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Well Im still pluggin along backfiring and what not, But at least i figured i would be able to listen to my wonderful AM radio while doing so... I dig the oldies so its cool to catch 1250(wmtr) or 1520(buffalo, but only at night).... Even some news radio to keep informed... (I'm a normal 19 year old i keep tellin' myself)
But sure enough i figured wrong and the radio after playing for a few good minuets just suddenly spit static and quit...
So heres the question... Should I try to fix this radio... If so how? or Replace it with an cheapo afetermarket. or Replace it with aftermarket that is supoosd to look stock, I dont remeber what they call it or even if the do Chryslers. or Try and get the radio from my old 74 NYB, which was AM/FM seeker on floor, but the FM never came in anyhow..
Now you went an done it. . . SELL THE CAR! WMTR Wow, I used to listen to that for school closings when I was younger than you. hehehehe
There was a generic problem with the tuners on those. Surprised your radio still works. Mine was out when I got it, so I stuffed a Radio/CD in there. Fit OK, but a bear to install and support. It's in there mostly with friction. Then it's the on going battle to get speakers installed. Based on what you said, you don't have the dash speakers installed for stereo.
I hunted and scoured all over the place to find one that would look right. But everything is not even close. So I have a silver/gray CD/AM/FM in there now. Rear speakers are well hidden, have to do something in the front yet.
There is a guy in Clifton that restores radios. I met him a few weeks ago at Reese Upholstery in Rockaway. I can get his number for you if you want. . . Lemme' know Steve
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How about this one:
Leave the original radio in just for looks. Install a small amp in the trunk along with two new 3-way speakers, hidden under the original package tray. Then have a cinch cable and a remote power switch cable running under the carpet from the amp to the driver's seat where it plugs into an mp3-player. If you need to listen to radio, go and buy an mp3-player which also features a radio. Now you can operate your miniature juke-box as if you were holding a remote control in your hand. If you don't opt for a "pimp my ride"-style amplifier behemoth, you won't need to run an extra power cable to the amp, but you can instead use the trunk light power cable.
Sounds complicated? Well, er... yes. But it's worth thinking about before going out and buying a new style radio and trying to mount it in the original radio's opening.
Have you checked whether the original radio's reciever or amplifier part got bad? If it was still buzzing it sounds to me as if the receiver gave up. You might find someone who can open it and solder connections to the amplifier part so you could connect a small new electronic radio or mp3-player to the old unit.
Good luck, Daniel
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If you want to keep the stock appearance, there are places that take your stock radio and put 44 watt-per-channel AM/FM guts in it. It also has an input for an external CD player. I think the cost is between $300 and $400. I was going to go that route before I found a correct AM/FM for my '66 at Chryslers at Carlisle a few years ago.
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That seems a bit exspensive, but also very interesting... any idea what place it would be that replaces the guts? Also my car only had the front speakers so i guess theyd need to be changed too, meaning pulling off the dash, right? and how does one pull the radio?
No John It took some doing. You'd have to see mine to get a feel for how it was done. First I took off the dash panel, not too sure how yours comes off, the Fury 69 to 73 was a 2 piece.
Anyway, i had to make some brackets and mounted them using the original radio bolt holes. The radio slid in, barely, and I used some heavy duty wire ties to strap the back to the brackets. The wiring on the new radio is plug in. One wire you splice into your radio circuit. Another is a ground. Those are easy. There is another wire that goes to your battery for the memory. There is a "Batt" on your fuse block you can use. The rest are speakers.
I did something pretty cool. I put to decent 6 X 9's in the rear deck. Reese Upholstry is covering the deck with cloth to hide them. In the front, we figured we could mount the speakers either in the door or in the vents on the kick plates. Since the car has A/C, working at that, I figured is wouldn't matter. However, Reese said he could hide them into the doors. I am putting a pile carpet bottom on the doors. He'll just cut them in and cut a circle in the carpet. I can use the speaker grill meshing to cover them. They'll almost look like they belonged.
The interior is coming along slow. . . . But we're gaining on it. Front seat is done, Pleats are made for the back seat, just need to sew them in. Then it's the door bottoms and the trunk mat. A Month! I wanna drive my car! Sniff Sniff <span class='smallblacktext'>[ Edited Fri Dec 09 2005, 06:48PM ]</span>
They make a speaker ( pic right on the front page ) that fits our dash & has a left/right input. They also have a pair of 6X9's that come with nice flat metal grille's ( black ) that can be painted to match your interior color. I think I paid about 45.00 for the front & about 80.00 for the 2 rears.
I did like Steve & used a modern Pioneer head unit & those speakers. Not a whole lot of separation up front but being the dash it fills nicely. I paid about 160.00 for the Pioneer unit. The Modern Din sizing fits right in Like steve said in our dash. I had the same issue with mounting & just made my own back support that went to the dash frame at the bottom to keep it in place.
The modern units come with nice instructions on how to wire & it's like steve said, 2 power ( 1 constant - 1 switched ) ground & the speaker connections. They do have other connections for Power antenna & such but usually on our cars not used anyway.
The most fun thing is running wires for the speakers & the underdash stuff. Gotta be a contorshonist under the dash! I know on the Fury you can just pull some A/C Ductwork from underneath & reach up to change the speaker, not sure on yours' I cheated on mine.....had the entire dash out for refurbishing & installed everything before the dash went back in. The car was all apart so I ran the rear speaker wires & speakers before installing the interior.
Custom Auto Sound does have their own Stero systems ( Secret Audio ) but don't even bother! Everything I've heard about them is JUNK!
Here's another way for the front speakers I heard some do....make a pattern for the mounting holes from the old speaker to transfer & make a plate that'll hold two 3-3.5" speakers in the center of the dash & if ya wanna get crafty, angle 'em slightly toward each side for more separation.
I saw these guys. . . Thanks. I have been looking for post radios too. They didn't have anything to fit our applications as they were not posts. At least that's what they told me. I'm going over to my car today. I'll take a shot of my radio for you. . . There were no body or wiring mods so it is reversible. I just located a AM/FM from a sports Fury stereo, but it didn't work either. I think I'l buy it and have this guy here in Clifton, NJ repair it. He seems to be pretty reasonable. He was also the one that warned me about these conversions too.