My 1967 Eldorado originally came with an AM
radio only, which is basically useless in
todays world. The seller of the car put an
FM/AM unit in the trunk which he had for
the car but never installed it.
Today my wife helped me trying to replace
it. It is always a pain to get the old
radios out, as the electrical connectors
are pretty hard to reach if you have big
hands like me... After some fiddling and
lots of bad cursing, the radio eventually
came out. During this procedure I found out
that somebody messed around with the
speaker cables which go to the rear
speakers and installed new ones - which
were connected directly to the front
speaker. They cut the wire going to the
front speakers and spliced in the rear
speakers. Not very well done...
When I finally managed to install the “new”
AM/FM radio I found out that it does not
fit at all... It either comes from a 66 or
a 69 Cadillac?
So I installed the old AM radio coming from
my convertible where I did the same
procedure 2 years ago - only to find out
that non of the 2 speakers seem to work
anyways...
I now have to find a good used 1967 AM/FM
radio and 2 speakers - the list of things I
need is getting longer everyday. I will
also have to repair the wiring of the rear
speaker back to original.
Thanks to my wife Afra for helping me!
removing the dash
the removed dash
removing the radio buttons was the easiest
part
Afra repairing the wiring of the old radio
sometimes its good to have some small hands
Tags:Radio, Restoration, 1967, Eldorado