Classic radio's

Post by **pim123** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:16 pm

Yep, got a message from Ebay this afternoon...it sold for AU 185,- and that's without the P&P...must be something very special !! (but a bit to much money for me)

Post by **bigginger** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:27 pm

£75, fact fans...

Post by **pim123** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:34 pm

Andrew, what do you mean ?

Post by **alex_holden** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:37 pm

185 AUD is about 75 GBP.

Post by **pim123** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:43 pm

ah ok, and do you think it was worth it ?, do you think it was a British Motor Company radio ?

Post by **alex_holden** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:56 pm

It seems a bit steep to me considering it was sold as "it was working 20 years ago." I doubt it was made by BMC but it may have been rebadged by them and fitted to one of their cars.

Post by **pim123** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:04 pm

Well there's probably something we don't know...and the aussies do...

Post by **tickman** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:08 pm

you could look into finding a radio that looked the part and get a BMC sticker made up to fit the unit you have! might be cheaper than £75 plus postage from down under!
just another idea that is all as you car was not fitted with anything as standard so you have a lot of scope as to what is considered correct.

Post by **pim123** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:13 pm

You are right there Tickman, I'm just curieus and like a radio that's right for the car's age and looks nice also.

Post by **pim123** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 1:35 pm

Found it ! On page 23 of the Minor Monthly of august 2006 is a BMC radio with logo !
It is a Diamond Dot radio specialy made for Australia

Post by **Kevin** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 8:00 am

It is a Diamond Dot radio specialy made for Australia

Well that answers that query, but over here that name could be applied to a certain character from one of our soap operas

Post by **paulhumphries** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 8:38 am

My convertible, I've just scrapped, had a speaker mounted in the hole under the left had glove box. Fitted well almost as if that is what it was intended for ? No glove box on my car though so I don't know if it would have fouled that.
I'm lucky in that I've a late 1960's push button radion, with FM, that I removed from my Volvo P1800

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I got fed up of all the old LM/MW radios lying around so binned them last year. I'd looked into having them adapted to receive FM but too expensive. Cheaper to buy a modern unit with a remote control and hide it out of the way ?

Paul Humphries.

Post by **Nigel2** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 7:17 pm

Been away, just looked at this post again, I take it all back there IS a radio with BMC on it. Well I never!!

Nigel