Re: 1947 Radio

Posted by Daniel Leininger On 2009/3/5 13:02:37

Less,
Your radio may not be working but you have gotten lots of good 'sound' advise from your post here!

I have the same basic radio in my 41 Clipper. A good friend of mine went through my radio last year and got it working. Wonderful, but he never wants to see a 40s car radio again. (bad switch, bad vibrator, several tubes, and numerous rewire issues). He refuses money, but I owe him big for all his time. I have a year-long-list of 'thank-yous' for he and his wife.

Bottom line is just what others have posted above. He would touch an old wire, only to have the 67 year old insulation 'explode' into a cloud of dust. He had to rewire 3 wires for every one wire he fixed.

It now works but he advised me that it has a limited shelf life. I turn it on to show it off (looks great). BUT I plan to put a different sound system (hidden) for actual listening enjoyment. Some folks use the glove box. I think an upholstered box that sits in the middle of the front bench seat will be my plan (armrest, storage, power source, compact radio, MP3, speakers). I don't plan to use the old radio as a everyday event.

Maybe Santa will bring an iPod and a Console base! [Don't know that I can be that good all year, though.]

DanL