• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. (Air Chief & Roamer, Airchief); Akron (OH)

• Year
• 1953

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

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 124856

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• 6BA6 6BE6 6BA6 6AT6 or 6AV6 6Y6GT 6X5GT

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 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: 4-B-72 Code 120-3-6M333 - Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.

• Shape
• Chassis only or for «building in»

• Notes
• For 1953 Chevrolet automobiles.
  6" x 9" PM elliptical speaker; Vibrator for +B.

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Set 223 Folder 7 12-1953)

• Author
• Model page created by a member from A. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 480 models, 313 with images and 439 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. (Air Chief & Roamer, Airchief); Akron (OH)