Re: [FWDLK] 55 Plymouth radios

["Paul Schmidt" <shmitato@xxxxxxx>]

I do not know about Mopar, but Packard DID have 6 volt search tune radios.
         Paul A. Schmidt
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Bishop <bishop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Friday, June 04, 1999 4:50 PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] 55 Plymouth radios


>Thanks to those who gave input on my radio question.  I opened the cases
and
>they both have 5 tubes inside plus three on the back making 8.
>
>I also talked to a guy who has been repairing older radios for years and he
>told me that the 8-tube radio had push buttons while the 6-tube had none.
>The model number beginning with an "8" means 8-tube.
>
>Apparently the search tune radios were first available in '56 so there are
no
>6-volt search tunes.  I guess I can stop looking for one now!
>
>Robert
>