Solafide, I am looking for the amount I paid for the radio. The person I bought it from doesn't remember and I don't want to make a lot of money so just be patient and I will find it. I do know the it was totally restored by a college professor several years ago. Here are some pictures while you wait... Well for some reason I can't load the pictures on the private message I sent you. So here they are.
I have the original style radio that I restored, in my 38 Master. I live in an area where the am band is very week. The 38 radio performs much better than the one in my modern daily driver. GM provided excellent radios back then.
My 1951 1 Ton is now on the road! My 38 Master 4 Door is also now on the road .
I dont know about the US situation but here in Aus they are phasing out AM radio and forcing FM with a by far inferior coverage, will leave a lot of my local area will have reduced or no local radio. Tony
On conversions we can add the DAB stations for the Euro and other places that are eliminating FM. Some phones are also caple of DAB listening. Than you just have to have the Bluetooth featuer or corded aux connection.\
I have an orginal 1938 Accessories manual it does show the radio that is shown above, although the antenna that is shown I do not beleive is correct. The correct antenna was the "Under-car Antenna which was mounted under neath both the running boards. They were $5.00. There was also a Top-of- Car Antenna which also sold for $5.00.
You'll have better luck finding teeth in a chicken than you will finding a running board or turret top antenna. Most people do what I did and put the cowl side antenna on the car.
VCCA Member 43216 Save a life, adopt a senior shelter pet. 1938 HB Business Coupe 1953 210 Sedan
The original antennas do exist NOS but be prepared to pay big. I found a NOS turret antenna a couple years back at a swap meet. It was only $6000. Holy crap! John found NOS running board antennas for his Cabriolet about a year ago.
The under running board antenna would be easy to reproduce for many handy types with some time. The "element" is essentially steel pallet banding with a rubber carabeaner on each end. There is a spring and a sheetmetal plate shaped to the running board on each end. I bought a crusty set years ago just to see them.
I like the idea of the antenna being hidden. Even a length of wire could be used as well as hiding a regular antenna under there as suggested...
1938 Canadian Pontiac Business Coupe (aka a 1938 Chevy Coupe with Pontiac shaped front sheet metal - almost all Chevy!) 1975 4-speed L82 Vette
Hi timbeilby So antennas were different in 1938 than in 1939? I do not have access to a 1938 book, but the 1939 and 1940 Chevrolet Accessories booklets show all 3 antennas available, "turret top", "running board", and the regular "telescoping whip". The 1939 book lists the choice of all 3 under the radio listing itself, as well as showing the "turret top" as a separate accessory. I would have thought the "telescoping whip" mounted on the side of the cowl would have been by far the most common? Am I wrong in this?
I didn't realize my post about the deluxe radio wood create so many comments. Yes, I know that the picture I posted at the start of this post had the wrong antenna. That one was the only one the person that restored the radio had to test it. Tim was correct about the under the running board antenna. I did find a NOS one still in the original box. Here are the pictures I posted back in August of 2019. The box also included the instructions.
John I do remember see these also, do you remember how much they wanted for them, and did they sell. I would think that 1938 would be different that 39 or 40.
