Recognize this old car tube radio?

[mick56]

I spent an hour Googling vintage car tube radios, but did not find a match. I took the top and bottom covers off, and there is nothing inside to identify. I did see then that it is a tube radio. No markings on the outside, looks like there may have been some stickers that are now gone.

 

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[Slingshot]

It has the Civil Defense channels marked, so definately one from the Cold War era. The majority of these were tube sets with solid state appearing just as the Cold War was cooling off.

 

[mick56]

I did not know what those marks were. I looked it up, and they were required from 1953-63.

 

[Tony in SC]

I would say 50's/60's. Since there is no name or logo on the face I would say it may be an after market, like JC Whitney or such. Is there anything stamped on the back or bottom?

 

[Mackaydon]

You have a great piece of history; a radio with the Civil Defense frequencies marked. The CD radio frequencies could be used in any emergency, but they were especially set up to prevent enemy bombers from honing in on a particular frequency --like from a transmitter in the middle of a large (targeted) city. While in use, all other radio transmission frequencies were shut off except for the two noted on the radio dial. In that way the ADF (automatic directional finder) on enemy aircraft would be useless in navigating to a particular target.
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[Reanm8er]

I'm saying 61-2 Ford Falcon. The Philco logo was on the bezel. The emergency symbols were used to access the CONELRAD broadcast network. My granddad had a 62 Falcon that had this identical radio in it. If you saw a fiery light in the sky the CONELRAD network would advise you to: "Assume the position!"
I won't elaborate exactly what that was, but you had to be a contortionist, so use your imagination.
Ahhh! Those were the days!