FACTORY CERTIFIED
1958 to 1975
DELCO RADIO SERVICE
Crockett Sound Laboratory
Tony Mac Crutchfield
729 Hwy 54 South
Alamo TN 38001 USA
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FACTORY CERTIFIED
Crockett Sound Laboratory |
The only Delco Certified Radio Service for Signal Seeking Wonder Bar & 1958 to 1975 Buick, Cadillac, Corvette, Chevrolet, GMC, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Jaguar, Lincoln, Chrysler, Imperial, Avanti, Studebaker, Packard, Willys, Opel, Rekord, John Deere units.
Show quality cosmetology, Hot~Rod! modifications, High~Pro! studio standard electronics.
I work on ALL Delco Radios made before 1985. Including 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957 Corvettes all though i am not certified on Delco units before 1958 I do claim to be Heir Apperant!
As of Feb/04/2010 there are 7 units on work list.
Since 1999 15 is the lowest # of job request i have had. Oct. 2008 i had 67 units to work on! It took me over a year to get all of those finished, with more coming in!
2009 I made a special effort to get out as many units as possible, so come spring 2010 I can work on putting up a new shop. Did not get the normal fall bump of work in 2009.
BUT 12 or so have stated in the last 2 days they are sending in RSVP fee to get on the list.
I do on average 50 radios a year and stay 2 to 6 months, behind in work.
Since i can only work on 5 units at a time and there is no need to have them in my shop until i am ready to work on them. I ask that You do not send me a radio! Until i tell You to do so.
I ask that You reserve a place in line by sending me a none refundable RSVP fee check for $25.00 [RSVP fee will be deducted from the basic electronic restoration fee] along with a one page 8.5" X 11" work order: First Your contact info, then info on what radio You will be sending (model # off radio if possible), a brief description of known problems, a statement as to any work outside basic electronic maintenance to preform, any items You wish to purchase. Yes or No as to bezel cosmetology.
Give You check time to get to me then send me an email with Your last name the first thing in subgect line. Stating that i should have received Your $25.00 RSVP fee and info letter, I will reply and, save that email for further contact.
I will notify You when Your project is 10th on the list so You have time to make an appointment with Your mechanic IF need be to have the radio and speaker[s] removed. Then when Your project is 3rd on the list i will notify You to send unit in for service, With a check for the remaing balance for the Basic Electronic Maintenance fee and any other work or items + $40.00 for return shipping & handling via UPS Ground with $1,500.00 of value on shipment with signature required in a 12" cube box 11 pounds or less.
IF You do not ship signature required track unit into the shop with the online UPS tracking # system and when it is delivered email me to confirm receipt of Your unit.
Hopefuly this will put everyone more at ease about the time i have Your radio and, me space to turn around with out having to move 10 or 30 radios to find a part, then moving them again to get back to my work bench!
In 1967 just as i turned 14 I was the only one Delco found in a nation wide search through the schools looking for "young ones" to train as there upcoming radio techs! The next man on the list was 55. A few years later Dr. M.R. Bose was certified.
I was told by the time i was 50. GM expected a 1955 Corvette to be worth $20,000.00 and they wanted to make sure there would be factory trained techs to take care of there radios!
I have MY way of doing things witch You MUST agree to, IF You want me to work on Your Delco Radio. It is just to much of a distraction for me to try and adapt to each customer's way of doing things. Witch turns out to be "Forget about all others! Work on mine!!"
After 40+ years I still love working on my Delcos! BUT it has all ways been a "when it is the right time thing!" Five minutes of sloppy work can take two days to correct! These old radios demand time! Radios also demand my complete attention when i am working on them or i make mistakes!
IF i am really deep into a work session dealing with a difficult problem AND the phone rings, it will take me 30 minutes before i can mentally pull out of the radio to talk to any one! The last thing i want to do is loose focus on the radio BECAUSE it may take me weeks to get back to the point i was with that radio when the phone rang!
I DO WELCOME one! Phone call from anyone thinking about sending me a Delco radio for service! BUT only ONE call per radio is included in the Basic Eectronic Maintenance fee!
Of course give me a call if in a very unsuall event, You are having a problem with a unit i restored for You! I will do my best to help You get it turning tunes! There is no charge for this service BUT an email works better.
You will find that calling form 2 till 8 PM Central Monday through Friday [closed all holidays and some days with out notice!] is the best time for me to deal with phone calls and be able to give You an intelligent answer to Your questions. BUT: Emails work much better! for You and me! As i do not have to stop what i am doing! AND i have time think about what i am saying and do research if need.
I stay behind in prepaid work! So I do not have time sell parts, radios, or give tech tips!
IF You are SENDING me a Delco unit for it's basic electronic maintenance. The terms under witch i will agree to work on them, Basic Electronic Maintenance rates and, what i do for that fee, and how i do businness is outlined on this page! A cosmetic restoration on the bezel is available! BUT there are so many vairables i can not list that cost until i see the unit and determain what You wish done.
Please make sure to read and TRY to understand my ideas on this page! As well as how to pack radio so shafts are not bent or broken in transit! BUT DO understand we do Delco Radios my way!
Every question asked of me in the last 10 years is answered on THIS website in more detail and with more thought than You will get in an email or phone call. PLEASE UNDERSTAND! I just do not have time to RECOVER all this info in emails OR time to answer phone calls all day and get any radios restored! EMAIL: Mac @ WonderBarMan.com Put your last name first in subject line of all email or it most likely will be deleted unopened with all the spam i get! ~IF for some reason You have problems with that one BUT only after You have problems! cause IF You send an email to both at one time i will discard BOTH unopened try tonymacii @ webtv.net AND i will reply form the webtv server so set up Your spam filters for it.
No matter what make or model car You have You are making money on my services! With a none working radio You loose value! With one of my RESTORED Delco units adding value to Your vehicle!
New: Speakers, Amps, Reverb, etc. That work with old Delco's
1965 Chevrolet TV Commericals!!!
NEW PHOTOS COTTONFIELDS Recording Studio
ALL of the Delco radios made before 1985 are long over due for their Basic Electronic Restoration! Many suffered from cold solder joints the day they left the factory! Age took out the Electrolytic Capacitors ten years later! even if it has been in a seald box sitting on the shelf! So that New Old Stock stuff is just an extra clean core, and lots of the NOS stuff never worked! If you want the radio in your Delco Car Radio to give the GREAT PERFORMANCES it was designed for and is capable of, then send it in for Basic Electronic Restoration! it is 30 to 40 years overdue for an oil change! Runing on FIVE plugs, with bad gas! and bald tires! Please do not subject your self to the Headaces of Psycho Acoustical Brain Damage that a sick radio is sure to cause!
