For the life of me, I cant rember who,but someone can turn our origonal
radios into wonder-bar Am/Fm CD changers.Clearly a finer look
John Cook 46 Deco 50 1/2 50 3/4 Traffic calming device
-----Original Message-----
From: Jack Halton <safesix@earthlink.net>
To: THE BROWNS <armory@swbell.net>; oletrucks@autox.team.net
<oletrucks@autox.team.net>; old-chevy-truck@egroups.com
<old-chevy-truck@egroups.com>
Date: Saturday, September 23, 2000 8:09 AM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Custom auto sound
>I have had one of the USA-4 units in my truck for about 5 years. It died
>once and was promptly repaired free at the factory. It has survived
repeated
>deluges from a leaky windshield and cowl vent. So I would have to say it is
>a reliable unit and the support is good.
>
>Mine is I think 20W per channel and sounds OK considering the noise level
in
>the truck. I have tried a variety of surface mount speakers and none of
them
>are that great. The FM and especially AM reception are only fair unless you
>live near powerful stations. The cassette portion has worked fine. The unit
>fits perfectly and is easy to install.
>
>My only complaint with these units is the cheap, plastic chrome face knobs
>and buttons, and the illegible digital display... they just don't look
right
>in the old trucks. The USA-6, from the pictures I've seen, is even worse.
>The CA radios are all styled about the same, they just add a decal and
>surround for the specific vehicle.
>
>Nobody else that I know of makes a retrofit radio for the old trucks.
>Several vendors offer conversions on the original radio which replaces alll
>the innards with a AM/FM stereo tuner card. They run about $350 (up) and of
>course you have to provide the radio and all the cosmetic pieces to make it
>look like new. All of the knobs, buttons, flippers and dial faces are sold
>by most of the Old-Truck vendors, so it wouldn't be a great leap for
>somebody to come up with a little box containing the tuner card and
operated
>by the original hardware. Whether the potential market would support such a
>product, I dunno, but the original radio design looks wonderful in the
dash,
>sort of art-deco, and the CA units don't even come close.
>
>Jack Halton
>51 GMC 1/2 ton
>Winter Park FL
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "THE BROWNS" <armory@swbell.net>
>To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>; <old-chevy-truck@egroups.com>
>Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 11:14 PM
>Subject: [oletrucks] Custom auto sound
>
>
>> I was looking into the USA 6, but have noticed people making a few
comment
>> about them lately. Are the radios really that bad, or just their
>speakers?
>> Who else make a good retro-fit radio? Thanks
>>
>> Eric Brown
>> 1951 Chevrolet 3100 "Christine"
>>
>> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>>
>
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>
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