"Also, I think this conversion is a good idea since there is not much
of a market for AM radio & it's unlikely someone will bother to
steal that AM from your '62 - '65 Mopar."
Hmmmm.....interesting, but how about this idea:
Leave your original radio just how it is...original.
Buy a new tape cassette stereo, with CD capability, and REMOTE CONTROL
capability, and stow it in the trunk up under the parcel tray, out of
sight.
Install next to this unit, a "remote control extender", with one end of
the unit going to the new stereo, and the other end, the receiver end,
going to somewhere VERY inconspicuous in the dash, such as inside above
the ashtray or up inside the glovebox. (The receiver end is the size of
a match-head, is black, and is connected via a length of wire to the
transmitter which is directed at the infra-red receiver component of
your new stereo in the trunk.)
When you want to listen to quality stereo production, just aim your
remote control at your hidden receiver, and do what you want...change
stations, skip, search, play, change CD's...whatever, and your original
radio is still original and there is no new "Made In China" crap to be
seen.
With dual rear antennaes, you can have the original radio operating off
of one antennae, utilising the original long wire from one antennae, and
have your new stereo under the parcel shelf operating off the shorter
wire from the second antennae.
These remote control extenders are DIRT CHEAP and very simple! Around
US$30-00 (Thirty Dollars), and run off 12 volts DC.
Just another idea...........
Glenn.
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