1979 F150 am radio ...Looking for Am / FM Radio conversion
1979 F150 with a am radio ...Looking for Am / FM Radio conversion
Any one able to assist? See a few on eBay for $159 but I take it I have to cut wires... Thanks guys |
Depends on what you want to spend, and what you do or don't want to do to your truck.
I wanted it to look bone stock, and retain the No battery drain function that the original radio had, so I took my radio out and took it to a local guy who wired an auxilary input jack into it. When you plug something into the jack it supercedes the Antenna input and your I-pod or whatever then plays through your still stock radio. My I-pod plays local radio channels, so total cost $20 Kicker makes a small "hidden" unit that you can wire to the speakers and that plays and controls an I-pod The unit charges, and controls the I-pod, and you basically then ignore your stock radio. Cost $200 plus an I-pod Several guys have made the swap / conversion to the DIN style head units with just a little Fabbing. Cost is dependent on the system you install. |
i had pulled my radio/defrost bracket out and made a new one to hold a new style radio , any sheet metal shop should be able to do that if its the direction you would want to go
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Originally Posted by RunninD
(Post 13872893)
Depends on what you want to spend, and what you do or don't want to do to your truck.
I wanted it to look bone stock, and retain the No battery drain function that the original radio had, so I took my radio out and took it to a local guy who wired an auxilary input jack into it. When you plug something into the jack it supercedes the Antenna input and your I-pod or whatever then plays through your still stock radio. My I-pod plays local radio channels, so total cost $20 Kicker makes a small "hidden" unit that you can wire to the speakers and that plays and controls an I-pod The unit charges, and controls the I-pod, and you basically then ignore your stock radio. Cost $200 plus an I-pod Several guys have made the swap / conversion to the DIN style head units with just a little Fabbing. Cost is dependent on the system you install. |
Originally Posted by GOLFER1ESS
(Post 13873149)
I have heard that the stock AM speaker will not play fm music... is this true?
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I bought one from these guys and thought it was the best bang for the buck.Vintage Car Radio .com
It was an exact fit but I don't remember the details of the wiring so I assume there was no issues there either.. |
I left my stock radio in place . I hate to cut up my dash . I got a CB mounting bracket and mounted an aftermarket radio under the dash like you would mount a CB radio . Now I have a modern radio/cd/Mp3 player etc. and no chopped up dash . I did something similar in my 65 years ago . Just a thought !
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Originally Posted by miketaheny
(Post 13874013)
I bought one from these guys and thought it was the best bang for the buck.Vintage Car Radio .com It was an exact fit but I don't remember the details of the wiring so I assume there was no issues there either..
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Golfer, the AM will play the FM stations it just doesn't receive them due to the wrong frequency. if you bypass the input (the antenna) and use your I-pod like I did with mine it plays everything that it gets fed. The signal is decoded by the I-pod so there is no issue.
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am/fm tuner
Have you looked at retrosound.com They make some awesone vintage looking am/fm tuners that you dont have to cut your dash for at all they fit i n the stock harness i just picked one up for my 1975 ford f250. They have usb inputs, bluetooth, handsfree calling the whole works built in crossover if you wan't to add subs later. a little pricey at around 299.00 but you don't have to cut your dash and you can keep the stock look
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Still looking for a stock looking AM/FM Unit i can wire in....
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Look for a stock on on eBay???
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LMC sells some
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Originally Posted by Dave145
(Post 13900849)
Look for a stock on on eBay???
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Not seeing any on eBay ...
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