I service all Delco radios including the world famous Wonderbar made before 1985, with full pull out and instillation service at Your local GM dealer. Then once You have Your Delco in the box, If You like i will have UPS pick~up! with as much insurance as You desire on her trip to Brimms Corner TN. Just make sure to get the tracking receipt off label the UPS Brown Truck Driver will bring! All i need is the size, & weight of box, when & where to pick up box! Ships at UPS Ground rates & cost no more!!
WARNING!: Over the years this page has become lengthy and redudent, if not a bit out of control. With so many radios to work on, I just do not have the time or desire to clean it up. Please forgive me the for the fact of having no intrest in spelling or writing. My chosen tools are a mickrophone! and, soldering iron! with related toys!
The click boxes bellow will help You to move through my Delco page. Some info may be missed so schroll down to make sure!
Please!: Understand i have a lot of work to do! No amount of huffing, puffing or, gona blow my shop down is going to get Your Delco unit worked on ahead of those that paid before You did!
The RSVP fee is to help make sure i have a reliable base of what work is coming in. And, can give a time base to those wanting to send a unit in for restoration. IF You do not send unit in for a restoration the RSVP fee is NOT RETURNED. The RSVP fee is deducted from the Basic Electronic Restoration fee.
I hear some techs promising two week turn around times. Fact is if the unit is not played for at least two weeks after the basic work is done, then that tech? is only assuming he has a Delco Car Radio fixed. And, waiting for a unit to come in so he will have something to do! E~Caps need that long contious on time to properly seat once they are installed.
Some techs talk about their military electronics training on transmitters and radar.
When I was 14 years old. I was the ONE, the men who designed and built these Delco Car Radios chose to train and bestow there knowledge to! So by the time i got to be 50 You all would have some one to keep there radios going! The called me there Wonder~Boy!
They looked for others BUT could did find them! This was in 1968! I have forgot more Delco secerts than any one else knows!
My brother in law was senior radar tech for 7.5 years for the Blue Angles he could not fix a 66 Corvette unit in two weeks and had to buy me a $100.00 steak.
I hear some techs talk about their oscillators, oscilloscopes, frequency counter and other test gear witch i also have and are big help in getting the units to a starting point for fine tuning with the most sophisticated test gear in the world! The human ear!
Not only my golden ears, but those of top pro audio engineers form around the world. Working with the top music stars of all time! Who often stop by to see me!
I see some tech talk about there mircale tone controls modifications as IF it they greatest thing in audio!
Truth is NO TRUE AUDIO PHILE wants tone control, adding distoration to his sound. What he wants is power amps with BIG WATTS so he can hear the weaks sounds in the back ground! And quality speakers that can reproduce that sound accurately! So big watt power amp and quality speakers are the secerate to impressive sound!
I to see other tech offering repairs for $150.00. AND, i just do not get it? No way can any one do a proper job on these units for that kind of money.
I have been working on these radios since i was 14 in 1967 that is over 40 years. I know what it takes in time and materials to do a proper job and pay the shop bills witch in Tennessee are no where close to what those in CA, and FL pay!
So where are these so called tech coming from? And why? Are they making these ridicules statements about cost? Because they do not know and are only telling You what they think You want to hear. I welcome them to put one of there radios on top of one of mine! Where the difference will become quite plain.
When can i send in my radio or WHEN IS MY RADIO GOING TO BE READY! The ONLY time line predictions i will give is how many units are in shop to be worked on or ahead of Your unit on the RSVP list at this time!
Working on radios is not like building a motor or tranny just because i spend my time on them does not mean i get any thing done! It is a treat to spend three days installing parts in a unit. Fire it up listen to it play for 15 minutes then go up in smoke! The days i work the hardest, I am usually not as far ahead at the end of as when i started? So i would have been better off just watching Fred Flintstone and George Jettson!
In 40+ years of working on Delco Car Radios when they will be finished is the one thing i have yet to figure out!
NOTE ABOUT CONTACTING: EMAIL is the best way to contact me!: Put your last name first in subject line of all email or it most likely will be deleted unopened with all the spam i get!
Now think of how may units Delco turned out from 1958 to 1975 and only me certified left to service them!
Sorry but i am not public service for Delco Radio i only get paid to fix radios. Every question asked of me about Delco Radios in the last five years that i am going to answer, is answered on this page with more thought and detail that i will be able to put into a email!
I DO NOT have time to repeat this info over and over AND OVER again&again&again! So ''PLEASE''spend some of YOUR time looking over this website! IF You are sending in a unit it is required reading!
Crockett Sound Lab is a one person shop focused on providing the highest quality work on your Delco Radio.
EMAIL is the best way to contact me!: Put your last name first in subject line of all email or it most likely will be deleted unopened with all the spam i get!! IF i do not replay send another! some do get lost in all the spam!
Phone calls stop what ever i am doing!
Before calling ''PLEASE'' try and find the answer to Your question on this website! one call per Delco radio restoration $50.00 each after that!
IF You must call PLEASE do so from 2PM to 8PM Central! Monday thru Friday & Of course CLOSED holidays!
And i do not have the time to restore then sell a radio. Any unit i may come up with is used for parts in my restorations.
IF You are looking for a Delco radio for Your 1958 to 1985 GM car the only way You are going to get one of those units worth installing is IF i have done my Basic Electronic Restoration on it with in the last five years! Any thing else is just a core! that is in need of one of my Basic Electronic Restoration services!
The best advise i can give You is to look on the model and date code page to get the model # for the unit You seek then find a core and send it to me for a Basic Electronic Restoration service.
I would think the easiest place to look for a core would be www.ebay.com BUT fact is the worst "JUNK!" that comes into the shop is the fully restored units off eBay!!! So get one that was in the closet for the last 20 years, that they know nothing about. Those that sat on the shelf in the garage have problems with oil and other debris in them! Body Shop radios being the worst! It amazes me at how many radios i buy for parts off eBay that are said to be working are not!
Even though they maybe in stereo, four 44 Watt per channel amps driving four speakers is not going to sound any where close to as good, as a Delco driving one 150 Watt amp, driving one real good full range, two way 6"X9" speaker.
But the four mid ranges will add a lot to the Delco's 6"X9" system's sound quality.
What is the value of my radio? What ever You can get some one to PAY You for it! As far as i am concerned the MORE the BETTER!
I give a five year written, signed warranty on most all units i work on. For the LABOR & PARTS that i instal. On radios designed to be obsolete in 8 years! That Delco gave a 90 day warranty on when they were new! That are now 30, 40, 50 years old!!!
This does not mean that after You get it back You have the right to take a hammer to the PCB and expect for me to take care of it without charging You more!
Squeaky wheel type costumers go to the back of the longest line! Trying to huff&puff or force Your unit through the shop just does not WORK with me!
What it will do is get You charged for time & supplies spent on it and returned unfinished!
