Re: [Chrysler300] FM radios in 1964 and 65

["obiwan10" <obiwan10@xxxx>]

Here is what I did in my 1971 Corvette that I was unable to put a CD player in the dash(almost all units are DIN now) because of the unique design of the Corvette face plate and radio design(old Alpine analog tuner type with built in cassette unit) that goes into it.

I. Bought a good 4 channel amp
2. Put a pair of 6 x 9 speakers co-ax for the rear in specially configured speaker boxes(gives you all the bass that you will ever need) that you can buy at any Circuit city, a pair of high quality tweeters in the dash where the stock speaker had gone, and a pair of 5 by 7 speakers in the kick panels.

3. These were all tied into the amp with proper crossovers.
4. I then purchased one of these very small Sony mini-disc players that play CD quality material on a disc about 1/4 the size of a CD. You can also record directly to these devices from your home CD player, making custom mini-disc's just as you would a custom cassette tape.
5. This device plugs into the RCA inputs on the 4 channel amp as does the am/fm/cassette deck which is in my dash of the Corvette.
6. I can play the radio or cassette thru the amp or throw a switch and play the mini-disc player thru the Amp. The mini-disc player just lays on my console connected by a single cable to the amp and I can control all functions(volume, track selection, etc) just by picking it up(about the size of a pack of cigarettes).
7. Works perfectly, sounds better then ANY factory new car high line system and for a total cost of about $600.00 for all parts, and the dash looks stock.
8. This approach will work with about any MP3 player or products such as your Apple IPOD units(which now are supported by Windows).

Roger
Calif
----- Original Message ----- 
From: paul holmgren 
To: L.Andrew Jugle 
Cc: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 5:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] FM radios in 1964 and 65


"L.Andrew Jugle" wrote:

snip

> If it was an option in '64 300, the radios are certainly rarer than
> the cars. If your find one, it would be a sin to gut it
> and "modernize". Better you just carry a "boom" box. The early FM
> units are kinda like factory 4 speeds, but rarer.

> L.Andrew Jugle, Elmhurst,IL

I have seriously considered tapping into my radio between the preamp
stage and the amp stage so I could just plug a "boom Box" into the 
factory radio. Any good radio technician can do this with the 
schematics in hand. If I want stereo its no biggy to install the
speakers with concealable plugs wired to them so that the output
of a boombox can be plugged into them. Even a small AM/FM walkman
could supply a good signal to a set of amplified speakers

-- 
Paul Holmgren
Hoosier Corps #33, L-6
2 57 300-C's in Indy

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