scion-meister;
am sending this to you, as it might be of interest to others looking for
old tube car radios.ive been playing with antique radios for some time
along with the car toys. there is a magazine that is full of old tube
radios, including ads from guys that hustle old car radios.in case you
want to chase after said radios, the mag. is "antique radio classified"
phone # 508-371-0512 sub is about 32$ a year.but its only money, right?
who knows, one might locate a proper radio.
dick fontaine
48mgtc
62tr3b
old radios
mac stereo
"he who dies with the most toys, wins"
i want to be 2nd.
p.s. i just rejoined vtr, when does the magazine come out?
On Fri, 10 Jan 1997 ArthurK101@aol.com wrote:
> Scions, in my role with VTR, I received a message from a fellow enthusiast
> who needs asssistance. Can anyone help him (or her - the message had no
> name, just an E-mail address). Please keep me in the loop so I can continue
> to help. Thanks!
>
> excerpt (from he or she) follows:
>
> >I am also interested in replacing the current radio shack radio with a
> positive ground >radio of the period. Do you know of a source and the model
> number, manufacture >that would fit, etc.?
>
> You have identified a serious problem. New radios do not come with pos
> ground capability ( I tried to locate one in '92) - older ones (from the
> period) are tube types and no-one makes tubes anymore. I would suggest that
> you send a message to the Triumph list (if you are not familiar with that and
> want to know more about it, let me know and I'll fill you in). Maybe someone
> on list would have a period radio for sale. What I did was buy a new
> negative ground radio and then design a system with an inverter to flip the
> polarity to the radio and a gel cell to maintain the radio memory when the
> ignition was off. But this was complicated and expensive (probably $125 for
> the system - not to include the radio). Another option is to convert the car
> to negative gnd. This is relatively easy - but, of course, the car is then
> not as it was when new. Come back at me and we can talk about these things
> in more depth.
>
> >I am interested in obtaining several photographs of the TR4 in competition
> or >advertisements that would be suitable for framing. Do you know of a
> source for >good photo's?
>
> Again the Triumph list is probably the place for you to start. I am going to
> post the radio and photo parts of this message to the list and we'll see
> what happens. Please feel free to come back to me in the meantime. Cheers.
>
> > My e-mail address is: jmaidlow@acsc.net
>
> Thanks all -- Cheers. What a great bunch of folks AND thanks again mjb!
>
> Art Kelly '64TR4 CT33118L (original owner)
> VTR TR4 Vehicle Consultant
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