I work on them in the order i am paid and the only reason i will sit one aside and go onto another unit is because i do not have the parts need to finish up on the job at hand!
Most every one is trying to make the "BIG CAR SHOW", "ROAD TRIP", "COMPLETE THE RESTORATION", "GET MARRIED", or meet up with the "EX", "ETC" Trying to keep up with witch one i am to work on next or deal with a real problem unit becomes more of a problem than restoring the radios! I can not work 24 hours a day, give up MY weekends!, holidays!, or vacation!! and ever get any radios restored!
I do my best to be nice BUT IF You are expecting that warm, fuzzy, friendly personal salesmanship attitude from me and, call at the ''WRONG TIME'' You may be DISAPPOINTED! I am a BENCH ELECTRONICS SERVICE TECH! ILL, GRUMPY & GROUCHY!! at times! & make no apologizes for it! the work is TEDIOUS, TIRING & FRUSTRATING! So IF You are expecting more PERSONAL attention, than i am giving the radios! ADD $250.00 to bill!
I understand that You want to know IF i have the ability to restore Your unit, so ONE phone call to kinda get to know me, BUT after that they are $50.00 for first 10 minutes and $175.00 an hour after that! on each call!
IF the fact that in 1966 DELCO searched for school boys to train on there radios and i was the ONLY ONE! They found! Then came to Alamo, TN in the fall of 1967 and set up a 14 year old kid as one of only 43 MEN at the time to ever to get so CERTIFIED and PAID him $50.00 an hour to service their radios, along with that in later years i got into the RECORDING STUDIO BUILDING industry working the very TOP PROFESSIONAL in it as well as the TOP artist in the MUSIC business, does not convince You then You are a WASTE OF MY TIME!
I am only agreeing to RESTORE the DELCO'S normal wear & age related electronics for the Basic Electronic Restoration fee! Items not listed in my basic electronic restoration list like volume pods, tuning shafts, transformers, transistors, etc will be added to the bill. Some parts can only be found in parts donor radios and i am now seeing core 57 Corvette radios listed at $2,700.00
Sending a radio in with prepayment check for service, in NO way makes you MY shop manger and trying to insert one's self to this position, is the BEST way to get a $100.00 BOZO TAX for each offence, i know of!
Please! DO NOT! CALL! and tell me You are shipping! or call and ask IF I received Your radio!!! Require my signature for delivery & get the UPS Tracking # then go to their web site and track it in YO~SELF! Once Your radio has been delivered, EMAIL is the best way to contact me!: Put your last name first in subject line of all email or it most likely will be deleted unopened with all the spam i get! Please send me one the day Your radio arrives so i can contact You when i need to! AND to make sure i did receive You radio!
PLEASE! include a PACKING LIST / WORK ORDER on a SINGLE sheet of 8&1/2" X 11" paper with name &, address of where the radio is to be returned, email & phone number the first thing on page, then a BRIEF to the point as possible CHECK LIST of WORK to be done! List any new items You wish to purchase such as speakers, wiring, etc! Along with a list of every thing sent in with radio! connectors, schematic, speaker, screws, etc IF You expect to find it in the box when radio is returned! Please state if You want rescreenig cosmetlogy! or i will not do it! it is only factory once! This CHECK LIST is what i will use for service & repack! I will not recall anything form a phone call or email so give me ALL the to the point info i need on this list and make it readable! Here LESS IS MORE! Use the K.I.S.S. rule! Sending a 20 page print out of 30 past emails is a sure way of causing "YOU" problems!
I ship all radios back ''SIGNATURE REQUIRED'' UPS Ground with $1500.00 of insured value. IF You want more let me know! The cost is .35’ for each additional $100.00 of value. Shipping other than Ground also cost more. When You get radio back remove it from box and inspect for shipping damage! You have 30 days to file a claim with UPS on shipping damage. Make sure to keep the box and packing it came in!
Canadian shipments should be sent SECOND DAY DELIVERY. IF sent by ground both to me and back to You are charged a fee for customs to inspect shipment. When You ship ground UPS form Canada they charge me and i charge You X 2. As of 12/4/07 that charge is $23.00. and, shipping rates to Canada on the 12"X12"X12"X 11 pound box run about $40.00 UPS Standard + the customs fee!
UPS will send You an email with tracking code as soon as i notify them to pick up Your unit for return to You. So look for there QUANTIOM VIEW email.
One radio can take longer than twenty! Since i have NO way of knowing myself calling to find out when Your radio will be ready wastes my time and only slows work on all. Some radios may get 20 or 30 hours of my time spent on them then they play great for two weeks and on last check just before going back into box they quite! Last thing i want to hear at this time is: "WHEN WILL MY RADO BE READY" Now IF You just want to see if i am still alive that is OK! Or even how many are now ahead of Yours? But ''PLEASE'' DO NOT ask: "WHEN WILL MY RADO BE READY" That adds $100.00 to Yo bill each time You ask!!!
When a radio comes in i remove CHECK for the Basic Electronic Restoration fee + $40.00* return USA UPS GROUND shipping [on a 12X12X12 11 lb. box, more on larger or heaver box or with more than $1500.00 insured value] and, deposit check in Bank! & Inspecet box for shipping damage. IF i see that there is more work than the Basic Electronic Restoration fee covers i will contact You with estimate of charges IF You decline Basic Electronic Restoration i charge $150.00 + return shipping/handling & refund reminder of funds sent in with radio. If i think i can do the job for basic fee or You give me the ok to go ahead with repairs. I will then order parts, disassemble radio and clean with CRC put radio in drying booth untill it is #1 for me to work on. [AT THIS POINT THERE ARE NO! REFUNDS!!!]
Most [80%] of the radios from operating autos will ship back at the basic rate BUT radios covered with oil, been under water, from salvage yards, eBay, garages, body, or other radio shops often need more! AND their is no way to tell exactly what they will need until I do the Basic Electronic Restoration play & abuse them for at least two weeks! Only way to know if they will keep playing is to play them! Some radios will fail after playing for several days! after the basic is done! Then start going out every five minutes when weak, aged parts just hanging on can no longer take the voltage supplied by the new Ecaps! No way to tell except to put some tunes on them!.
This ain't the time to get in no hurry! They need love and attention! The ONLY SOURCE for many parts is another radio or make them my self. Fast turn arrounds on antique Delco radios means faster come backs! Anyone telling You diffirent ain't no radio man they are a CON ARTIST! Like the ones telling You they can get to Your radio back in a couple of weeks.
Once i start with the Basic Electronic Restoration on Your radio i will email You with updates! untill then there is nothing i can tell You except it is still in line!
DO NOT make any plans for Car Shows, with Your mechanic, coustmer, or a trip with girl friend until You have radio back workng in Your car! for two weeks!!!
