Practically Classics Forum

the 1965 singer vogue i have just bought is totally original except the 1970s cassette radio fitted.
gonna put it back to period so looking for an original 60s radio..except i havnt a clue what it would be,

i have found a picture online of something that looks original, can any1 identify it?
i am hoping that given the previous owner had the car virtually from new, and that he sadly passed away this week, and as his widow has asked me to help her sort his garage out i will find the original tucked away on a dark shelf!



kev

That looks like a typical licence dodger of the period. Back then, your home licence didn't cover you for a car radio if that car radio was fitted permanently in the car, in which case you'd have to fork out more cash for an extra radio licence just to cover the set in the car. This being the case, most of the manufacturers made car/portable sets with a built in ferrite rod aerial but also a socket for the car aerial lead. These radios would fit into a tray in the car but could be pulled out and used as portables with their own battery, this way, your home licence covered you to use that radio as it was a portable set from the house that just happened to find itself in the car sometimes.

I have a few in a similar vein such as one of these compact Bush sets which give plenty of volume from their internal speaker and use a commonly available PP7 battery:


Philips and Ever Ready were among other makers who did similar car/portable sets:



Any of those will look about right in there.

Hands up those that have a thing for old radios................

i firmly have my hand up! oooeeer
please point me to an old radio shop

kev

bugger, missed this on ebay last night

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Phili ... true&rt=nc

slightly obsessed with old car radios at the moment!

kev

bought this lovely set this week and it turned up today









lovely sound, picks up radio 2 really well. just needs a deep clean and its ready to fit in my singer

gonna have to get a key cut for the side lock somehow tho, i do know a locksmith so i will enquirer with him

kev

Good find! You're lucky to get an FM set in that period. The OE radio in my Rover P6 only receives the Home Service

That certainly is a good find! It's different, it's rare and its value should remain pretty much constant as it'll always be usable, especially since DAB has yet to roll out in a form which can compete with a decent fm broadcast and the switch off of analogue is not likely to happen until 2019 at the very soonest but even then you'll be able to listen to local content or use an FM microtransmitter such as the iCast.

You're officially jammy bugger of the week thanks to that stunning find! As they say on www.boomboxery.com , nice score, dude!

JPB wrote:That certainly is a good find! It's different, it's rare and its value should remain pretty much constant as it'll always be usable, especially since DAB has yet to roll out in a form which can compete with a decent fm broadcast and the switch off of analogue is not likely to happen until 2019 at the very soonest but even then you'll be able to listen to local content or use an FM microtransmitter such as the iCast.

You're officially jammy bugger of the week thanks to that stunning find! As they say on http://www.boomboxery.com , nice score, dude!

thanks chaps, wifey isnt quite as pleased as we are but even she thought it was cool.
took it down to my dads last night to show him..hes 82 now and even he was amazed at how fantastic it is both in quality and condition.
gonna get it on the bench this weekend for a really good deep clean and polish and strip the side lock off to send away and get a key cut for it



got 4 more classic radios on my ebay watch list now tho!! (and a load of origional singer vogue sales brochures, and a few 1960s picnic sets!!)

kev