- 1. Re: Factory radios (up to 1972) (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 23:02:50 -0000
- If I may try to define what is a 'genuine' factory set? UK manufacturers used only Smiths Radiomobile units, primarily because these were the only ones available. Until the early 1960's, these had su
- /html/triumphs/2002-01/msg01035.html (9,517 bytes)
- 2. Re: Factory radios (up to 1972) (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 12:05:58 +1100 FILETIME=[1E064620:01C1A3AA]
- There was a Triumph radio offered recently on Australia EBay, check it out at: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1689062853&r=0&t=0&showTutorial=0&ed=1011613047&indexURL=0&rd=
- /html/triumphs/2002-01/msg01038.html (8,855 bytes)
- 3. Re: Factory radios (up to 1972) (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 19:35:37 -0700
- Assuming it is of interest, this is how the radio from the 'Maui TR4' looks: http://www.geocities.com/tucson_british_car_register/radio.jpg Presumably original though perhaps dealer installed. ISTR r
- /html/triumphs/2002-01/msg01039.html (8,419 bytes)
- 4. Re: Factory radios (up to 1972) (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 22:42:37 EST
- Perhaps, but the radio you show IS the "typical" Bendix set installed by many dealers in the US. This particular one, assuming all is original, is probably from the mid-1960s, as the slightly earlier
- /html/triumphs/2002-01/msg01042.html (9,631 bytes)
- 5. Re: Factory radios (up to 1972) (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 01:08:13 EST
- Jonmac, interesting tidbit. One point from me - when I ordered my car from the Triumph distributor in NY for delivery in London, they warned me not to get the radio. Their comment was that when I shi
- /html/triumphs/2002-01/msg01051.html (8,845 bytes)
- 6. Re: Factory radios (up to 1972) (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 23:32:35 -0800
- FWIW, I have a modest set of auto radio service manuals from the 60s. By Oct 68 (latest one I have) there were no less than 11 distinct radio models covered by the series. The earliest Triumph data s
- /html/triumphs/2002-01/msg01052.html (8,872 bytes)
- 7. Re: Factory radios (up to 1972) (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 23:41:02 -0800
- Oops, I meant 11 distinct Triumph radios, although some differed only in ground polarity. Randall /// triumphs@autox.team.net mailing list /// To unsubscribe send a plain text message to majordomo@au
- /html/triumphs/2002-01/msg01053.html (7,752 bytes)
- 8. Re: Factory radios (up to 1972) (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 05:48:01 +0000 FILETIME=[AF2E4AD0:01C1A49A]
- It's almost exactly like the Triumph radio & speaker that came new in my The speaker was mounted in the passenger's footwell. Mounting will be different for a TR4, but in the GT6 it was bolted in tha
- /html/triumphs/2002-01/msg01116.html (9,107 bytes)
- 9. Re: Factory radios (up to 1972) (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 22:02:06 -0800
- The Bendix set and speaker are identical to the set installed in my 1965 TR4A. This radio is described and pictured in a US dealer accessory brochure I have. My opinion on the the speaker installatio
- /html/triumphs/2002-01/msg01117.html (8,219 bytes)
- 10. Re: Factory radios (up to 1972) (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 18:31:46 +1100 FILETIME=[2E59A620:01C1A4A9]
- I agree with you totally. I plan to get an original or period radio just as a decorative piece to fill up the radio hole in my lower dash bracket. I might not even hook it up to the wiring, there is
- /html/triumphs/2002-01/msg01120.html (8,053 bytes)
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