[Vintage-Audio] Harley Davidson Stereo And TV?

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

Thank you Fred and Bob,

Well my friends set is complete and fully functional. His son uses it now 
and then to play tapes and listen to FM. Maybe he better recover it and put 
some hungry guard dogs near it!

It was made by Thompson Manufacturing, according to a answering machine 
message I got while doing the Halli Saturday 40 meter Net yesterday.

According to WA8YLZ, Rick in far western, Michigan in a little place called 
Custer, Thompson is owned by RCA? They are also located near Custer, MI


Duane Fischer, W8DBF/WPE8CXO
dfischer at usol.com
HHI: Halligan's Hallicrafters International
http://www.w9wze.net
HHRP: Historic Halligan Radio Project
hhrp.w9wze.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Nickels" <w9ran at oneradio.net>
To: "Vintage home and professional audio equipment from 1975 back" 
<vintage-audio at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 10:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Vintage-Audio] Harley Davidson Stereo And TV?


> Duane Fischer, W8DBF wrote:
>>
>> Now Harley Davidson did not build this equipment, he thought it might 
>> have been Philco. However, that was just a foggy memory guess!
>>
>>
> Credit for this goes to Fred Olsen who lives near Milwaukee and who is not 
> on the list at present due to some computer issues, but he found an 
> example of the Harley Davidson stereo on this page, about halfway down: 
> http://www.motorcyclecollectibles.com/harley_collectibles_&_memorabilia.htm
>
> Here's the text Duane:
>
> Harley-Davidson®  Stereo System
> 99370-88LP
>
> This home stereo system has phonograph, double cassette and am/fm
> tuner built in. We believe it is 70 Watts. It works good, but volume and
> balance switches are crackly when turned. May just need a good cleaning
> or replaced, We are not sure. It is signed Harley-Davidson® with the wings
> right on the front of the system. This was made in 1987 and was very 
> limited
> and are very hard to find. When we received it in, the both sides of the 
> wooden
> cabinet on the bottom were damaged in shipping. It can be fixed by 
> replacing
> both sides. The picture does not show the damage to both lower sides. Will 
> need
> to add speakers to this system. Nice collectible, for any Harley lover!! 
> This originally sold for $499.95 in 1987 and is worth over $1,000.00 at 
> this time. But since this is not in perfect shape, we are selling it at a 
> reduced price. UPS Oversized shipping will apply.
> $350.00 Harley-Davidson® Stereo System
>
> It's a mini-rack type unit with the receiver on the bottom, followed by 
> graphic equalizer, dual cassette, and turntable on top, in the kind of 
> black plastic and wood grain finish that was popular in the 80s with HD 
> logos sprinkled here and there.
>
> Fred says the company put the Harley name on just about anything, as can 
> be seen on this site.
>
> 73 Bob W9RAN
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