Yes, all kinds of accessories were locally sourced and dealer fitted. The old
US-made Hickock seat belts with gold fleur-de-lis on the chrome buckle and
their knobbly fabric belt ( not the inertia-reel friendly smooth belts of
today), luggage racks of all types, hardtops, and a bewildering variety of
radios from Motorola, BMC Motorola Signature Custom, Playmate, Automatic
Radio, Philips, Blaupunkt, etc.
But that's no fun.
I still hear a heavenly chorus when coming across an original Radiomobile /
HMV / Emitron unit mounted on its proper brackets under the heater box, with
the amp under the dash against the bulkhead, and the chrome speaker grille in
its Healey-specific black cardboard enclosure mounted on the transmission
tunnel, as the tie-wearing, pipe-smoking boffins at Radiomobile Ltd.,
Cricklewood Works, London, intended it to be.
Best
Peter
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