I DO NOT do RUSH jobs! I work on them as i am paid! First to pay me is the first to get worked on! Fastest way to get it back is to send in RSVP fee check and wait for me to email You to send it in for it's restoration.
These radios are 30, 40, 50 years old with me sometimes having to spend days to find or make a part that sold for $2.00 in 1968.
In my 40+ years servicing Delco Radios i have had many screams, plans, and gyrations thrown my way to get me to reduce rates and now days trying to push a unit through the shop ahead of others. Only two handled this matter with pride and professionally.
1: Mr. James Nealy owner of INTERSTATE Bar~Bee Que in Memphis TN asked IF a $500.00 tip would get his 66 Olds radio worked on next? It did not!!
2: The lady from FL who will go unnamed. Asked if it would help if she came up in her 57 Vette and we went to Nashville for a couple of days! to check out her radio? IT DID! What a great week and a half.
NO need to send PayPal payment. Or a Chashiers Check! they DO NOT speed up my work! and if on a bank that is not in Tennessee still takes 10 days to clear my bank!
In the VERY RARE event that You need warranty work, come backs get first open spot on bench!
New modern day electronics? ALL analog audio circuits, tube as well as transistor, are covered by Bell Laboratory patents of 1938! No amp sounds as good as does the 6V6 tube used in the 53,54, Corvette radios! AND modern electronics are disposable just like a Bic lighter! Goverment regulations determain wha tis built today! Not what sounds the best!
TRUE audiophiles do not want any type of tone control on their systems! So why change Delco's bass and trebble controls? Witch the Audio Cyplida use as a referances standard!
Due to the number of back orders, poor quality of the chrome, lens, knobs, etc and other cosmetology parts. I will no longer order them for You! I ask that You order those parts do Your own quality control inspection and IF they meet with Your approval send them in with the unit and i hang them as well rescreen original parts to make the face look the best i can.
I now have a match on the paint used on Pontiacs units.
Nomenclature on bezels i have no way of recreating. BUT always open to ideas! I can rescreen most of the lens #s IF a new replacement can not be found. Spend some time on Google.com looking for parts. Order them and see IF they are what You want and send them in with radio when send it for restoration.
I do not rechrome parts and the work i see is not that good! BUT i will be happy to dismount and ship to Your replater.
Power Antennas: I know nothing about power antennas the dealerships delt with the antennas. Only found one person wanting to rebuild and sell rebuilt power antennas. I do not anything about him BUT do see his add in N.C.R.S. for this website: http://c2powerantenna.com
I DO NOT do radios by committee! Will only deal with one person per radio so appoint someone that is in charge!
FLAT RATES: Why should a survivor radio in near mint condition or even an average radio cost the same as one that has many more problems and takes a lot more time! I charge for the work i do on YOUR radio!
I DO NOT service Delco radios made after 1985! AMD had rather not work on the Electronicaly Tuned Radios!
I know nothing about unlocking codes on new radios!
In the last 40 years 80% of all the radios sent to me have been pre 68 Corvette models & this page reflects that.
Yes Sir! i work any Delco made before 1985. Only Certified [in 1967 at the age of 14] on the 1958 to 1975 models.
I have serviced several of the PRE 1958 units, they have a great many parts that must be replaced and the speaker will need to be reconed Charge for the Basic Electronic Restoration on these units is $500.00 and $125.00 on reconing speaker + return shipping of $40.00 on a 12"X12"X12" of 11 lbs or less with $1500.00 Radio gets a five year warranty.
I DO NOT take walk in trade! Put it on the UPS truck!
I DO NOT support Delco Do It Yourselfers!Teaching is the hardest of all skills. I stay behind in prepaid work and it is not right form me to not spend my time working on there projects. It takes to much training, test equipment and OJT to service electronic. I do not care who you are Your radio ain't gonna come close to being as sweet as mine! What ends up happing is that You turn a 3 day job into a 2 week battle. And i charge You MORE!!! Please Do Not Try This @ Home! Do not ask me how to fix Yo radio! You ain't gonnna like my answer! That is E3 stuff and i will keep all those secrets for my self!
I let my brother in law who was senior radio tech for the Blue Angles for 7.5 years Loose on a 66 Vette radio, after two days he gave up.
''PLEASE!'' DO NOT try and describe the problem with Your radio! This is a real waste of my time! Only way i can fix it is if it is on my bench in front of me!
Yes! where i come from we were taught to say "Thank You!" also BUT where we are NOW is the internet! AND netters say it is rude to send a stand alone thank you! It slows down the net for all and, it takes almost 45 seconds out of my life to open & delite a Thank You email X 30 to 50 a day some times! They a real wast of my life! AND i did say ''PLEASE!'' Do NOT SEND THANK YOU EMAILS. Unlees it is to say thanks for the great job i did on Your unit!
After going through 5 sets of those off eBay tubes i refuse to install any more. Out of the 5 sets 1 tube stayed in radio by the time it shipped back. FACT: there is NO tube tester ever made that works! Best way to test a tube is in the unit playing!
So the eBay pull out {pulled out because they are BAD} tubes waste days of my time AND one even burnt up the 2nd IF coil in a unit, when it shorted out after 3 days of playing good then after it cooled down worked another 3 days and burnt the replacement coil up.
No idea of what radio will fit what car! all i ever see them in is a cardboard box except for what the matching numbers are for each year & model and they are paper, on the side of radio. and a lot of the time missing! Mechanics & Salvage Yards know about instlations. My expertise is INSIDE the radio. 1958 ~ 1975 DELCO MODEL & DATE CODES If You do not find it here i can not help You!
What is the value of my radio? What ever You can get some one to PAY You for it! As far as i am concerned the MORE the BETTER!
''FORGET IT!'' These radios needed preventive maintainace 10 years after they were built. IF they do play at all, it ''AIN'T GONNA BE CLOSE TO RIGHT!'' On top of that You run the risk of damaging parts that can only be had from donor radios.
It's like finding a Vette that has been sitting in a barn covered with a tarp and, hay for 40 years. Expecting to jump start and, drive it. Where do so many of You~All get the idea the radios last forever with nothing being done to them?
Best advise: Before attempting to hook up a radio is send it to me for it's ''LONG OVER DUE'' Basic Electronic Restoration
Not to mention i am not going to spend my time helping some one who calls wanting me to tell them how to hook up a radio! Instead of working on the units i have been prepaid to service!
If it ain't inside of radio i have no idea! Try NCRS.org for Corvettes or NAPA for external parts!
Volume & Tuning shafts use two set of nuts, one to hold shafts to radio and one set to hold radio to dash! Do not let shafts slide back into radio!
