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7th May, 2003, 05:04 PM
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| + - ???? Allright~ dint know where to post this~ but as some know theres a 1962 Mga Mark II 1600 sitting in my garage... Its my fathers of coruse, completly restored, BUT he needs a stereo! Now, the fun part is that the poles are reveresed, standard in older britsh cars. Meaning that 12v + is realy 12v -, get it? Well finding a radio that works with this for CHEAP is somewhat impossible, but my dad was telling me of a little converter that radio shack used to sell. I find them on ebay, but for $300!!! and they are RARE! Does anyone know of a stereo i can use, or where to find a converter, or how to make one? Thx (its realy not that bright, nor orange!  )
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7th May, 2003, 07:39 PM
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| I have had to deal with this on numerous Norton & Triumph motorcycles. Give this a try ..... You can make a negative ground radio work by simply switching the wiring so that the negative (black) wire on the radio connects to a Pos. (Red) wire on the cars harness. Same with the other wire, cross the color. THEN....... You have to isolate the mounting of the radio so that the chassis is not screwed down to or bolted to any metal on the car. You also have to make sure you eliminate the grounding wire from the antenna. This may make the radio not receive very well. Do some research on this before you go and start messing around but I'm pretty sure it should work. If your Dad is ever in a charitable mood and just happens to want to give that ride away to someone who will REALLY appreciate it.... I'm available. One other idea... you may try and look for a LUCAS radio.  If there is anyone out there who has ever owned a Brit car or motorcycle you have learned to LOATHE the name of LUCAS. The common joke is....Lucas, the prince of darkness. Do you know why the Brits drink warm beer? .... Because they have Lucas refrigerators. Seriously though... You may want to try and call THIS guy and see what he would have to offer. It looks like he's at least close by you. ADDED: I poked around a bit and found THIS you will find a more qualified answer here I'm sure
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8th May, 2003, 11:53 AM
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| I'm glad that SM has an answer to this befuddling question! No "knock off" wire wheels? Tsk. Positive earth, WTH were they thinking?
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8th May, 2003, 12:16 PM
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DC to DC converters (the technical name for those little boxes that isolate their DC output from their DC input) do work, but might be a little pricy, depending on how much power is needed. Áedán
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8th May, 2003, 05:06 PM
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| who says i dont have chrome wire knock off's for it? 
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8th May, 2003, 07:10 PM
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| It looks like VW rims on it now.
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8th May, 2003, 07:12 PM
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| lol- those are our paint/ body work rims, thiw way we dont have to worrie about messing up $2200 rims!
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8th May, 2003, 11:31 PM
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| That car loks PIMP in real life!!! It puts my moms old 1999 two-tone (One paint color, with a background color! Looked awsome!) Z3 2.3l to major shame Now he just needs to install his new rims, they are nice
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10th May, 2003, 11:39 PM
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| So Spyder...... Was the link of any help??? I worked hard on that to get you a legit answer. Did it help? I just wanted to know if you got anything from it..... 
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11th May, 2003, 03:13 PM
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| Yes SM that was VERY helpfull, but my father has rather a thick skull, and until i can prove to him that we cant find one of those boxes, the information above is saved in a word document for safe keeping. If your ever up my way, a "test" drive is easily done!
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