Hey guys I installed the digital old style RePop radio today aswell the speaker ass. It works just great and it looks good to. Testing it today. The price is to high but it is made in the USA and quality is good. The radio shown together with speaker is ment fore the 1954 trucks. You will recognize the other radio wich is very simulair to its original one. The speaker is universal fore 1947-1955 1 series and very easy to install. Martinius.
Cool, Martinius! I love the thought of having the radio at least LOOK original. But you are right~ They are mighty expen$ive... Looks great! I can't wait to see the picture of it in your dash!
Sweet ! I like it ! . My '49 leaks like a rusty sieve so I have an Alpine stereo in the glovebox... For now , my '76 Jimmy has just a hole in the dash , to-day I was out walking my favorite Pick-A-Part but didn't find an original Delco AM-FM radio so for now I'll continue listening to the valves clatter and the whine of the tranny , rear end and LT tires..... . It's all very good .
Placement antenna The antenna whas allready mounted in position when i bought the truck.Its placed on top of the left torpedo wall curve besides the mirror. Martinius.
Flea bay On the uk flea bay a guy has a non working valve radio circa 47 and wants $800 bucks for it, d,ya think he'll get it
Old days Way back when I had an old jag with a radio and valve amp, you didn't need a heater in there the sound was soooo warm
Translation Time : The English call Tubes , as used in older electronic devices , ' Valves ' . The original radio in my Metropolitan Nash FHC , has a Tube or Valve typ AM radio . In fact , it has a vibrator , this is an electro-mechanical device that boosts the car's 12 VDC to high enough to run the plates in the tubes.... The tube's heaters of course, work just fine on 12 VDC . The kids here are prolly all confuddled by now .
Vintage speak Kids are well confused now Nate. All I know is it used to be a race to see wether the old jag lump or the radio would warm up first
i know exactly what you guys are talking about. tube guitar amps are the same way - very warm, and the british ones are called valve amps. and yes, they sound very very warm. wouldn't play through anything else! jon
Valve amp They are making a comeback over here, modern electronics just cant reproduce that 'warm' sound they have, still got my old valve bass guitar amp in the loft somewhere
Still Working On The Old Buss Asthere's chips in the Scuttle's respray where the bonnet touched it . In the end , I binned that pranged Wing too . Let the Yank Kiddies figger that one out . Always finding fairies at the bottom of the garden eh ? . Good lord ~ I just realized this cold medicine is making me goofier than usual , that's a bad thing .
Age and memories When your younger you can play a mean bass, as you get older you tell people you used to play bass, then as you get a little more older you realize that those noises you used to get out of the poor instrument were more like whale song than a tight rythmn. Belive me when i say it belongs in my loft, where it's safer.
Roger said it best when he said... Hanging on in quiet disperation is the English way! Rock on, Neil! Remember the old saying! "If it's too loud, you're too old!" C'mon mate! Get down with your bad self!
Where do place the speakers? Hi, I'm thinking about to buy me a radio too. I'd like to buy me one from our sponsor. But I'd like to have a stereo radio and don't know where I shall place the two speakers. Has anyone an idea? If its possible to show it with a photo. Ask Wolfgang
Good tunes~ I haven't checked into this yet, but I heard that there are standard oval speakers that actually fit in the door hinge access panels at the bottom of the door. You can have the smaller speakers go in the dash. I know some here that don't have the gas tank behind the seat have filled that space with the thumpity-thump-thumper type speakers.
DON'T cut the doors. You can easily make some 6" speaker pods on the kick panels that will keep the speakers somewhat hidden and sound great. I have a 12" sub behind my seat.
