Retro car radio anybody?

Boy, I wish I could remember the name of the company that makes these. Try a google search. I recently saw one of their ads and they make exactly what you're looking for.

I have one in my Porsche 356, looks like the 50's/60's era radio but with a cassette player and made to fit the original holes in the Porsche Dash.

 

I have a 1972 era Blaupunkt cassette which had to be one of the first made. It's a POS but all yours for a price.

Ken

 

Hey. There actually are a few companies that make them. Try a few searches, I wish i could also rem. there name. But they are out there.

 

I know there is a BIG company that makes these.

They had a spot on the speed channel a couple of weeks ago.

Sorry, but can't remember the name.

 

I was talking with the guy at Best Buy car area asking if they had these - something that *looks* like a Becker or old Blauplunkt but has all new tech inside (maybe even XM and MP3 capability). He said he'd never heard of such a thing and I asked him well why doesn't he design one himself and sell it (he was telling me he was a business student).

Sounds like there is some niche to be filled (imagine all of the resto-rods and muscle car market)!

 

It doesn't give the name of the manufacturer on the exterior. I will see what I can find, it's no big deal to pull the radio.

I too saw something on SpeedTV, maybe Dream Car garage, or Hemmings. Hey, have you tried Hemmings?

A quick google search for "classic car radios" unearthed this on page 1. This is the general type that I have. Note the one with the CD controller.

http://www.soundmove.com/customautosound.htm

Here's who made my 356 radio, AM/FM Casette. http://www.hemmings.com/images/pdfs/RGClassicTunes.pdf

 

Look through the classic (?) forum. The one for 308s. There was some talk about that in the last month. just do a search on radio.

 

http://www.antiqueautomobileradio.com/

 

Look in Hemmings.

Get an old Becker Europa or Blaupunkt from a Mercedes salvage yard (for the 60's look) and send it to one of the Hemmings adverts (under "services") and have them gut it and replace with modern circuits. Or they have 50's-looking radios outright. Very common operation.

What's it for? You said it wasn't for your F car (a 308 according to your profile - you had a Vega?), there's some strange radio types out there, esp for British cars

Tom

 

http://www.soundmove.com/secretaudio.htm

Not exactly what you're looking for, but I'm sure it could be incorporated in a way to maybe use a vintage faceplate to cover the unit's display.