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10-09-2023, 04:33 PM | #21 |
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Re: '36 Radio Conversion Poor Sound
I've seen a few old tube types where the amplifier section was repaired with new capacitors and tube/vibrator plug ins to get the amp working. The mp3 was integrated in monaural for a single speaker. They could at least play a variety of music that way. The jack was placed where the player could easily be plugged in or removed.
Nothing fancy but at least it had some music. AM is pretty much talk radio if a person can even tune it in. |
10-09-2023, 11:31 PM | #22 | |
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One other thing to check is if the radio was rebuilt as a 6 Volt unit. I see a wire soldered to the 6 V pin. The Ford-Philco FT-9 is of 1936 vintage so it would be 6V positive ground and you have 12 volt negative ground. Last edited by Eagle43; 10-09-2023 at 11:41 PM. |
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10-09-2023, 11:55 PM | #23 | |
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10-10-2023, 12:40 AM | #24 |
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10-10-2023, 01:51 AM | #25 |
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Re: '36 Radio Conversion Poor Sound
Can you post the model numbers on the board? part of it is covered by the wires in your photo.
Aurora make conversions for the radios and it appears they also make reproduction old style radios as replacements. Google may be your friend if you can show the complete numbers/letters on the board. |
10-11-2023, 11:55 AM | #26 |
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10-11-2023, 05:58 PM | #27 |
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Re: '36 Radio Conversion Poor Sound
Only have the two speakers. I will borrow a separate radio from a friend and see how it sounds. That will eliminate the antenna and speakers.
As to digging up the guy who put it together, I'm not sure where he is burred.
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10-12-2023, 04:42 PM | #28 |
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Wow, you guys are ambitious! I have the old radio in the dash of my 46 Coupe for "looks only" since it's toast and I use my bluetooth speaker linked to Spotify on my iPhone for tunes.
Might try something like this someday though! |
10-14-2023, 01:29 PM | #29 |
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Re: '36 Radio Conversion Poor Sound
Many years ago it was a common practice to solve the radio problem in older cars with receiver boxes and remote control heads using a modern pre-digital analog radio with conventional off-on and tuning knobs. The original vintage control head is retained, the control knobs are removed from the new radio with modifications to attach the control cables too.
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