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Hello. I received an old Delco radio and control head recently, and need a little help with an ID for it! I'll list a few links for pics of the unit and control head. I have found no ID number, to help ID it, and I have no idea what it is! It shoild be a late 30's Chevy radio.
Here's the link:
http://i721.photobucket.com/albums/ww212/estesjeffrey/hobby005.jpg
http://i721.photobucket.com/albums/ww212/estesjeffrey/hobby006.jpg
http://i721.photobucket.com/albums/ww212/estesjeffrey/hobby007.jpg

Thanks for any help with an ID on this radio. I need to try and find out what it is to get more info on it. Looks like I'll need a speaker too...eventually.
Thanks,

Jeff

not sure what it came from but not advance design.seems like I've seen round faced ones late thirtys. Square might also been available as well. The ones of the thirtys I saw were under dash units, May have been after market.That one looks to be mounted thru a hole in the dash.

I would think the radio control head was made to fit in a dash opening. If the chassis has a socket for a vibrator, that will help with the year information. Sometime, I am guessing in the mid thirties, they came out with the vibrator. Before that they used something that was like a motor generator set. Usually on these old radios, you can replace the speaker with a modern day permanent magnet unit. This radio would have used an electro-dynamic speaker. I just finished rebuilding my 1938 Chev radio and it works just fine with a modern speaker.

Ray Holland over on the VCCA site may be able to shed some light on your radio. I can get his Email address if you would like.

I just looked through some of my literature and it seems that Chevrolet brought out a radio with a vibrator power supply in 1933/34. I believe that Delco made the radios for Chevrolet.

Jeff: Try posting this in the Electrical Forum, there is a Radio Bench sub-forum there. You might get additional lookers.

Delco name in the 40's and 30's, that this radio came from, was used on the "after market" line.The radios called OME's where listed under the make of car or UNITED MOTOR SERVICE the first GM radios where made by Crosley .in the late 30's GM bought out Crosley's auto radio factory ,then Crosley started making Automobiles Motorola and Zenith supplied them with radios!
Now I'll tell you that although GM had thier own radio factory building radio in the 1940's, they still bought radios from Colonial Radio, Buffalo NY, The "UNIVERSAL" that many have in their 40-46 trucks is one.
This head control looks like it would fit a 37 Buick dash,BILL

Thanks for the info guys! Great stuff, as always. I will follow up on the leads.

Jeff