A note to the over stressed, pushy, gonna make it happen types: "GO AWAY!" I do the best i can as fast as i can! If this does not suit You then SEND it to some one else! I do reserve the right to put a radio at the back of the longest line if it's owner gets out of line! Not to mention i will add an additional BOSOZO TAX even after i have given You my price IF one wants to waste my time with BULL SHIT that takes me away form WORKING on RADIOS!
Most 60% of all the radios i work on will ship back in better working order than the day they left the factory! I give 100% of what i have to each radio! Why would any one waste their time with anything less? But SHIT HAPPENS! If You do not belive me ask Michel Andretti about his engine going up in flames with the field a lap down at INDY!
I will not restore Your radio in exchange for You correcting my website! You are lucky to get much of the info on this page at all! So do like i had to do to get it! Dig it out! For Yo~Self!
Sorry to have to bother the 99.99% of MY GREAT COUSTOMERS who know better with all the problems that .1% throw at me!
Where is Alamo TN? Right dead center in the middle of WestTennessee, We succeed from the counties that now surround Crockett eight days after the battle the names honor! Now You know along with dealing with so many Vette owners why i have a attitude! Not to mention being the only man left alive in the world Certified by Delco on Your radio! With how many million of them made?
Cars just do not do it form me! Harleys are my machine! If You want to impress me You will have to be a beautiful Woman with a beautiful voice singing to me! P/S A beautiful Woman is ANY FEMALE with a smile on her face and love in her heart! IF You can not sing at least PURRRRRR! like a kitten wanting milk!
Love to work on the radios! But they take TOTAL concreation sometimes! & it is the most disheartening thang in the world to spend five, six hours that seams like fifteen minutes of battling with a problem with out even stopping for a bathroom break! to have the phone ring and waste all that time & work on a radio that if i had two more minutes would have finished but now may take weeks to get back to were i was when the phone rang!
If You happen to talk with Private Malone tell him Tony Mac makes those sticky 66 Corvette buttons, play like Bobby Whitlock's B3
Only received this question once BUT i want to make it plain and simple for all to understand about cost of restorations:
"If any additional work is required or recommended please notify me with an estimate for approval."
As i state on this website that upon my first inspection IF i see anything that i can not do for the Basic Electronic Restoration fee I will notify You before doing any more. BUT IF I think the Basic is all that the unit is going to need will proceed.
BUT: sometimes after i do the basic and play unit for a few day problems do show up. The Basic Electronic Restoration MUST be done and unit played for two weeks before i will give a TOTAL on cost for work done.
These radios are 40 years to 60 years! Many surviving basically open to the weather! Or coated with oil, paint thinner or water, etc. Delco gave a 90 day warranty on the units when they were new. I give a FIVE YEAR warranty on my work and parts i install.
IF You want me to do the work it is going to be with YOU understanding ''I DO MY BEST'' I am not going to charge You for something i did not do, i am not going to do something that is not need! BUT ''I AIN'T GOING TO SPEND MY TIME & PARTS WORKING ON THEM AND NOT GET PAID TO DO SO!'' SO NO! way will i commit my self to lock in on a Basic Electronic Restoration fee on units that may play for a week or longer after i do that work, then have them go up in smoke. Then maybe have to find a donor unit to get parts form etc, etc, etc,!
PAYMENT:
You do not have to send in payment with radio. BUT! We know that each unit is going to have to have theBasic Electronic Restoration Service (click here to check prices) then played & abused before i can tell what problems the unit does have!
ALL SALES FINAL: NO REFUNDS, NO CANCELLATIONS of any kind unless i decide necessary! Before paying make sure it fits and is what You want!
Make Checks Payable to: Tony Mac Crutchfield (or) Crockett Sound Laboratory
Checks take 10 business days to clear my bank before shipment on any sale!
Cashiers & Certfied Checks on a bank that is not in Tennessee still take 10 days to clear my bank?
Credit Cards & online payment accepted through PayPal.com PLEASE! DO NOT SEND ME CREDIT CARD INFO! add 3.5% of total + .35’ on each transaction to cover PayPal fees. ALL SALES FINAL: NO REFUNDS, NO CANCELLATIONS of any kind unless i decide necessary! Before paying make sure it fits and is what You want!
I do work on them as i am PAID! So many started to prepay for the Basic Electronic Restoration that now i never catch up with work that i am paid to do! This leaves me with no option but to inspect radios sent in with out payment then contact You with basic price and any other estimate charges that might be visible and sit radio aside and wait until payment is received before ordering parts and proceeding with Basic Electronic Restoration!
In case i do see more damage on first inspection than the Basic Electronic Restoration covers i will contact You with estimate of cost of additional charges that i see and You may decline service, there is a minimum of $150.00 charge on any radio sent into the shop + return shipping/handling fees. Do keep in mind some problems take time to show up and once You give me the OK to do the Basic Electronic Restoration there are NO REFUNDS!
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BASIC ELECTRONICS MAINTENANCE SERVICE INCLUDES:
Cleaning inside and out with CRC degreaser. Cleaning & Lubrication of Volume Control, Push Buttons & Tuning Mechanism. Replacement of Belts, Lamps, Ceramic Fuses, Electrolytic Capacitors, Check & repair printed circuit board for cold solder joints. Hook radio up to a
600 amp 12 volt dc power supply, dummy speaker load, oscilloscope, signal generator, frequency counter & Simpson 260. Test and repair as necessary all circuits. RF-IF Alignment. Then I reeze, bake, cycle on & off every 15 minutes for 24 hours at a time, checking for proper operation after each test. Tap with rubber hammer, bounce on bench 3 times and then turn on the speaker & I then crank it up!
The Basic Electronic Restoration MUST be done in order to tell what shape the radio is in, Once the Basic Electronic Restoration FREEZING & BAKING is done some radios will fail after playing for three or four days making it imposible to tell what it takes untill spending a bit of time each day on Your radio for two weeks. Radios that need additional work or parts (tubes, transistors, volume controls pods, coils, wiring harness, motor, switches, etc) will have additional charges. 80% of all radio pulled from a working car will ship back at the basic rate but 20% don't and their is NO WAY to know what or how long it takes untill I do the BASIC ELECTONIC RESTOATION and they suffer my abuse for a couple of weeks. No way of telling what radios off ebay, from swap meets, salvage yards or other shops might need!
For the pursiest what I do is a light clean up with GUNK & CRC CLEANERS, lubricate with Mobil-1 20/50. Cleaning & replaceing only those compontents necessiary to acheive as new electronic performance. Outside of dial face & chrome are cleaned and polished with NOVUS 1 & Q~TIPS.
I use original equipment manufactures parts if available, salvage as necessary, custom fabricate and, the lesser quality J-15 battlefield qualified military products if no others can be found.
