Radio Cassette Players

[lowdrag]

Those bonnet mascots were all the rage at the time. They turn up still here and there at car boot sales and auto jumbles.

[grumpy52]

Imagine if you will the look on the face of a typical jag owner of the early 70's as an 18yr old Grumpy stripped his brand new XJ6 down to a bare cabin !Door cards out , all seats out ,carpets out, center console out , lower dash out , heater controls out , boot stripped to bare metal and rear light out .
Rear wing attacked with a holesaw ,inner lower back panel attacked with a holesaw , half the heater control panel mounting cut away and part of the inner door shell cut away .
4 speaker system radio cassette or radio 8track with automatic electric aerial and engine suppression .

[sjmmarsh]

My E-Type had one fitted from new (Sept 73) as an optional extra at a cost of £137.50 - 5 wire wheels were only a £101.75 option.....

It had a Blaupunkt Cambridge M23 fitted. It is still in the car, but only plays cassettes for a few wobbly seconds before ejecting it. Can any one recommend a good place that will service cassette radios?

Steve

[MoggieMinor]

It seemed to be the habit of many motorists when selling their car to "take the wireless out" This, often factory fitted radio would then sit on a shelf in the garage, along with the radio out of their previous car and would never make another sound.

[kdri155]

Slightly off topic, but I bought one of these a couple of years ago as a present for my daughters original mini.

http://www.retrocarstuff.com/classic_car_stereo_re...

They give you the functions of a modern unit with a classic look.

[MoggieMinor]

Not off topic at all. Those look nice.