit P-2861 or STancor P-6489 or Thordarson 22R52 for +B. Model 3711897 has two full push-pull AF stages and is made for 1955 Chevrolet "Corvette" cars.

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Date 1-56, set 304, folder 3)

• Author
• Model page created by Ernst Erb. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 33 models, 14 with images and 26 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Chevrolet Div.