For Basic Electronic Restoration on a CLEAN CORE radio with a FIVE YEAR WARRANTY on LABOR & PARTS installed:
ADD $40.00 for return ''SIGNATURE REQUIRED'' UPS shiping/handling with $1500.00 of insured value on a 12"X12"X12" box , 11 pounds or less, to most USA locations!
Minimum of $150.00 charge on any unit sent into the shop + return shipping/handling fees.
Because Electronicly Tuned Radios radios were the first generation of DISPOSABLE electronics! The ONLY way to service one is to take as many parts units as necessary and make ONE working unit out of it! Labor is $500.00 and cost of parts units is what they cost me NO idea as to how many parts units it will take till i have project unit working!
NOTE ON ALL RADIOS SERVICED: Either send in speaker(s) or replace with NEW one(s)! As it would be a shame to service the radio, then have a speaker voice coil go bad taking out the output stage that would NOT be covered under warranty!
COSMETLOGY:
You may request the pointer, & dial face to be rescreened, charge depening on amount of work required. BUT: This could take $1000.00$ off the value of YOUR CLASSIC. If You do not state in work order You want the cosmetlogy i do not touch inside of bezel so dust is left inside just like she has never been touched.
Studebakers use a glass lens and i can blow the numbers off waving a QTip at it. New ones are NOT to be had so i use a plastic Vette Lens works fine if i grind a bit off each end.
Many of my era AM/FM Mono Delco Radios are set up to work with a separate box to give FM~Stereo Operation. Some will have a shorting plug in the back, a round metal housing with a arm coming off the side with one screw holding it in place, multi pin connector some all in line some two rows of pins, that can be removed and a Multi-Plex Adapter plugged into the radio.
Others have the wires coming out of them and a connector on the Adapter for the radio wires to plug into.
Some of the Multi-Plexers have four knobs with unit mounting under dash so as to allow one to work the controls. Others are just a box hiden out of the way with wires and connector to plug into radio or connector for wires coming off radio to plug into.
Less than 7000 of the 1967 Chevelle units with four knobs were ever made.
Multi-Plex Adapters were Delco first attempt into FM~Stereo very difficult to allign and work on, many never worked from the factory! These units have parts only found today in other units and since the limited numbers madk these go for premium dollars today.
VETTE SPEAKERS: I see many output transformer on NEW SPEAKERS that are sold by big name Corvette vendors today that make radios run at a hand blistering temp You must WAKE~UP and check Yours for 1.5 Ohms across the speaker unpluged from radio. ANY THING LESS THAN 1.3 Ohms is to LOW! and is a ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN! Radio plays good for 15 minutes or so and then sound gets FUZZY. Real problem is what it does over time to the covering on wire feeding 12 Volts to the radio as well as the feed going to the radio fuse.
I have NO idea what speaker Your car needs! that info is best doctumented by measuring what is their now or, in the cars shop manual. Some are 3" deep and most any new speaker will fit. IN SOME CARS ONLY THE FACTORY 1.5" DEEP DELCO SPEAKERS WILL FIT!
New China replacement speaker in 4X10 & 6X9 size are $29.99 each.
New audiophle 6X9 speakers start at $69.99 each.
NEWS 7/25/2005 Just received first shipment of the 6X9" 3/4" depth cones! Only took 5 years to get them made! Now Reconing speakers sent in alone/without radio. For those who want to stay as close to factory as possible. $100.00 each on most. Shallow cone 3/4" deep 6X9s [used in Mid~Year AC Vettes] are $150.00 each!
I now have parts in house to recone these Delco 10 Ohm speakers:
3-1/4 inch mid-range, 4X6 inch used in kick panels, 6X9 & 4X10 inch speakers with a cone depth of 1-1/2 inch, 6X9 & 4X10 in the 3/4 inch depth. 6 inch used in the center of the back seat of some convertables. 8 inch used in the 1953 to 1957 models.
The yellow aftermarket coil should be checked for proper impendeance of 1.5 ohms and are bad untill proven good! I see a lot of them that are .6Ohm. With a load of less than 1.5 Ohms the radio will play fine for 15~20 minutes, then the radio OVER HEATS and, the sound becomes fuzzy! RETURN ALL NEW CORVETTE SPEAKERS with a coil less than 1.5 Ohms AND GET YOUR MONEY BACK BEFORE IT BURNS YOUR VETTE [maybee Your house or garage] TO THE GROUND!
My custom/hand wround Vett speaker loading coil is the best sounding one on the market today! An exact match to factory units! use with any 6X9 in Your 61~67 Corvette! $49.99
Lots of problems starting with the tape carts them self pulling the tape from the center of a closed loop, so they never worked that great in the first place to sticky shed syndrome today.
NOTE: Because of the normal wear of heads by the sand paper effect of tape passing over them, some units will need replacement of head or, outside of this shop relaping service that is not covered in Basic Electronic Restoration. The first test of wear is to drag a wooden Q~Tip stick verticaly across tape path. IF a notch at top & bottom is felt, then excessive head ware is indicated. Result is increas of tape "HISS", poor tracking, distorted sound, excessive wear the the magnatic tape in the carts.
Early year Delco stand alone 8 Track Tape Players (1969 for sure) that switch the radio off when a tape is inserted use a one inch diameter X 1/8 thick switch that has 16 1/8 Amp contacts (so small i need a 10 X magnifier to see them) and 24 wires coming into the switch. Needless to say this switch, switching speakers and 12 Volts from radio to tape, gives lots of problems often causing both radio and tape to go up in smoke! Only way to fix is to use factory switch to trigger 3 relays one inside and 2 glued to the back of tape deck. This is why the $450.00 price $250.00 for the Basic Electronic Restoration and $200.00 for adding the relays $150.00 in labor and $50.00 for the three 15 Amp relays.
Please ship to me using UPS GROUND! In the interest of radio do not ship anything to me using United States Postal Service! AND in my interest please do not ship Fed X they come to early in the day! IF they wake me a 9:00AM and i just got in bed at 5:45AM You get a $100.00 BOSOZO TAX!
PLEASE: IF You are worried about me receiving Your radio "REQUIRE SIGNATURE" for even more proof that i received Your radio! After UPS has delivered Your Delco Radio please send me emails with Your LAST name as the subject! (only one name per radio) "PLEASE" DO NOT CALL AND ASK "DID YOU GET MY RADIO" I loose work time when you call! 20 or 30 calls some weeks means no radios fixed!
Make sure to include every thing electronic that hooks up to radio speakers, output modual, rear volume controls, Many radios come in without output modual or SPEAKERS. I get a kick out of folks who do not send in speaker, then go SPATIC on me after reinstalling radio and it still don't work to finally send me the speaker for reconing and their is nothing but metal left!
TO PACK RADIO:
Damaged radios that come into this shop most of the time have the shafts bent! and, are packed by SHIPPING STORES! do not trust them to know what they are doing! If taking a radio to them, PRINT OUT my way and give it to them!
