<VV>Transistor Radios

[J R Read_HML]

I'm not sure if this adds much to the conversation as I don't know a great 
deal about radios.  I do recall that we (parents) owned a '60 Bonneville 
which had (must have been transistor) a radio which - the center portion - 
would slide out of the dash.  You could then have tunes with you at the 
beach or picnic - whatever.  In the '60s the radios (most) and the Rock and 
Roll was all on AM.  The classical stuff was on FM and is probably at least 
one of the reasons FM radios from that era and not readily available.

And, we also had - prior to the Pontiac - both a '55 and '57 Buick.  One of 
them had that "wonder bar" (equivalent to "seek" or "scan" on today's 
radios) - I think it was the '57.

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Later, JR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank DuVal" <corvairduval at cox.net>
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Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 10:50 PM
Subject: Re: <VV>Transistor Radios


> Slight change to dates. My '57 Olds 98 has a vibrator radio, and I have 
> worked on a '57 Buick vibrator "Wonder Bar", and a '57 Chevy push button 
> with vibrator. These typically have a separate chassis for the vibrator 
> and audio output, in the case of the Buick it is attached at the end of 
> the main radio. This was to make the radio shorter and wider to fit the 
> new dash profiles.  I do recall high end cars (Eldorado and Imperial) 
> having all transistor radios about '57 or '58. Right now I have CRS and 
> cannot remember if my friend's '59 Cadillac sedan has the vibrator hum. 
> Probably not as the radio works fine!
>
> Frank DuVal
>
> Padgett wrote:
>
>>Delco radios actually went through several transitions in the 50s and 60s
>>1) high B+ voltage tube type radios with vibrators (pre-1957)
>>2) low voltage (12v B+) radios - 1957-1959ish (not at home so cannot look 
>>up)
>>3) low voltage tubes with a single transistor output (1959-1962)
>>4) all transistor radios (1963 model year)
>>
>>Keep in mind that until the late fifties, transistors were considerably 
>>more expensive than tubes and used only in high-end sets.
>>
>>Padgett
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