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Originally Posted by Grumpy old man
Another surprise from an old rusty looking radio , I did some trading and ended up with this old rusty AM radio and decided I'd give it a try to see if it would work , After rigging it up to a battery a speaker and antenna it fired up ! sounds great clear no static , I tuned it to a local AM station WKCE 1180 and had it playing in the garage all the buttons work , Mrs Grumpy came out into the garage and asked Whats that playing and was shocked to see the old radio playing away . WKCE plays the hits from the 50's and 60's , She asked how is it playing those old songs ? I told her , Honey , They've been trapped inside of it all these years ! she's still shaking her head working on that !  A few years back I bought a NOS chrome radio face plate off ebay for $25.00 A little elbow grease and I'll give it a new home in my dash !
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Couple weeks ago I installed the battery in my rebuild for the first time. I got the biggest thrill out of the radio, it came in crystal clear which says a lot since I'm in a valley where even satellites have issues. Don't know how, because the radio came from elsewhere, it was tuned to the area's strongest station, one I listened to as a young man.
I wouldn't put anything but an AM in said truck. It's good to hear the great songs of past when life was more simple.