Most radios with one speaker need at least a 12"X12"X12" box. It has just enough room for radio to fit in with a soft ball size roll of bubble wrap in a plastic bag, taped to the front of radio! So it fell like You can bounce it off the floor, to keep shafts from damage. And well cardboard wraped speaker. UPS ships at 11 pounds minum.
PLEASE! include a PACKING~WORK LIST ~taped to a bottom inside box flap marked with an X on the outside of box~ on a single sheet of "NEW" ~i use back side for work notes~ 8&1/2" X 11" paper With name, address of where radio is to be returned, email & phone number the first thing on page, then a BRIEF to the point as possible check list of work to be done! Any new items wanted such as speakers, lens, etc. Along with of every thing sent in with radio! connectors, schematic, speaker, screws, etc that You expect to find in the box when radio is returned! Please state if You want cosmetlogy! or i will not do it! it is only factory once! This is the check list i will use for service & repack! I will not recall anything form a phone call or email so give me everything in this list in a BRIEF TO THE POINT as possible [here less is more! use the K.I.S.S. system] and make it readable! A 20 page print out of past emails is a sure way to cause both of us problems! I ship back ''SIGNATURE REQUIRED'' with $1500.00 of insured value. If You would like more insurance be sure to indicate so in packing letter and add extra cost to Your total.
DO NOT SHIP: Radios with knobs on shaft! This increase the easy in getting them damaged and some volume control, tuning pods can only be found in parts donor radios.
If You are sending in knobs for clean up or recrening. Wrap in paper towels to keep them from scratching them self and bubble wrap and tape all together.
Mounting hardware KNOBS, bolts, clips, outsided shaft nuts etc. That are not to be cleaned or rescreened: I do not need and should be stored in a plastic bag taped inside the dash so they are there when You need them to reinstall radio. [Volume & Tuning shafts use two set of nuts each, one to hold shafts to radio ~leave back nuts in place~ and one set to holds radio to dash, keep these as i do not need them. IF You do not have 4 nuts ask for them on work order ~ ! Do not let shafts slide back into radio! Only using outside nuts can cause BIG PROBLEMS!!!],
~Shafts are what get damaged in shipping and cost BIG$$$~
COVER DIAL FACE, VOLUME/TONE, TUNING SHAFTS with a four inch O.D. roll of the bubble wrap, rolled as tight as You can get it, with the bubbles to the inside! tape roll so it can not unroll, place roll in plastic bag, slide radio's face against roll and TAPE bag so bubble wrap roll will stay in place over front of radio then fill bottom of box with shipping peanuts, place radio with bubble wrap roll to a corner and speaker in box and over fill with peanuts, shake down to pack tight. Seal all open seams of box with ample layers of tape to keep them from coming open in transit and loosing peanuts along the way!
This method of packing works much better than a one or two inch mummy rap, that is next to impossbe to get into and does not protect shafts in shipping!
Go online to UPS.COM or Call UPS to set up a one time GROUND pick up any where You like @ 1-800-742-5877 This is one of the listen and punch a couple of numbers depending on what You want to do to get to a human thangs. They will want the length, width, depth, weight of box. Payment can be made to UPS with a credit card or give the Brown Truck driver a check. You need to insure it for ??? {first $100.00 is included each additional $100.00 of value is about 35’ extra}. I ship back with $1500.00 of insured value. If You would like more insurance be sure to indicate so in packing letter and add extra cost to Your total. UPS wlll bring a shiping lable and leave a receipt with the tracking code number when they pick up. DO NOT send me the tracking # and expect me to follow Your unit into the shop You do that! With tracking number go to the UPS TRACKING CODE page & You can follow package to me from the internet, or call 1-800-742-5877! This is also the number to call to set up a one time GROUND pick up at Your front door at UPS's LOWEST RATE.
Canadian shipments use second day.When You ship STANDARD UPS form Canada they charge me a coustams duty and i charge You twice that amount. As of 12/4/07 that charge is $23.00. and, shipping rates to Canada on the 12"X12"X12"X 11 pound box run about $40.00 UPS Standard + the customs fee!
SHIP TO:
Crockett Sound Laboratory
Tony Mac Crutchfield
729 Hwy 54 South
Alamo TN 38001 USA
I ship all radios back ''SIGNATURE REQUIRED'' UPS Ground with $1500.00 of insured value. IF You want more let me know! The cost is .35’ for each additional $100.00 of value. Shipping other than Ground also cost more. When You get radio back remove it from box and inspect for damage! You have 30 days to file a claim on shipping damage.
As soon as I fill in the UPS shiping info UPS will email You with a QUANTIAM VIEW notice that has the tracking # for Your radio's return trip home. Click on the # and it will take You to all the details of shipment from the time it leaves my shop untill You sign for it.
I went on my first TV service call with my dat at the age of eight, was certified by RCA & Motorola in 1966 when i was 12, in 1967 Delco certified me as their 43rd car radio warranty stations, I had just turned 14, 35 years younger than the next man on the list.
The skills gained in my Dad's T.V. repair shop have taken me into the Pro Audio world , designing & installing equipment in several multi million dollar recording studios.
Working with top stars like Mell Thillis, Sally Kellerman, Krystal Gail, Georgia Satellites , Ray Stevens, Tom Jones just to mention a few along with sound engineers from the Who, Phill Collins, Beach Boys, Linda Ronstat, Little Feat, Willie Nelson, Paul McCartney, and many many more.
I fell that their is no one that can match my passion and ability to RESTORE the 1958 through 1975 Delco radio. OR PRICE! so if money is an issue give me a good story, (maybe I can use it in a song!) & I will work within YOUR budget.
I started working on these radios in 1966 while in the 7th grade & it was two years with my Dad telling me what to do before I realized what I was doing. I fixed at least 300 Delco radios in 1968! one year before i got my drivers license..
New Accessaries: Do note collectors say that no matter what the old looks like! the new stuff takes DOLLAR$ off VALUE!
New China Replacements for most size & shapes of speakers used by Delco. Exception is the shallow depth 1-1/2 inch 6X9" & 4X10"units, only hope for these is to recone!
Keep in mind the closer to as is the day it left the factory the more your CLASSIC is worth. In fact I was told by an auto appraiser that if the original radio is missing from a mint 65 Vett he would take $5000.00 OFF the value! That is why you will find that my J-15 service actually makes you MONEY!
Do not forget that nothing else will have that classic Delco Sound! Recording Studio Secret #1 "Make it sound good on a Declo Car Radio!". Yes ALL those great hits You love are cut to sound their BEST on a DELCO!!!
