Upgrade radio?

[Suess]

As I was scrolling through pictures of interiors of 40s plymouths I see that people put car stereos in glove boxes under the dash and one guy even cut a hole in the chrome grill and put the radio there. I have seen the website for sending in the original unit and having it converted to fm/am. But let's say I want to go further than that what about a original unit that does am/fm has amplifier pre outs and the ability to play mp3. Is this possible and if so has anyone here done it. How does it sound? Would you do it again? My goal with this car is to be when someone looks into the interior it looks like it rolled off the assembly line. Any ideas or hints would be much appreciated.

[Young Ed]

I would ask these guys. http://www.turnswitch.com/radio1.htm

[Suess]

That is perfect!! Thank you, they actually offer the mp3 connector I will call them tomarrow and post the results.

[Young Ed]

They restored the AM/FM stereo for dads 69 sport fury. Nice guys and a great looking shop(its local for us).

[Big_John]

These guys do the same conversion using the same parts.

http://www.retroradio.biz/index.html

I only mention them because I have talked to the owner at Carlisle and actually tried out one of their radios. It works great, although it's not cheap.

This is the company that make the conversion and market it through people like Turnswitch and Retroradio.

http://www.radiosforoldcars.com/stereoF.htm

[Suess]

So antique radio does not do the conversions anymore. They will direct me to a authorized dealer. As for the price I was looking at around 500 for the hidden stereo, the reason why I want to stay away from that is I will still need to hide the controller somewhere. If I can have my original stereo do what I want it will be worth it to me. I know I can just put a deck under the seat and use the supplied wireless remote but I think it would be damn cool to use the old one.

[Andydodge]

Theres a guy here in Australia who will do the conversion on the Mopar radio I have for my 41 Plymouth, converted to 12 volts, AM/FM, MP3, ABC,XYZ.....etc.......for around 900-1000 Oz dollars.........I have bolted the radio in the car but continue to sing myself.........also have a colour photo copied clock.........its right twice a day..............lol.......andyd

[Don Coatney]

but continue to sing myself.........

Andy;

Why do I get the felling that I am glad you are in OZ and I cannot hear you:D

[Plymouthy Adams]

you can't get away with that stuff here in the US..we know professional singing and the look of a real clock..even after 10 beers..

[Andydodge]

Well I tried farting in tune and couldn't get the high notes.......too much resonance..........and the skidmarks.......lol...........so singing it has to be........lol............am gunna take the Plymouth to the shop this morning, sun shining, birds singing...me farting...errr.......singing...............lol......regards, andyd

[Andydodge]

Tim........what brand of beer.........that will affect the singing........err, whatever it is.......lol..........andyd

[Don Coatney]

Well I tried farting in tune and couldn't get the high notes.......too much resonance..........and the skidmarks.......lol...........so singing it has to be........lol............am gunna take the Plymouth to the shop this morning, sun shining, birds singing...me farting...errr.......singing...............lol......regards, andyd

You win. Hope you stay on the forum and keep farting and singing around in OZ with your old Mopars:eek:

[Suess]

I talked to turnswitch today. Very helpful. With new glass and full rebuild will be around 525.00 and he is about nine weeks out. I will ship it to him first thing Monday. I will do before and after pic and give a full review. Again thanks for the help.

[White Spyder]

I want to keep my car as close to original as possible. What I did was design a mount behind the OEM speaker location that worked with a modern day speaker. It is tied to an amp under the seat which is powered by a dry cell 12v battery in the trunk. I run my IPod through it.