[Boatanchors] Car Radios

[Geoff]

I had a 50 Olds 88 coupe with factory stick shift that was upgraded to a 324 
with Edelbrock 3 carb intake and a medium grind cam, and a fair amount of 
customizing.

It was kind of funny to watch the 49-52 models lift the rear end when 
torquing up for a launch thanks to the coil spring rear.

Carl
KM1H.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Randy and Sherry Guttery" <comcents at bellsouth.net>
To: "D C *Mac* Macdonald" <k2gkk at hotmail.com>
Cc: <geoffrey at jeremy.mv.com>; <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 4:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Car Radios


> On 1/21/2012 1:46 PM, D C *Mac* Macdonald wrote:
>> Dad's 1950 Olds 98 4-door sedan had a "Signal Seeker" radio.
>> Great sound (for the day) but the seek function never worked
>> after I added a Morrow 5BR-1 converter to it. Took the test
>> for my driver license in that car in the middle of winter
>> 54/55 on glare ice with no snow tires!
>>
>> I suspect the Caddies of the day also had the seek function
>> in their radios.
>>
>>
> Yes - all of the "better" option GM radios had it.  Most had the "dual 
> chassis" radios - (tuning / control head in the dash, power supply audio 
> power and speaker either under the dash (or like in the '53 olds - behind 
> the clock on the right end of the dash).  Of course - my '53 olds - being 
> nowhere near '"stock" had almost nothing "olds" left (hmmm back seat, tail 
> lights, -oh and the skirts on the rear wheels). From the front:  1956 cad 
> headlights (eyebrows); 57 Eldorado engine complete with (factory) dual 
> quads; 55 hydro-matic (water cooled, and virtually no slip); 60 cad dash; 
> 58 cad deep-dish steering wheel; 58 cad front seat (6-way power); stock 
> hydraulic power windows replaced with 58 cad electric motor windows; 
> nosed, deck, lowered a bunch. Oh yeah - one more item stock olds - 
> rear-end.  geared for a hundred plus horsepower - (i.e. geared low); only 
> now with roughly 400hp.  No idea how many (back) u-joints, axels, etc. we 
> broke.  It was originally built as a tow-car for boats (hence all the 
> horsepower/torque);  turned out to be a fair performer on the drag strip - 
> mid to low 12s in the quarter.
>
> What's all this to do with boatanchors (even of the car radio variety)? 
> back to that cadillac dash...  It had a signal-seeker AM radio - that used 
> 12V plate tubes. As I type this - the "spare" is on the bench being 
> overhauled (slightly easier than going through a 390/1/A!).  I ran across 
> it in storage last week - and decided to dump it on ebay - so I thought 
> I'd go through it (and the matching power antenna) - and see what it'd 
> bring.  Then along comes this discussion - including 12V plate tubes... 
> just a rather curious coincidence.
>
> It's rather odd working on tube circuits that have low impedance --  
> comparatively speaking to the "typical" tube boatanchor!
>
> Well - enough breaktime...  back to the project!
>
> -- 
> randy guttery
>
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