Re: [FWDLK] radio

[Bill Watson <wwatson6@xxxxxxx>]

Yes, the "OFF" button is just that - instant off.  I once owned a 1949
DeSoto with the basic pushbutton radio and it had that "OFF" button on the
left side of the row.   So, that is all it means.  It seems to have
disappeared with the move into transistors.

Bill
Vancouver, BC




----- Original Message ----- 
From: Mark H
To: Bill Watson ; L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 12:27 AM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] radio


It's most definitely Dodge, not Plymouth like Neil suggested, but it's not
like any radio I've seen before.  It's quite large, 10" across the face,
plus another 3" for I guess the tubes to be attached via a riveted on extra
piece on the right side.  There are still knobs for volume and dialing a
station, but the volume knob does not 'click' off, so the OFF on the left
button must indeed be for OFF for the radio.  I had thought (having never
owned a seven button-signal seeking-hiway hifi radio before) that the OFF
might be something to do with the signal seeking function.  But perhaps not.

I believe it is for '56 Dodge (my dad and I have one - a '56 Custom Royal).
If it would help identify it by seeing photos, anyone can let me know and
I'll be glad to email you photos.

Mark   mjh


Bill Watson <wwatson6@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Model 842HR and an instant "OFF" button? You got tubes!

I do not have a 1958 parts book, but the 1958 Chrysler Corporation book
lists radios 851 through 853 as the base push button radios for Plymouth
through Chrysler. . The electro-tuners are 922 through 925.

I suspect the 842 is for a 1955 or 1956 model.. And if it is a 1955 model,
it will be 6-volt positive gournd.

Bill
Vancouver, BC



----- Original Message ----- 
From: Mark J. Hash
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2007 10:03 PM
Subject: [FWDLK] radio


I have a Mopar model 842HR radio. It has seven buttons, and the left button
says OFF. Can anyone tell me its complete application, and is this the kind
of radio needed for a Dodge to connect to a Highway Hi Fi? Is it at all
rare?

Mark mjh
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