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Re: Restoring Rusty
HATZIE you are on the clock to find us a manual for this baby... shall we say you have 48 hours, LOL
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You should be able to mount those 4X10 speakers in the cab corners by using a set of factory brackets from an 80s Silverado (test fit the brackets in a 70s truck before you leave the yard...). Alternatively, you can buy a set of Jeff's 6X9 brackets from 73-87.com. They will sound better than the 4x10s.
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What is a fair price to pay for a GM radio (AM/FM) from a 74 truck ? I know where one is in a yard but its a ways off (60 miles each way) and I have no way of knowing if it works .They were high on everything else so I didnt ask but I would like to have it if I get back that way.
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Looks like a good junk yard!
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When I was looking at putting a Delco AM/FM cassette stereo radio back in mine, I was expecting to pay anywhere from $30 to $100. As the weeks went by everything suitable I could find was upwards of $150+. I came to realize even if I found a great working unit I still had no way to listen to my music. See I had dumped my cassettes years ago. going with a retro-aftermarket was more my speed and only cost $210 after a discount I had. Now I can listen to my music via Flash drive or I-pod. If I want to add a remote C/D changer later I can. But honestly I have not missed the C/D capability at all which I thought I would.
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ok, so how would you wire up this bad boy, it has the following wires
Red Yellow Black Black White Black |
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well after some trial and error I figured it out, and in doing so I can now explain why after wiring up all those car radios to house speakers back in the 80s still has me confused to this day
Red - this is switched power Yellow - this is speaker wire for one side (L or R I forget which) Black - this is ground speaker wire (don't matter which side) Black - this is ground speaker wire (don't matter which side) White - this is speaker wire for the other side (L or R I forget which) Black - this is ground for the radio What had me confused is the yellow wire, I thought it was also a power wire, but you got to remember back in the early 80s this radio had no pre sets, it had no memory, it had no clock, so no need to keep a constant voltage, so the yellow wire was simply the other speaker wire, I kept scratching my head going how do they get stereo out of two black wires and one white wire, and then I tried the yellow as a speaker wire and whalla we had tunes but I must say I like the simplicity of this box, red = positive, black = negative, there are no yellow power wires, there are no blue tooth jobies and antena retractor wires, and cancel the radio while on the phone crap, etc... |
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Style for me first. Detroit has not made a good looking car since the mid 80's
If it has a carb I am good. Computers belong on a desk not in my vehicles. Yes I know I'll get slammed for that but I am an old guy who watched the muscle cars grow up and die off. I lived the era when Detroit built excitement not appliances! ![]()
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so GOOD news the radio works, it plays music, the BAD news the dial does not slide left or right as you turn the knob to change stations, now you can still change stations with the knob but the needle don't move, so peaked inside and sure enuff that guitar string looking band is broken, gonna try an electronic hobby store tomorrow to see if they take pity on me and help me out
in the meantime I am kicking myself for getting too excited when I found this gem and not testing it before pulling it out of that truck, I mean you don't need power to turn the dial Greg, you could have just turned the knob and watched the mechanical needle more or not move, so keep that in mind fellers, play with these things before you buy 'em |
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Man I wish the yards around me had that many squares to choose from.... lucky gregski
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Nice finds. My uncle had the same radio in his truck eons ago. Funny I remember listening to Johnny Cash on 8 track in his truck.
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8-tracks and Johnny Cash, boy that takes me back.
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so I decided to take advantage of the FREE admission to the junk yards this weekend and exchange that AUDIOVOX (broken dial needle) for a much more period correct Delco, AM/FM Stereo with Ccaasseettee (man I could never spell that word right, it's like Missiissippii) LOL
I found her in this there 77 Suburban that was so twisted up in the front no wonder nobody yanked the radio, the front seat was almost touching the bottom of the dash, but The Greg took his time and got her out ... but she had no knobs so we went on searchin |
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couple rows over we came across an '85 dually that I decided to effectionally call the Cocaine truck, man the entire cab looks like a dozen flour bags blew up in there, all covered in white
hey, what ever man, I'm just here for the radio knobs, LOL |
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Nice score. They were still using that radio at least up to 1983, I had one with that radio way back when.
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That was one of my problems with putting a Delco back in mine. I am the anal type that would only do so if I had the correct knobs. Guess what I could not find any the weren't an arm and a leg to buy. I also took advantage of the member sale too. I scored a cherry painted front bumper for mine off of a 75 LWB stepside.
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Well shark tails, I was fine till you had to go and point that out, LOL, jk, my analism has limits, I guess cause I am fine with it, hee hee
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Well it sure does look good in its new home!! For me personally I loved the 70's knobs but hated the 80's knobs. Just something about black and chrome LOL
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Gregski, "common" is similar to ground, but those speaker wires aren't actually grounded. They are common to the front and rear speakers. Most audio stuff isn't grounded at more than one point, to cut down on noise.
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That is the exact radio I have/had in my truck.
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