[Healeys] Austin Healey Radio?

Mike Slechta mslechta at chartermi.net
Thu Oct 21 21:37:53 MDT 2010


If the Motorola was made for the American market, how did it handle the
reverse polarity ( + earth )?  Unless you could change the polarity of the
radio or car, the whole system, including antenna would have to be
electrically isolated from the Healey.  I learned this the hard way.
Mad Mike
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Olin Brimberry
  To: HealeyRick
  Cc: healeys at autox.team.net
  Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 10:05 PM
  Subject: Re: [Healeys] Austin Healey Radio?


  I actually have an original Motorola that came from a BJ8 and it is
  identical in knobs and in font to the numbers, but it did not have
  "AUSTIN HEALEY" on it.  I would bet that was an original US band
  Motorola radio that someone put the AH sticker on it.  Kind of like
  the windshield sunblocks with the car model typed across it.  There
  was probably an outfit making these for radio face plates (sold at JC
  WHitney) when graphics were being overdone in the 80s.

  Olin
  On Oct 21, 2010, at 10:47 PM, HealeyRick wrote:

  > Doug,
  >
  > I think it's interesting that if I was the original owner of this
  > car, I would
  > call the radio a "factory" one.  In reality, who knows?  Did
  > Motorola make a
  > special run for Healeys?  Did the distributor or dealer commission
  > some
  > special faceplates?  All part of the fun of trying to determine what
  > was
  > "original".
  >
  > Rick
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