However if you would like a TOP OF THE LINE sound system! Here is How:
SPEAKERS:
This is the first place to start, by upgrading the stock 87 db speakers & adding Acoustical treatment you will greatly improve sound quality.
I see a lot of folks pushing two 4 1/2" speakers mounted on a 6 X 9" base plate so that you have something to hook the extra stereo output up to, so it does not short out smoking the fuse. While on paper it looks good YOU loose all the bottom end and punch. Keep the 6 X 9" an add two silver dollar size twetters, You can silicone glue them to the windshield & they can be removed without a trace.
To get the best sound out of a Delco you need a Digital input! The easy way to Digital sound is by adding a mount anywhere R.F. CD player, They plug in original DELCO antenna port, and tunes in like a AM or FM radio station. Some hold 10 disc in a easy change clip, with extra clips available for long road trips. Trouble is they just DO NOT sound as good as a LINE LEVEL radio!
I can MODIFY DELCO radio FOR LINE INS & OUTS (RCA or MINI HEADPHONE connectors) this is simple wiring using original Delco electronic adding a few wires, that I make neat and clean.
LINE IN:
For AM-FM radios feed line out audio from any devise with line outs such as XM Radio, MP3/Player that stores 150 CD'S that your load from your computer, or a trunk mount 12 disk CD JUKE BOX! Even a portable CD, Cassettie, 8 Track unit . Note: the devise You are using must have a line out! Headphone out is not the same. If headphone out is all Your devise has then a RF Modulator that broadcast into the FM band must be used. Not quite as clean as the line in BUT still the best station on the dial.
LINE OUT:
This feeds the audio form DELCO to power amps (POWER AMPS: Are the motor for sound system and their is lot of horse power {watts} for the dollar now ah days!) with the DELCO'S Volume, Balance, and Tone controlling the sound! Feed the NEW LINE OUT of the Delco to as many POWER AMPS, EQ'S, DIGITAL SOUND PROSSERS & SPEAKERS as you wish! 1000 watts mono on the lows, 600 watts 4 channel on the mids (2 with 15 mil.sec of delay 2 with stereo flanging*), 200 watts for the twetters. Now that will run with a SS396 in Mono and is gone in Srround Sound! Note: Large power amps require large gauge power wires be added. See reinstall page for more info on what may be required to add large wattage power amps.
Next from the pro audio world, I insert an ALESIS digital micro verb inline to a mid range 4 channel power amp, adding about 15 mill second delay one pair of the mid range along with some stereo flanging on one pair of the mid range speakers. This will turn a MONO radio into Surround Sound & LETHALIZES! Stereo. Now you have a sound system WORTHY OF A CLASSIC with You sitting on the drumers thron so, "CRANK IT UP!"
The sound system will get more attention than the Car!!!
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The connector at radio & mast should be checked for broken wire cleaned with a QTip and aceatone the mast should be clean of all wax and dirt. a drop of aceatone on each mast joint and work up and down. Do not get aceatone on paint!
If your DELCO WINDSHIELD ANTENNA radio suffers from wiper noise (static electricity) clean windshield with DAWN and then apply RAIN X and, install new wiper blades if necessary. It is static electricity, from the blades across the antenna. I like these cause they keep the mast clean.
As NO relibale made to fit kits are made to do this, my advice is to forget about trying to cram a FM turner into the radio! Instead leave radio factory go with an external AudioVox FM Converter that was made in the late 60's and early 70's. I no longer sell these but i do still restore them for $50.00
They are 1"X4"X4~6" The best FM reception of any Mono FM turner i have ever found. Simply unplug the antenna form the radio and plug into the antenna port of the the FM Converter and then plug the antenna wire from the Converter into where You just removed the cars antenna on the radio, hook up the fused wire to +12Volts DC, tune the AM radio to 1400 and tune in the FM stations on the converter all You have to do to go back to AM is turn the volume down to save Your ears and push one button on the Converter.
CONVERTING A MONO RADIO TO STEREO:
This notion of converting a mono radio to stereo sounds great BUT the only kits i have ever seen to do this are nothing but JUNK!
Have seen a few conversions where someone went to WAL~MART and bought a $35.00 radio, gutted the Delco and crammed this JUNK inside KEEP IT DELCO!
From 66 until some time in the mid 70s when Delco went to a one peice Stereo unit Delco had two radios an all MONO unit and a [better sounding] unit that was sold most of the time as a MONO unit BUT had a round shorting plug in the back that could be removed and an optional black box STEREO MULTI-PLEXER ! plugged in that had the second channel of audio in it. Since most of these radios were sold with out the plexer the stereo light is not seen unless it is on [making it impossible to tell witch unit You have with out checking model # or for the shorting plug.] Because the plexer units were LOW preduction # add ons, kinda hard to find now days, VERY difficult to find parts for and even more difficult to get to work right, I charger $350.00 just to do the plexer.
IF You must have stereo [so You can brag to the guys at the water cooler] my suggestion is to get the factory Delco Stereo set up! IF You want GREAT! sounds [so folks two blocks away turn to see what You got going on!] use the MONO radio with my line out added to drive a 200 Watt power amp along with some great speakers!
Delco's electronics DESTROYED and new throw a way "JUNK ELECTRONICS" [with a hart stooping 44 watt amp IHF not RMS witch is really 4 watts] Installed inside case. I see Delcos destroyed and this worthless junk installed! Why? Because they can not repair the DELCO. Ask those who push this "NONE SENSE" were will You NEW DISPOSABLE ELECTRONICS be in 5 years if it works at all today? (same place a bic lighter goes when it quits.)
The turner in the DELCO will lock onto stations that the new ones skip over. .37RMS watts of power is the only real improvement. Yes .37 just over 1/3 of a real watt!! Compare that to a 600 watt Stereo power amp that YOUR DELCO'S VOLUME & TONE CONTROL DRIVES! by adding a line out {that is as clean as any audio there is! Not using the dirty speaker level output transistor}! Now go ahead and Drop in an additional 1000 watt mono blocks on the bottom end, a 600 watt~4 channel for the mids, along with a Digital Reverb & 400 watts for the top end IF YOU want a REAL stereo worthy of a CLASSIC! Plus the Delco is the same as the day she left the FACTORY with a few REVERSIBLE MODIFICATIONS, performed by THE ONLY DELCO CERTIFIED RADIO SERVICE TECH for the 1958 to 1975 models!
New modern day electronics? ALL analog transistor circuits are covered by Bell Laboratory patents of 1938! No amp in any auto sounds as good as does the 6V6 tube used in the 53,54, Corvette radios!
IF this "NEW MODERN DIGITAL ELECTRONICS" is so great. Why do recording studio engineers run it through "TUBES" to make it sound "GOOD"?
IF the front speakers are in the kick panels no matter what You do they are are not going to sound very good at all cause the air from them never gets into Your ears!
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