However all old radios pretty much work the same way so the steps below should work for your radio.
Converting floor radio to shelf.
Time to get to work.
Am transmitters are harder to come by and buy.
Restoration new life out of a busted 1930 s radio conversion.
Most off the shelf modulators are fm but an am one can be made easily.
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You can buy fm ipod transmitters to play an audio source mp3 ipod xm over fm radio by the boat load.
Today though i m writing about all the creative and interesting ways people have found to destroy them and there are quite a few ways from gutting a radio cabinet and painting it a garish white to turn it into a shabby chic display case to cutting pieces off radios to make into shelves for putting in a modern radio to.
Converting old radio into a bluetooth speaker.
How this farnsworth radio looks on the inside will be different from how your philco or zenith looks on the inside.
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We have our supplies.
Normally i write about how to fix an antique radio.
This project took me a couple of weeks of evenings after work and weekends.
First of all let me point out that this 35 00 western royal console radio was broken and in my assessment would cost more to repair than to convert into a classy good sounding radio i was at my local thrift store a few months ago and saw this radi.
Keep in mind that every old time radio is different.
Third the am transmitter to link a xm receiver.
Mod your old time radio.
In this video i convert my great grandparents broken 1937 philco radio model 37 60 into a bluetooth speaker while i look into getting the radio repaired.
It was a tough but exciting project because i didn t really know what i was going to do with the electronics at first.
I had this cool looking soviet russian transistor radio neywa 402 made in 70s on my shelf for a year.
It was nice to look at and had a sentimental value but it didn t work.
Vintage auto radio brand new original looking radios with bluetooth aurora am fm stereo bluetooth usb dab hd radio conversions that maintains the radio s original oem look feel and functions but provides updated modern circuitry to be able to use todays modern speakers so that you can remember your old car or truck better than it was.
You can have the best of both worlds though as redditor billyjole illustrated in a post on the subreddit r diy.
So i decided to give it a new life as a vintage bluetooth audio speaker.