Vintage radio repair

Just picked up an early 60's Rocket AM/FM Wonderbar radio, for the '64 starfire ragtop project. Gotit on e-gay cheap, cause it is missing some parts. Did a search on the HAMB vendors section, no results.

Anyone know of person or company that fixes these old radios?

J.T.

 

Pick up a copy of Hemmings...there are 10-12 listings for old radio repair...
under "services offered"..take your pick...

 

One thing you may want to consider is having it upgraded to a stereo and even a CD player. Several guys can upgrade an old radio. I usually see them at flea markets and don't have a web site for you. You might be able to come up with some great tunes with not much more than a standard rebuild. It's just something to consider.

 

I am looking into that too, I want to have my 67 Olds radio done
I found these two:
first guy seems a little "odd" but might be very good : http://www.wonderbarman.com/
and the second one does add a aux input so you can connect a ipod or XM tuner. http://www.vintageautoradio.com/
I think i'm going to do the conversion w/ ipod
Anybody actually used them ?
Rik

 

Hey JT, There's at least 2 here in FL. I'll have to dig through some
business cards,but I know there here.

 

I do ALOT of wonderbar radios. You said its missing parts- Do you know what or have pictures.

You wanted it repaired, upgraded or looking for info to fix it yourself? Let me know how I can help- I own www.joesclassiccarradio.com
We do restorations, add AUX iputs to stock radios and digital conversions. Let me know if I can help.

And for anyone wondering about the pictured radio- its a 1968 Mustang radio with ALPINE internals. All functions can be controlled by the pushbuttons and knobs/backrings or by the remote. Ipod ready and HD/SAT/Bluetooth compatible.

-Joe-

 

Your site seems to be offline ? I got a "Sorry, the page you requested was not found." message
Rik

 

My Site? Seems to work when I click on the link above. Anyone else having issues?

 

Link works for me. Joe, I think I've sold you some radios on eBay. Your work looks good.

I'm always just a little worried about sending a radio by mail in case it gets lost or never comes back. Some of these AM/FM factory units are extremely valueable.

I know I have a '64 Pontiac full size AM/FM for my '64 Olds (same radio, just says "Pontiac" on the slider bar, I've got an AM/FM from a '64 300K and an AM/FM/8-track for my GTO. Knowing how difficult it would be to find replacements, I'd like to walk it in to someone local.

Maybe it's just me and I'm being paranoid.