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KVH

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I'm convinced someone is buying them up.

The only ones I've been able to find are on Craig's List offered at $450. I can't justify that, and neither would resale value.

I've checked EBAY for 6 straight months.

Am I wrong?
 
It took me a long time on ebay to come up with something but eventually I found one at a reasonable price. It helps to do some other keyword searches like Bendix or Motorola to get a 'period' style that works.

I'm pretty sure I have a dead one if you are just looking for a dash filler - let me know if so and I'll have a look.
 
Took me a while too but through creative searching on Ebay, I found one for my TR4 for $20 plus shipping. Works and looks like new. The photo on ebay was very bad so I asked the seller to send me another shot and it looked real nice. I know I got lucky but I did hunt for about a year. If memory serves me right, I found it by searching for a "British Radio" in Ebay Motors.
 
Nah, these were in cars I bought over the years. I would usually pull the existing radio out and put in a new radio. Or the car was so rusty or wreaked so bad that I parted out the car. One of my car club buddies who is a electronics whiz, saw the pile I had and asked if he could go thru them and see which ones are good. I think there were 7 or 8 good ones. He got one for his troubles. I used a couple of them in my cars. One had lots of chrome trim, it looks very good in the A/H3000.

Marv
 
Not quite entirely correct, but very nice are the German made Becker radios from the '60s. These were standard equipment on Mercs and BMWs and seem to be readily available. I put a Becker Europa in my Lotus Europa (it seemed apt) and it works/fits nicely. The Becker Mexico is a nice option too and is available with a cassette deck. You may have to change the cut-out, and some may object to a German made radio in their British car but thought it worth a mention.

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KVH - In case you don't know, we have a local TR4 (and 3 and 6 and another 4) owner who has among his many skills and interests the restoration of old radios. Good to know if you get a non-runner.

Some things really do take a rocket scientist.
 
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