Radio Repairer


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By paul2748 - 16 Years Ago
I need to get a T & C radio (TBird) repaired. Any suggestions out there. Its not a tube issue, it has to do with some of the mechanical functions.



Thanks.
By PF Arcand - 16 Years Ago
Paul 2748; If you don't get any other help with the radio, check Hemmings Motor News ads.
By paul2748 - 16 Years Ago
Brodie - thanks - I called him a week ago, left my name and telephone number - no response
By Johnson Rod - 16 Years Ago
Paul, you might try these guys, converted my stock nonworking '55 round faced radio to stereo http://www.radiosforoldcars.com/stereoF.htm
By sundance241 - 16 Years Ago
Paul , I have used Tayman Electrical  in Sarasota Fla.  to convert two radios for me ,,,almost ready for another.....web-site.....taymanelectrical.com............Luck...Sam.........................................Florida west central
By ejstith - 16 Years Ago
What do they normally charge for such a radio conversion? I would love to keep my "signal seeking" '56 radio and have it converted.
By dbzach64C - 15 Years Ago
Interesting thing about these old radios. Recently I took the radio out of my 56 Fairlane just to gain easier access to under the dash. While I had it out I removed the cover to see if any large insects were trapped inside. I inadvertantly scraped a short piece of wire with a fingernail and the insulation fell off. I poked at several other areas with the same result. This was a fine working radio I thought but it will not be returned to the car. Some of the other componants didn't look all that great either. I recall reading an article years ago stating that more old (re:classic) vehicles were destroyed by fire than any other cause. Anyone need a set of tubes and a vibrator for a 12v radio?
By paul2748 - 15 Years Ago
dbzach64C (1/2/2009)
Interesting thing about these old radios. Recently I took the radio out of my 56 Fairlane just to gain easier access to under the dash. While I had it out I removed the cover to see if any large insects were trapped inside. I inadvertantly scraped a short piece of wire with a fingernail and the insulation fell off. I poked at several other areas with the same result. This was a fine working radio I thought but it will not be returned to the car. Some of the other componants didn't look all that great either. I recall reading an article years ago stating that more old (re:classic) vehicles were destroyed by fire than any other cause. Anyone needa set of tubes and a vibrator for a 12v radio?




You can save the radio by stripping off the old covering on the wire and putting on shrink tubing. When I rewired my 54, and that was what I did when I wanted to save small connections of original wire.