Pushbutton AM Radio
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The 1961/63 T-Bird radio has 5 chrome rectangular pushbuttons, the inner/outer ***** are chrome. The bezel is trapezoidial shaped w/a brushed finish and is flat as a board.
Does this description match the pics in Post #1? No it does not. In fact, no T-Bird or any other FoMoCo Passenger Car radio looks like the OP's.
Look at all Passenger Car/Truck/Bronco/Econoline and etc radios, see who many you can find with round pushbuttons. I'll save you some time, don't bother lookin' after 1954.
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Thanks for watching for my radios, guys! I bought a '63 Ford and Mercury Truck (F100 - F350) Operator's Manual, hoping there was a picture of my radio in there? No luck, all I saw was the typical, Bendix radio.
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it was a 61 tbird as I just found the post
1961 CONVERTIBLE FORD THUNDERBIRD
last pic, very hard to see as the steering wheel covers most of it. and now that I look more closely it isn't as similar as I thought...
But I DIG the console in it!
1961 CONVERTIBLE FORD THUNDERBIRD
last pic, very hard to see as the steering wheel covers most of it. and now that I look more closely it isn't as similar as I thought...
But I DIG the console in it!
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You can plainly see all five rectangular pushbuttons and a portion of the brushed finished trapezodial shaped bezel.
I had a 1962 Thunderbird Sports Roadster, it's the same basic car as this 1961, except it had the Sports Roadster only fibreglass tonneau cover that covered the back seat and had raised headrests.
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The AM radio used in US trucks (we're still debating whether Canadian trucks used the same one) had three dime sized round holes in the dash used to mount the chassis/bezel.
The two outer holes were for the right/left radio shafts to poke thru, the hole in the center allowed the bulb to shine on the dial.
Some people cut a large hole in the dash to install an aftermarket radio, usually the hole is rectangular.
Is this what your dash looks like?
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There is a rectangular opening about four inches across maybe two in height, with left and right sloted opening. Would rather not cut the painted dash, but would like to find after market product that fits in as is.
LMC had one listed but was always back ordered with no possible delivery date.
This project is slightly custom, not everything is original, but want to maintain integrity of truck.
LMC had one listed but was always back ordered with no possible delivery date.
This project is slightly custom, not everything is original, but want to maintain integrity of truck.
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Tim, that sounds like it was cut for an old style aftermarket **** type radio(as opposed to the newer style square DIN type radios). Custom Autosound makes a selection of radios that'll fit that hole and you can even get them with CD changer and MP3 capability.
I had a similar hole in my dash but whoever cut it, cut it crooked, so I just cut the dash for a DIN radio making sure it's square in the dash now.
Most of the guys in here think it's a sin to cut the dash out, but if someone has cut it already, I don't see the problem with modifying it to suit you.
I had a similar hole in my dash but whoever cut it, cut it crooked, so I just cut the dash for a DIN radio making sure it's square in the dash now.
Most of the guys in here think it's a sin to cut the dash out, but if someone has cut it already, I don't see the problem with modifying it to suit you.
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Yeah! Finally a reference to a Philips radio, thanks 65MercShorty!! He found that info in his "1965 Ford & Mercury Truck Shop Manual". I just bought the manual too, so we'll see what other details are in there, like model codes, pictures etc? It might not actually be the Philips Pushbutton AM Radio at all, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed!
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OK, y'all can start guessing in what vehicle(s) this radio was originally installed. What the outer ***** are from (they are not original to this radio) and what the antenna and its base are from.
Old Harley will prolly say it looks a DeSouse radio, Ipso Dipso will guess 1961/3 Thunderbird or mebbe the super rare Wombat Terradiddle, and someone else will chime in and say it's original to the truck.
It ain't.
Old Harley will prolly say it looks a DeSouse radio, Ipso Dipso will guess 1961/3 Thunderbird or mebbe the super rare Wombat Terradiddle, and someone else will chime in and say it's original to the truck.
It ain't.
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One VERY easy way to tell if a 61-6 F series truck had a radio originally is the antenna location...always on the RH cowl in a specific spot and the hole was egg shaped.....as for the radio in the most recent pics...def not from any Ford truck of any era period......its a clean looking install job in the dash...except the hole plug on the RH side...
I cant wait to see what folks say it is from though...
- cs65
I cant wait to see what folks say it is from though...
- cs65
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One VERY easy way to tell if a 61-6 F series truck had a radio originally is the antenna location...always on the RH cowl in a specific spot and the hole was egg shaped.....as for the radio in the most recent pics...def not from any Ford truck of any era period......its a clean looking install job in the dash...except the hole plug on the RH side...
I cant wait to see what folks say it is from though.
I cant wait to see what folks say it is from though.