• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Chevrolet Div.

• Year
• 1953/1954

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

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 88152

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 6BA6 6BE6 6BA6 6AV6 6V6GT 0Z4

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 262 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) / 6 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) - elliptical

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 986669 - Chevrolet Div.

• Shape
• Chassis only or for «building in»

• Notes
• The model Chevrolet 986388 from Chevrolet Motor Division of General Motors Corp, Detroit 2, Michigan, is a storage battery operated custom-built automotive AM receiver with a vibrator Cornell-Dulier 5300 or Mallory 859 or Radiart 5300 for +B. The permanent dynamic speaker is oval with diamter 9" by 6". This model is made for 1953 Chevrolet Automobiles.

• Circuit diagram reference
• Beitman Radio Diagrams Vol. 13, 1953

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Date 12-53, set 224, folder 6)

• Author
• Model page created by Walter Wiesmüller † May 2012. 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.