AM Radio

[tta345]

How many people here still using there factory AM radio.I have never seen one in a turbo car but mine has the factory Am with power ant.My car is a stripper lightweight 86 T.I wanna install a CD player but keep the AM intact..ANy suggestions???????????

[Spdrcer34]

You can install a CD player AND keep the AM radio intact............intact, in a box, on a shelf, in a closet.

Problem solved.

Sorry, but unless you go and splice wires, and hack up the CURRENT wiring, you can't install a CD player anywhere in the car. All other options require ATLEAST an FM radio for FM modulation.

Ryan

[Gary Wells]

FWIW & IMHO:
The best response that I could give you is to "second' what "Spdcer34" advised. Oh, btw, I have a '87 Turbo Regal solid roof, 12K mile car, and it has the original AM radio with power antenna in it, with the power antenna temporarily broken, and it SUCKS. Period. With a am-fm, if the antenna breaks, and btw, it definitely will break, with the antenna in the down position, you can probably pick up quite a bit of FM music and stations, but with an AM only, if the antenna breaks, you pick up squat.
I am going to have the antenna fixed, and have a good Pioneer AM-FM-CD put in.

[Spdrcer34]

I'm assuming the radio is 1.5 DIN. Does you car have 4 speakers? or just 2?

I don't know what you know about installing a stereo in a vehicle. But if you spend a couple dollars more, and buy the adapters, you can re-install the factory AM radio if you ever want to again and you would NEVER (and I mean NEVER!) be able to tell it was ever removed in the first place.

Ryan

[Gary Wells]

Don't know, as I can't get anything with a broken antenna, but I believe that it is 4, 2 fnt & 2 rear, at least there's speaker holes in the rear window sill. Damn crank windows, too, and, the biggest screw-up of all: non-cruise control car.