I had mine done by Gary Tayman Electrical in Sarasota FL. Beautiful job and
quick turnaround.
his web site is http://www.gate.net/~gtayman/
He also sells Custom Autosound products.
Jack Halton
51 GMC 1/2 ton
Winter Park FL
----- Original Message -----
From: "john cook" <johncook@bigsky.net>
To: "Jack Halton" <safesix@earthlink.net>; "THE BROWNS" <armory@swbell.net>;
<oletrucks@autox.team.net>; <old-chevy-truck@egroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 1:22 AM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Custom auto sound
> For the life of me, I cant rember who,but someone can turn our origonal
> radios into wonder-bar Am/Fm CD changers.Clearly a finer look
> John Cook 46 Deco 50 1/2 50 3/4 Traffic calming device
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jack Halton <safesix@earthlink.net>
> To: THE BROWNS <armory@swbell.net>; oletrucks@autox.team.net
> <oletrucks@autox.team.net>; old-chevy-truck@egroups.com
> <old-chevy-truck@egroups.com>
> Date: Saturday, September 23, 2000 8:09 AM
> Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Custom auto sound
>
>
> >I have had one of the USA-4 units in my truck for about 5 years. It died
> >once and was promptly repaired free at the factory. It has survived
> repeated
> >deluges from a leaky windshield and cowl vent. So I would have to say it
is
> >a reliable unit and the support is good.
> >
> >Mine is I think 20W per channel and sounds OK considering the noise level
> in
> >the truck. I have tried a variety of surface mount speakers and none of
> them
> >are that great. The FM and especially AM reception are only fair unless
you
> >live near powerful stations. The cassette portion has worked fine. The
unit
> >fits perfectly and is easy to install.
> >
> >My only complaint with these units is the cheap, plastic chrome face
knobs
> >and buttons, and the illegible digital display... they just don't look
> right
> >in the old trucks. The USA-6, from the pictures I've seen, is even worse.
> >The CA radios are all styled about the same, they just add a decal and
> >surround for the specific vehicle.
> >
> >Nobody else that I know of makes a retrofit radio for the old trucks.
> >Several vendors offer conversions on the original radio which replaces
alll
> >the innards with a AM/FM stereo tuner card. They run about $350 (up) and
of
> >course you have to provide the radio and all the cosmetic pieces to make
it
> >look like new. All of the knobs, buttons, flippers and dial faces are
sold
> >by most of the Old-Truck vendors, so it wouldn't be a great leap for
> >somebody to come up with a little box containing the tuner card and
> operated
> >by the original hardware. Whether the potential market would support such
a
> >product, I dunno, but the original radio design looks wonderful in the
> dash,
> >sort of art-deco, and the CA units don't even come close.
> >
> >Jack Halton
> >51 GMC 1/2 ton
> >Winter Park FL
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "THE BROWNS" <armory@swbell.net>
> >To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>; <old-chevy-truck@egroups.com>
> >Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 11:14 PM
> >Subject: [oletrucks] Custom auto sound
> >
> >
> >> I was looking into the USA 6, but have noticed people making a few
> comment
> >> about them lately. Are the radios really that bad, or just their
> >speakers?
> >> Who else make a good retro-fit radio? Thanks
> >>
> >> Eric Brown
> >> 1951 Chevrolet 3100 "Christine"
> >>
> >> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
> >>
> >
> >oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
> >
>
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