I put photos up on the temp area. here: http://www.imperialclub.com/temp/Crabtree/ I think you're on to something there Roger. A quick search turns up that, in 1967, Stanley purchased Multi-Elmac to make radio controls for garage door openers. With a pushbutton under the dash, I'll bet you've got an old transmitter. This was quite a luxury item in the 50's! --MarkE ----- Original Message ----- From: "roger crabtree" <rcrabshish@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2004 7:48 AM Subject: Re: IML: Little black box > Hi list, > A big Montanaaaaa tip of the hat to Mark Evans. I > think I now know what the little black box (OK it is > silver) is. If you look at the link that Mark sent it > shows an add stating that they moved. When you open > that link it shows that they specialised in garage > door openers. I suppose there is a door that opens > every time I have pushed that fool button. There is > another possibility. The car came from Western > Montana. That region is mountains and valleys. In > 1955 there was probably just a few radio stations in > the area. Population in that area was nothing like it > is now. I suppose it could also be some type of > antenna booster. I will check on that this morning. > I never thought of either of these things. All this > time I thought it was a 6-12 volt converter. I am > going to investigate further and will let the list > know. > RC Billings, Montanaaaaaa > > --- Mark Evans <evansma@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Multi-Elmac was a line of Amateur Radio gear in the > > years after WWII. I'm > > not finding references to the "TF" designation. But, > > they had a popular line > > of transmitters and receivers, the AF54 and PMR6. > > They had external power > > supplies and required 6V @ 6A or 12V @3A, AC for the > > filametns. I wonder if > > the device you're looking at is a vibrator unit for > > operation of one of > > these devices? > > > > Is there any evidence of antenna mounts on the car? > > Many Hams didn't spend a > > lot of time patching up holes after removing their > > radio gear (including me > > :-) ). > > > > You can read more about Multi-Elmac transmitters and > > receivers here: > > http://www.qsl.net/n9bor/Multi-Elmac.htm > > > > Be sure to check out some of the vintage ads of this > > gear. Boy, I can smell > > the soldering iron now! > > > > Mark Evans > > 1963 Imperial Crown Convertible > > > http://www.imperialclub.org/~maevans/MyImperial/index.html > > 1968 Dodge Polara 500 Convertible > > > http://www.imperialclub.org/~maevans/MyPolara/index.html > > > > > > > > > > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com > > ----------------- > > This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing > > List. Please > > reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your > > response will be > > shared with everyone. Private messages (and > > attachments) for the > > Administrators should be sent to > > webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to > > http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm > > > > > > ===== > RC Billings, Montanaaaaaa > > http://www.imperialclub.com/temp/1955/RogerCrabtree/ > > > Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. > http://au.movies.yahoo.com > > > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- > This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please > reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be > shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the > Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm