Period Radios..

[morgy]

Originally Posted by rsk289

Mark, I doubt radios were fitted by SA on cars coming back to Europe. My experience of Mustangs etc. (where radios make a little more sense - but not much), is that US broadcast frequencies differed from UK ones so a US-installed period radio will not work in the UK. Obviously one could still be fitted for appearance's sake, but it's unlikely AC dealerships here in the UK would sell cars fitted with unusable radios. My guess is COB radios were all dealer-fitted, so anything of the right period would be 'correct'. I'd be looking at Radiomobile, Motorola, HMV - anything that was fitted in (for example) a Jag would be right, I'd think. We'd moved away from bulky separate valve amps by '66, thank heavens.

Thanks for the replies...

Agreed SA probably wouldn't have fitted as an option but dealer fitted.. I am more interested in what was actually fitted to COB/COX cars Thames ditton cars Photos/model numbers etc to give me an idea.. It may not have been a "Good" Option to have in a "cobra" but when your car WAS fitted with one it should really have one, Shouldn't it? Whether it was dealer retro fitted or Factory fitted is another discussion i guess.. As my car was Supplied by HW motors it could safe to assume an Aston martin Radio could be a good bet.. Who knows???
The Original Owner can not remember much about the car at all as he only had it for around 6-8 months.. but the original bill of sale shows a radio