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Don't give up on old rusty AM radios
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 !
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Re: Don't give up on old rusty AM radios
Grumpy this post rings a bell. I've had my 72 since 73 and the original radio is AM only. Stopped working and I almost tossed it. Heard about an older guy at a local electronics repair store. Went there and the lady told me to go upstairs. Looked like a big attic with a very low ceiling. This old guy was stooped over probably from the low ceiling. He hooked up my radio to 12 volts and a speaker, took a pocket screwdriver, adjusted a screw or two on top, and she was good as new. Charged me 10 bucks. Now I'm that old man. Ha.
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Re: Don't give up on old rusty AM radios
Nice. I have an original AM/FM radio for my Blazer... somewhere. I haven't been able to find it for a while. When the weather gets warm I'll clean out all the crevices in my garage and hopefully find it then.
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Re: Don't give up on old rusty AM radios
The market and manufacturers gave up on them for good reason.
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Re: Don't give up on old rusty AM radios
They gave up on 72 Blazers for a good reason, too, but I'm still driving one.
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Re: Don't give up on old rusty AM radios
Added a new face plate and a set of knobs and shes good to go . For the audiophiles not to worry I'm upgrading the sound system with an 8 track player .
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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.
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Re: Don't give up on old rusty AM radios
Years ago a co-worker lost his truck and boat trailer into the Columbia River at Kalama WA. It was low tide and it uncovered some real slime at the bottom of the ramp. Park didn't hold it. Slid right in.
It stayed under water till the next day when a diver attached a tow line to the truck in 50' of water. The driver remarked it was a couple feet from a large rock but no body damage to the truck. Winched the truck out and changed all the fluids and he got it running and driving within a week. He drove the truck to work every day after that. After about 2 months the radio began to work again! He sold the truck shortly after that! Never saw it again. |
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Hmmm, ........
if anyone has a set of 67 knobs, let me know.... |
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Re: Don't give up on old rusty AM radios
I loves me some factory AM tunage - nice work Grumpy!
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Re: Don't give up on old rusty AM radios
All of the AM radios I've ever seen are marked "GM".
I've never seen one marked "Chevrolet" before; what did this originally come on?
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Re: Don't give up on old rusty AM radios
I never gave up on AM radios because I never listened to them. Might as well be a delete plate for me. From the time I started driving I always recorded my own cassettes, and bought some prerecorded as well. The fidelity of home recorded on real time was much better. Better quality tape material used in blank tapes as well.
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Re: Don't give up on old rusty AM radios
Looks like a different radio with the new faceplate.
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Re: Don't give up on old rusty AM radios
If you don't like AM but want the look you can have an Aurora conversion done and have AM/FM/Bluetooth and/or an auxiliary jack. Then you have the original look with modern sound and a small built-in amp.
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I have a GM AM/FM that's not a truck radio but looks about the same. I have never put it side by side with the real deal. I believe it fits the holes in the dash. I need to check into that. My '72 has an AM out of a car. I think it says Sonic on it. It appears to fit original holes. It lights up but never made sound. It may be it's not hooked up to the speaker. Never bothered to check
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But to your original post, it is very cool to take something that has been sitting for years and see it work again.
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Re: Don't give up on old rusty AM radios
Exactly what I did to mine. Has the original look but with modern technology. Bluetooth, phone sync, AUX, AM/FM HD Radio. The conversion wasn't cheap but quality never is. It looks factory perfect and works even better.
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OP, cool that old radio fired right up. I know in todays world of streaming everything on Bluetooth devices has taken over and even new car radios now come with Sirus or XF enabled radios where programming is endless.
My 72 is a radio delete truck and I thought about getting one of the "Retro Sound" radios as I did not want to cut up the dash for a single DIN type modern radio nor did I want to cut up door panels or kick panels for speakers let alone drill the fender for antenna so I went another route. Used the two screw positions for the heater panel under dash to install 2 D rings and just clipped on this JBL Bluetooth unit. It has 100 watts and is loud. I use my cell phone Sirus app and listen to classic rock with no commercials. $300 and installs in seconds |
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