I took advantage of the warm weather today and being off of work and started to tear my car apart. The radio and the clock need fixed, so I decided to take them out first. Thank goodness for shop manuals! Here are a few pics of the destruction, er, progress.....
Let the chaos begin....
- Thread starter Shawn Blyler
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Jeremy D. Ledford
PCS Volunteer Chapter President
Ya got anybody in mind to fix your clock and radio yet Shawn?
No, not really. Have seen some ads in Hemmings, but other than that, no idea. Do you know someone/someplace?
Jeremy D. Ledford
PCS Volunteer Chapter President
Got a cousin that re-works clocks and radios for vintage cars. I've got his info listed in the Recomended Vendors forum as Clock and Radio Conversions. Might wanna give him a try!
I use this guy out of California. David Lindquist 562-698-4445
Very reasonable priced
Very reasonable priced
radio swap
Shawn dose your rear radio controls work? I cant get my am radio to work with the rear controls you can turn it on and hear static but the rear control has no control over the radio. I finally removed the am radio and instlled a am fm from anther car and that worked great but the rear control still dose not work, I reinstall the am radio into the hearse where it still dont work so I thing I can write off that radio, I had the am fm installed in the hearse and moved it into limo. I installed a new am fm cd i pod radio in the trunk and installed speakers under the seats. My kids don't care for radio they only want to hear their i pods in the speakers I would love to find a am that radio and get the rear controls working agion. USA parts have radios that will fit into the car with cassets or cd
Shawn dose your rear radio controls work? I cant get my am radio to work with the rear controls you can turn it on and hear static but the rear control has no control over the radio. I finally removed the am radio and instlled a am fm from anther car and that worked great but the rear control still dose not work, I reinstall the am radio into the hearse where it still dont work so I thing I can write off that radio, I had the am fm installed in the hearse and moved it into limo. I installed a new am fm cd i pod radio in the trunk and installed speakers under the seats. My kids don't care for radio they only want to hear their i pods in the speakers I would love to find a am that radio and get the rear controls working agion. USA parts have radios that will fit into the car with cassets or cd
Wood trim
Their was a guy a few years ago that sold the dash wood trim for the 68s I wish I had bought two of them any Idea where you can get on I see you trim is faded also
Their was a guy a few years ago that sold the dash wood trim for the 68s I wish I had bought two of them any Idea where you can get on I see you trim is faded also
Good luck Shawn, you're a much braver man than I. :3_7_11v:
Thanks. I don't mind tearing things apart if I have book to tell/show me how. I have MANY more things to rip into over the winter. All of my window motors are weak and need attention, the driver's side vent window does not work at all and most of my glass run channels need replaced. All the doors need new weatherstripping, as does the trunk. Then, come spring, hopefully it's off to the upholstery man for new seat material, headliner and carpet. After that, there are some minor motor issues that I need to have looked at (I too think I have a stuck lifter or two, I know you can relate to that). So, as with any project, this is just the beginning
John ED Renstrom
PCS Member
at least you can get to yours from the top. the days of laying on your back with your feet dangling over the seat back were hard on a kid. I don't even want to thing of it now. glad nothing I have has a radio. wish they had not cut up the blank in the 72 to try to put one in. that is going to be hard to find.
For Michael...
Here are the best quality ones I have found so far, haven't ordered one yet, but think I will. Mine is more than faded, the wood is almost completely gone (you can see just a bit of it near the radio control holes).
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/68-6...tZVintageQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories
Here are the best quality ones I have found so far, haven't ordered one yet, but think I will. Mine is more than faded, the wood is almost completely gone (you can see just a bit of it near the radio control holes).
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/68-6...tZVintageQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories
thanks shawn
I have spent the last few years like you working on the cars in the winter I just need to replace these dash parts and a drivers door panal, my window was left down in the rain before i bought it and I need the seat in the hearse redone the velvet is dry and brittle It is a great feeling to finaly have the cars done enough not to completly tearing them apart each year
I have spent the last few years like you working on the cars in the winter I just need to replace these dash parts and a drivers door panal, my window was left down in the rain before i bought it and I need the seat in the hearse redone the velvet is dry and brittle It is a great feeling to finaly have the cars done enough not to completly tearing them apart each year
Jeremy....
I looked up the listing you referred to and gave your cousin a call. I left a message over a week ago and haven't heard back from him. I hope he contacts me soon, I really want to get these things mailed out so I am not in a rush in a few months.
I looked up the listing you referred to and gave your cousin a call. I left a message over a week ago and haven't heard back from him. I hope he contacts me soon, I really want to get these things mailed out so I am not in a rush in a few months.
Michael
I don't know if my rear controls work, as the radio that was in the car was an AM/FM unit. It is my understanding, like you said, that they only work on an AM radio. I guess that was the large, round cable I found when I took the dash apart that was hanging there near the radio with an end on it about the size of a quarter with what looked like 10 pins sticking out of it--I am assuming it is the rear radio control cable? It sure didn't look like it plugged into anything else that was around, so that's what I thought it was. Do all the AM radios have a place for that to plug into, or do you have to have a special one made just for the 75 series cars? Just curious.
I have seen the units on USA Parts. I thought about them for a while, but decided to keep it original for now. Thanks for the info though.
I don't know if my rear controls work, as the radio that was in the car was an AM/FM unit. It is my understanding, like you said, that they only work on an AM radio. I guess that was the large, round cable I found when I took the dash apart that was hanging there near the radio with an end on it about the size of a quarter with what looked like 10 pins sticking out of it--I am assuming it is the rear radio control cable? It sure didn't look like it plugged into anything else that was around, so that's what I thought it was. Do all the AM radios have a place for that to plug into, or do you have to have a special one made just for the 75 series cars? Just curious.
I have seen the units on USA Parts. I thought about them for a while, but decided to keep it original for now. Thanks for the info though.
Jeremy D. Ledford
PCS Volunteer Chapter President
Thanks
Thanks Jeremy. I would appreciate it. Not trying to make you do any extra work or be a go-between, just occured to me that he may be out of town due to the holidays.
Thanks Jeremy. I would appreciate it. Not trying to make you do any extra work or be a go-between, just occured to me that he may be out of town due to the holidays.
Jeremy D. Ledford
PCS Volunteer Chapter President
Not a problem! They do mission work this time of year and have a son that lives out of state. But I'll see if I can find out something for you over the weekend!
Kevin M. Parkinson
PCS Life Member
Shawn (and Michael Lee),
If you are looking for replacement wood trim for your dash and would like to keep the car's original appearance, I would be hesitant to use what is shown in that eBay auction. The original wood trim on the 1968 is concacve from the viewpoint of the driver and what captcadillac is selling is convex.
I think that the am is differant
I have saved raidos and need to check I have amps from behind the glove box that came off some parts cars I found one fm radio that worked and instaalled it in the dash of the hearse with one speaker for a few years till I got the limo going then I installed it into the limo and I do belive that big wire is for the am radio going back to the rear control. not having stereo speakers factory installed the the family likes the ipod better
I have saved raidos and need to check I have amps from behind the glove box that came off some parts cars I found one fm radio that worked and instaalled it in the dash of the hearse with one speaker for a few years till I got the limo going then I installed it into the limo and I do belive that big wire is for the am radio going back to the rear control. not having stereo speakers factory installed the the family likes the ipod better
Jeremy D. Ledford
PCS Volunteer Chapter President
Original Parts Group out in Cali has the dash woodgrain trim for the 68's as well for about $50. www.opgi.com. The also have a free Cadillac parts catalog avalible too.