Re: 1939 Radio?
Posted by HH56 On 2012/7/8 22:58:36
Was wondering if there is any chance it could have come from a custom install -- perhaps as a rear seat radio. Another question might be if the person who had the radio collected more than one mfg and units might have been mixed up.
Don't have all the catalogs but from what I have, 38 seems to be the only year where that small horizontal 2 knob only format was used on the dash. That unit has levers on the same shafts as the knobs but as you mention, the dial is wrong. The knobs also don't resemble any Packard knobs I have pictures of.
The back seat radio seems to have mostly had the small 2 knob horizontal format and the control/electronics seem to be modular on most of those two piece units. Perhaps something designed for some other car was picked for it's particular look.
Here is an example of one combination as shown from a schematic for a different model. Both Packard and Lincoln numbers referencing the same radio with the control box schematic saying Packard and the head information for Lincoln. There were probably several other combinations since it was Philco built. No pictures of any of the controls, so just speculation at this point.
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Don't have all the catalogs but from what I have, 38 seems to be the only year where that small horizontal 2 knob only format was used on the dash. That unit has levers on the same shafts as the knobs but as you mention, the dial is wrong. The knobs also don't resemble any Packard knobs I have pictures of.
The back seat radio seems to have mostly had the small 2 knob horizontal format and the control/electronics seem to be modular on most of those two piece units. Perhaps something designed for some other car was picked for it's particular look.
Here is an example of one combination as shown from a schematic for a different model. Both Packard and Lincoln numbers referencing the same radio with the control box schematic saying Packard and the head information for Lincoln. There were probably several other combinations since it was Philco built. No pictures of any of the controls, so just speculation at this point.
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