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Post by kaiuwe on Jul 7, 2008 20:14:17 GMT
Hi, my car is a 1973 P5B Saloon which has a modern Radio from a Landrover discovery fitted. I don´t think, that looks very nice and want to replace it with an old radio, maybe an original one. Does anyone have such a radio which is for sale, how much will it cost an how much will be post and package to germany, where I´m from ? Or does anyone know, where I can get a radio, which has to replace this modern thing? Many thanks for your answers and your help...I just can´t stand it anymore to hear people say: "Nice car, but the radio is not original"  Kai-Uwe |
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Post by johnwp5bcoupe on Jul 7, 2008 20:38:48 GMT
I don't know what you are going to listen to on AM? why not fit the centre glovebox door and fit the radio behind  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2008 21:17:51 GMT
If you want a original radio and live in Germany, you should fit a Blaupunkt Köln or Frankfurt, from the early seventies. I don't know about Germany but cars sold new in Sweden was never equipped with Radiomobiles because we had FM radio from the late fifties and I think you had FM radio in Germany from the fifties on. You can find a Köln or Frankfurt on e-bay in Germany.
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Post by Phil Nottingham on Jul 7, 2008 21:22:36 GMT
Vintage Radio (see wbsite sell and convert period British and even "Bluespot" better known now as Blaupunkt most of which were VHF/FM nayway. Whlist traditionalist new Rover buyers went for the various models made by UK Radiomobile (Smiths/Pye etc) more discerning ones went for the extremely expensive but superior W German ones with FM presets which would surely be readily obtainable locally?
Otherwise period UK radios regulary do turn up on Ebay as they were fitted to virtually every UK car but not as standard equipment.
they may no longer work very well either as certain of the electronic bits do seem to have a finite life of around 40 years so will need rebuilding anyway
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Post by kaiuwe on Jul 7, 2008 22:11:35 GMT
...many thanks to all of you for your quick answers... I just like the look of the old radios and I don´t mind, if the sound is not "quadrophonic" . That´s why I don´t want to hide a modern one under the seat or elsewhere. But I wondered whether there is "the one an only" radio for the P5B. Now I know  Blaupunkt ones are easily to find here in germany and I think I will try to get one for my old lady. Many thanks again Kai-Uwe |
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Post by Phil Nottingham on Jul 8, 2008 23:50:08 GMT
If it came from the period it will be period and a correct contemporary fitment for a P5B - it was also far superior than the traditional top of the range Radiomobiles mainly chosen by new buyers.
Its best to use the front and rear speaker postions with the tunnel fader control (a standard modern item anyway) too - the rear speaker gives the better base tones
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Post by Warwick on Jul 9, 2008 0:00:55 GMT
You could also open up the old radio when you find one you like, and modify the on/off switch to operate an MP3 player hidden behind it. Then load the player with your favourite '60s and '70s tracks and drive around in a time warp.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2008 18:58:31 GMT
König Klassik-Radios, sell an adapter cable for old Blaupunkts for 22 EUR. See: www.koenigs-klassik-radios.de/I have one to my Blaupunkt Köln, it works perfect with my mobile Ericsson W810. |
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Post by miguel on Jul 9, 2008 20:49:57 GMT
Isnt it possible to, with the classic radio, put a new core inside?
At least an AM/FM? Like this we dont compromisse the looks and have a working radio.
Miguel
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2008 21:34:16 GMT
I don't think it is a compromise to use a Blaupunkt FM set from the early seventies. Because if you bought a new P5 in Sweden or Germany they was never equipped with AM radios.
The cars come to Sweden without radios and the dealer in Sweden installed a suitable FM set. I remember the car radio market in Sweden in the early seventies and the only set you was supposed to install in an expensive car was Blaupunkt Köln or Frankfurt, because Blaupunkt was the brand you choose if you wanted a radio that really worked.
Lars
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Post by Phil Nottingham on Jul 9, 2008 21:46:08 GMT
That what I was trying to say - its not a compromise it is period/authentic and actually works
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Post by stantondavies on Jul 9, 2008 22:29:40 GMT
Bear in mind that analogue radio is going the same way as analogue television - ie digital - though probably not for fifteen years or so. But it will happen and ANY period radio will have to be modified eventually.
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Post by Warwick on Jul 10, 2008 0:55:22 GMT
The same thing happened in Australia. Cars arrived without radios and locally made units were fitted here. The locally designed radios were better suited to our conditions and foreign radios tended not to work as well once you drove beyond the suburbs. Due to our small population and large distances between population centres, car radios needed to be very sensitive with a good "front end" in the receiver.
Eventually as local manufacturers ceased production because of increasing competition from Japan, some producers (such as Eurovox) resorted to designing them here and having them made in Japan. Sadly they have now gone too but the best reception still comes from these older radios. But the market has changed too and a radio in a new car is probably less important now than a CD player or Bluetooth iPod adapter.
Digital radio has been on the horizon here for a few years now, but they keep delaying it due to public indifference. I believe it is now probably only a couple of years off. I understand that there will be converters that will retransmit in FM to your existing radio, but that will mean any tuning will be done on the digital receiver with only volume, tone, balance, etc. being contolled on the original radio which will remain tuned to one frequency.
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Post by johnwp5bcoupe on Jul 10, 2008 6:06:26 GMT
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Post by Warwick on Jul 10, 2008 7:24:20 GMT
Just the thing for anyone buying that 18,000 quid coupe.
Looks good though John.
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Post by Phil Nottingham on Jul 10, 2008 17:10:41 GMT
I would prefer the Blaupunkt!
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