'67 AM/FM radio, repair, replace, upgrade?

[Michael J.]

My FM is not working anymore in my '67 radio. AM works fine, it is the original Delco. I am thinking about options for it. I have a modern electronic AM/FM in my '66 that looks and works idential to the original Delco (except about 1/3 the depth and weight), and I have never lost points on it in judging. But, I guess there are shops out there to do electronic upgrade of the old one too, and of course to just repair it and leave original. Any thoughts, opinions, and experiences with these options would be appreciated, thanks.

[Michael F.]

Re: '67 AM/FM radio, repair, replace, upgrade?

Give Jerry a call. IMHO he's the best. He totaly restored mine and he added an input jack in the rear. Now I get satelite or iPOD etc.. through my vintage radio.

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[Alan S.]

Re: '67 AM/FM radio, repair, replace, upgrade?

Hi Michael,
I agree that member Jerry Rudbeck does very good work at a reasonable price. He even took the time to help me figure out a problem I had installing it over the phone. (Several calls)
Regards,
Alan

[Elwyn S.]

Re: '67 AM/FM radio, repair, replace, upgrade?

Michael, I live here Texas and I sent my 1962 wonderbar radio to DR Don's. He is in Huntsville Texas, you can google him. He was very reasonable and he did an outstanding job. He works on all corvette and mercedes radios. I believe the total cost for my radio rebuild was $275.00. That price included repairing the wonderbar feature, which those parts are hard to find and can get expensive. I called several other vintage radio repair places and they were alot higher.

[Scott S.]

Re: '67 AM/FM radio, repair, replace, upgrade?

Jerry Rudbeck restored my '67 radio. Great service and communication.

The original internal parts can be cleaned or replaced with correct parts, made to function as new, and can always be repaired again 20 years from now if needed. There is a "tweak" that Jerry can do to the original circuitry (this may be known among most radio restorers?) to improve the sound character of the original radio (more bass, if I remember correctly). If you want a jack for an Ipod or outboard amplifier, it can be hidden on the back of the radio unit and made to work without adding any extra switches or knobs.

[Chuck M.]

Re: '67 AM/FM radio, repair, replace, upgrade?

Jerry is the best. We had our 67 radio repaired earlier this year and he was fantastic about keeping us informed.

Chuck

[Michael H.]

Re: '67 AM/FM radio, repair, replace, upgrade?

Jerry is the best. We had our 67 radio repaired earlier this year and he was fantastic about keeping us informed.

Chuck

I agree Jerry is the man, he's the only one I will go to for my radio repairs.

Mike

[John H.]

Re: '67 AM/FM radio, repair, replace, upgrade?

Another Jerry fan checks in. He did a wonderful job on my 67 radio for a very reasonable price, plus he is a nice person to deal with.