That's cool.  Those were pretty decent radios, and still 
can be when maintained (replace polarized caps and 
speakers).  Of course they don't have todays' features, 
but they are a lot more repairable.  No radio built today 
will be operational in 4 decades (and probably not the 
car either).  

Bruce Roe

5 Nov 2006  John Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> That would be a 1969 big-body Olds radio, 88 and 98...
> probably a 98, the wonderbars were pretty high-class. 
> Not stereo, but it at least has a rear speaker.
> 
> I have a couple and, when I send them off to be fixed, 
> the dude is going to move the transistor and its heatsink 
> from the driver's side of the radio, and the transformer 
> from the right, and relocate them onto the back of the 
> unit, thus enabling it to fit into a A-body's dash (at 
> least a 67 A-body.)
> 
> John

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