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#95956 06/16/2006 4:57 AM | Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 586 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 586 | Will a 50s Chevy truck radio work in a 50s GMC. I know they will physically fit, but the chevy trucks are neg ground and the gmc is positive. Does this have any bearing on the radio? Cecil........... | | |
#95957 06/16/2006 5:16 AM | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,158 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,158 | I don't see why not, so long as you've got the pos hooked to the pos and the neg hooked to the neg.
If there is another issue, someone will come along and let us know.
You may have to do a cap job and replace some tubes, FYI. | | |
#95958 06/16/2006 6:27 AM | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 | 51Jimmy,
the two radios in the original configuration, are totally interchangeable. That is to say that they will run on either positive or negative ground. The difference comes when the original vibrator in the chassis is replaced with a modern solid state unit. In this case you have to have the correct one for either positive ground or negative ground. | | |
#95959 06/16/2006 6:39 AM | Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 586 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 586 | That must be why Jim Carter sells a vibrator tube for neg grd Chevys and a pos grd for GMCs.
Thanks truckernix. Cecil........... | | |
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