Radio repair

[mh_merc]

I'd like to get a '47 Ford radio repaired, preferably in Southern Calif., but not 100% necessary...any suggestions? - THANKS!

[Ken/Alabama]

This guy has repaired and converted three radios for me. Quick turnaround.
https://www.car-radio-conversions.com/

[Ken/Alabama]

https://www.car-radio-conversions.com/gallery

[mh_merc]

I'll get in touch with him...THANKS!
Next question: Anybody have a radio delete plate for sale or loan?

[FortyNiner]

Like this?

[petehoovie]

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Originally Posted by FortyNiner

Like this?

[mh_merc]

Petehoovie: No - that's a speaker grill. This is a radio delete/block-off plate: https://www.ebay.com/itm/176277271658

[mrtexas]

Cost? I had the guy in Minnesota convert two for me. The first go around it wouldn't hold the station tune when shut off and started back up. To fix that "feature" I had to pay the $600 the second time!

[petehoovie]

Originally Posted by mh_merc

Petehoovie: No - that's a speaker grill. This is a radio delete/block-off plate: https://www.ebay.com/itm/176277271658

[Ol' Ron]

Gota check the vibrator and the OZ4. I used to fix these back in the 50's Ray Hill in ft Atkinsom wisc taught alot of us guys whow to fix radios and make CB radios 10.15 years befor they were legak. Used parts fron the car radios and operated hust above the standars AM band where the chicago cops were..
Gramps

[GaryTx]

I also paid about $500 to get AM/FM in my 1946. If I had a do over, I would get a small portable Bluetooth speaker and lay it on the rear seat. Play Pandora or Spotify on your smart phone...Sorry Flip Phones dont work....LOL

[Joe B.]

So, dd you want it restored or converted to solid state? There's something magical about a working vacuum tube radio.

[wga]

Dave - I think I have a radio delete - I can check later today.

[Brendan]

Originally Posted by Joe B.

So, dd you want it restored or converted to solid state? There's something magical about a working vacuum tube radio.

yes there is!

[KenBolton]

I had a similar experience with the guy from Minnesota. It was over Covid so things got drug out. By the time I found out it didn’t work he accused me of trying to scam him. I had it repaired by the fella in Council Bluffs and it worked. I now have one of the most expensive AM radios on earth.

[mcdurmll]

I used the guy who advertises in the V8 times in McPherson KS. Did a great job

[wga]

MH Merc - I have a radio delete plate here in Orange County.

Sent you a PM

[petehoovie]

Originally Posted by wga

MH Merc - I have a radio delete plate here in Orange County.

Sent you a PM

[52flthed]

I had an experience using a digital converted radio in my 52 truck that didn't like the reproduction spark plug wires from Dennis Carpenter. Not any ignition suppression in them, the Bluetooth/USB module wouldn't work with those wires in the truck. So a looped suppression wire between the distributor and the coil solved the problem. Took awhile to figure this all out with help of a lot of people including Ross from AZ who finally figured it out.

[petehoovie]

Originally Posted by 52flthed

I had an experience using a digital converted radio in my 52 truck that didn't like the reproduction spark plug wires from Dennis Carpenter. Not any ignition suppression in them, the Bluetooth/USB module wouldn't work with those wires in the truck. So a looped suppression wire between the distributor and the coil solved the problem. Took awhile to figure this all out with help of a lot of people including Ross from AZ who finally figured it out.