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From: michael king <michael.s.king@gmail.com>
Date: 19 August 2010 09:18
Subject: Re: [Tigers] radios
To: rande@thecia.net
http://www.sunbeamalpine.org/index.php?categoryid=82&p2_articleid=13
This is a link to images of all the Alpine/Tiger radios
On 19 August 2010 00:24, rande <rande@thecia.net> wrote:
> Hi,
> I posted something about this yesterday, but apparently it didn't make it
> to
> the group.
>
> The actual radio unit in the eBay pictures look correct for a 1A, the
> enclosure
> is from a older Tiger/Alpine, and the black trim plate seems out of
> place.In
> 20 years of looking at and photographing Tigers and Alpines,this is the
> first
> times I've seen a black trim plate used for a stock installation. Without
> being
> close enough to the part, my guess is maybe the enclosure was used for a
> different,
> non standard radio at some point and the tuner hole cutouts were modified.
> I
> believe Bendix made this radio, and versions of it were also OEM in the
> States
> for Volvo and Volkswagen during 1966-7 with essentially just the clear
> plastic
> tuner dial etched for the specific car make.
>
> The typical mounting for a Tiger 1A and Mark II radio of this period was a
> just
> a small trapezoidal faceplate, and no integral speaker enclosure. Obviously
> I can t include pictures on this user group, but I ve scanned some, if
> individuals
> need them. Having written this, I found a photo of a 66 1A that I believe
> the
> same owner has had since it was one year old. It shows the same enclosure
> as
> the one from eBay, but the photo was not taken close enough for me to ID
> the
> actual radio, and perhaps the selling dealer was getting rid of old stock.
>
> I also have a scan of the rare later radio, I believe from Motorola, that s
> marked by black tuner buttons, volume and manual tuning knobs. The outside
> knobs
> are flat and the tuner buttons are a more softer design. I actually have an
> AMFM Volkswagen version from 1968. My hunch is that the redesign was done
> to
> meet 1968 instrument panel protrusion requirements legislated by the US.
> And, again, this just a hunch, but maybe the first owner of this second 66
> 1A waited more than a year later to buy a Sunbeam radio, and the later one
> was
> the only one available. I write this because I have pictures of two
> separate
> original Mark II s. and they both have the chrome button radio with the
> small
> trapezoidal bezel.
>
> This is a long answer to the basic question. The eBay Tiger radio itself
> looks
> correct for the 1A application, and this is afterall what the buyer should
> concentrate
> on. Getting the correct enclosure or small bezel could be fairly simple to
> locate.
> You could also ask the seller if maybe there's nothing wrong with the
> enclosure,
> but the black faceplate was added as overkill.
>
> RB
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