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"You should see the radio in my '54 DeSoto. The tube chassis is mounted seperately in the right side of the dash, which is vented. Must look pretty cool driving at night"
Sounds like you've got one of the two piece models. The power supply and audio outputs are on a separate chassis, some had the speaker mounted to the power supply chassis. GM did this alot in the 50's.
My '48 was optioned up fairly well for the time, it's got two speed electric wipers, heater with defroster, turn signals, and a Motorola CR-8 radio. I've not had it started for at least 5 years now, it's up on stands in my shop. I'm planning on retiring next April and the Dodge is the first project I want to tackle. It's only got 39,800 original miles on it so it's not going to need a lot. Brakes, exhaust, and the gas tank is all crudded up from sitting so long. It's never sat outside overnight since 1970. The main problem with the old flathead six especially the smaller one that was in the Plymouth's and Dodge's was that it's capable of turning a lot more RPM's than the rods and crank can stand.
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