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Re: [Healeys] Austin Healey Radio?

To: mslechta@chartermi.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Austin Healey Radio?
From: dwflagg@juno.com
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:11:19 -0400
The Motorola was made as a positive ground, negative ground or reverse
polarity an was labeled as such,

Doug
 
> 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@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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