At 5:46 PM 9/13/96 -0400, Carl Musson (EVENTS) wrote:
>I saw an installation similar to what you described about 20 years ago.
>My recollection was that it was painted with the krinkle type paint
>similar to the center panel in the dash.. Or at
>least the fascia was. sides, etc. I dunno...
>
>
>On Fri, 13 Sep 1996 Paulsv@aol.com wrote:
>
>> I have a question to pose to the collective wisdom of the list. I have some
>> literature that was published in one of the TR register publications several
>> years ago concerning the optional (dealer installed?) radio kit for the TR3.
>> This literature includes drawings for the brackets that hold the radio and
>> speaker on the top of the trans tunnel cover, and form kind of a console or
>> facia in front of the gearshift that the radio and speaker faces were mounted
>> into. It appears to be relatively easy to fabricate from sheet metal.
>> However, there is nothing in the literature about what the finish on these
>> parts was. Are they painted or vinyl covered, and in what color? Anyone out
>> there with an original Smiths Radiomobile installation who could let me know?
AAARRRRGG!!!!
I just spent over an hour looking for the photos. About 4 or 5 years back
a TR3 from Calgery Canada came down to the Portland All British Field meet
with that radio installed. I took a series of pictures of it and made a
drawing with overall dimensions. And of course I can not find them to
reply to this email.
The radio I believe was PYE.
The basic enclosure was three sided (front, both sides). The front is
rectangular. The sides, made from the same sheet as the front, came back
about a half inch. The rear edge was vertical for about a third of the way
from the top, went diagonal twords the rear, then went horizontal. There
was a flange that stuck aout at about 45 degrees along the bottom for
mounting to the tounnel. The lower side was a little longer than the
radio.
There was a second rectangular sheet of sheet metal shaped like an inverted
'U' with very short sides. This fit inside the vertical three sided sheet
forming a top that the radio was mounted under. It was level with the top
of the rear horizontal area.
There was a tube type PYE AM radio mounted at the bottom front under the
sheet metal top. There was a 5X9 oval speaker mounted at the front above
the radio behind a chrome grill. The finish was crinkle black.
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| | <- speaker mount side view
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| \
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| \______ <- sheet metal top inside at this level
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| | <- radio box
|___________|
|___________| <- diagonal mounting flange
On the positive side I found macro photos of an original TR3 washer pump
knob I didn't remember having
TeriAnn
twakeman@scruznet.com
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