[Tigers] Motorola radio restoration

[Randy Zimmermann]

I purchased a similar kit several years ago and had the radio rebuilt with digital AM/FM/Aux components and have never looked back. I saved the original internal organs for posterity.  I used a shop in Crystal, MN that was recommended by our MN Street Rod Association.  I'm sure you could find someone more local to you.
BTW, you can get a single speaker with dual cones to handle the stereo wiring if you choose to go that direction.  I think it was the late, great Steve Laifman that recommended using small marine speakers under the dash on port and starboard to expand the stereo sound.  I did this and love the results.  And no one can tell by looking at the set up.  Folks love the look of the LAT-72 installed at shows!
Randy Z.Duluth, MN
 


     On Monday, March 30, 2015 3:03 PM, awtiger--- via Tigers <tigers at autox.team.net> wrote:
   

 Hey, guys:

I'm now deep into the electrical restoration of my Tiger, as in installing a complete harness from British Wiring.  I've got all the wiring out of the car at this point and am taking care of a few other items that need attention under the dash before it all goes back in, and one of those items is my radio.  I have a LAT-72 Motorola radio kit in my car that has never worked.  The reason it has never worked (and I found out the hard way...) is because the radio itself is a positive ground unit out of an earlier Alpine.  Unfortunately, when you hook up a positive ground radio in your Tiger without realizing it's a positive ground unit, all you get after a few seconds of music is "sizzle sizzle," and then nothing.  I've been told by folks before that the ground orientation on a radio can easily be switched, so here's my question...do any of you guys know where I might be able to send this radio to have that done and then have it repaired?  I'm not looking for a high-quality audio experie
 nce here; I just want it to work and play over the single speaker provided with the LAT-72 kit.  Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks,
Andy Walker
Edmond, OK
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