JPB wrote:Go with the Sony! It's not a great deal newer than the car and could quite easily have been fitted to a recently purchased used car in the period.
^^^WHS^^^ Reckon that'd look quite smart in the Singer
Wheel Trims
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^^^WHS^^^ Reckon that'd look quite smart in the Singer
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All of my car stereos are Sony just 30-40 years newer than that one 
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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The fact that has Shortwave on there marks it out as very rare indeed. Very few car radio's had that option. Only one I can remember is a recent Blaupunkt and that was serious fuel tokenskevin wrote:I do like a nice radio hence being quite troubled about the Pye radio cassette player currently fitted in the singer.
i am considering taking it out and fitting something period from the 60s or fitting the lovely removable sony item i already have (may sell the sony and use the funds to purchase something 60s?)
Thoughts?
Landrovers and Welding go together like Bread and Butter. And in the wet they are about as structurally sound
Biting. It's like kissing except there's a winner
Biting. It's like kissing except there's a winner
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The factory fit (Siemens) radio-cum-USB device in Smarts and some of the entry level A class not only has SW coverage but can handle SSB and its 19m and 49m SW bands have a spread to themselves for selectivity's sake. It's a great shame that the radio forms such an integral part of the fascia, I'd have had that out of there when my Smart was sent back, and mounted it in a nice suitcase with an 8xD battery and a quartet of 6x9s if there'd been some way of covering my tracks! French utility boombox anyone? 
But back in that Sony's era, a few car/portable radios - licence dodgers** as they're known - had SW coverage, my Graetz Super Page is an example, others included a version of Britain's own Bush TR90 and Philips' similar effort but only the European and Japanese sets tended to have both SW band(s) and VHF as that Sony (and the Graetz) do.
**-Licence dodgers because, for those who didn't already know this, if your car had a fitted radio that relied on the car's battery for its supply, then you had to buy one licence for your home and another for each car radio. By making these sets with onboard batteries and inbuilt aerial - or aerials in the case of the likes of that Sony which also has a telescopic one for VHF and SW - for portable or home use, then they were covered under your home radio licence.
But back in that Sony's era, a few car/portable radios - licence dodgers** as they're known - had SW coverage, my Graetz Super Page is an example, others included a version of Britain's own Bush TR90 and Philips' similar effort but only the European and Japanese sets tended to have both SW band(s) and VHF as that Sony (and the Graetz) do.
**-Licence dodgers because, for those who didn't already know this, if your car had a fitted radio that relied on the car's battery for its supply, then you had to buy one licence for your home and another for each car radio. By making these sets with onboard batteries and inbuilt aerial - or aerials in the case of the likes of that Sony which also has a telescopic one for VHF and SW - for portable or home use, then they were covered under your home radio licence.
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
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A few more pics of the Sony
And need to find a key for this lock, any ideas how?
kev
And need to find a key for this lock, any ideas how?
kev
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Possibly......
I'll shove it in with the wheel things if I don't lose it again before then. No guarantees it'll fit but it was for a very similar lock so might be usable?
I'll shove it in with the wheel things if I don't lose it again before then. No guarantees it'll fit but it was for a very similar lock so might be usable?
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..