radio help

[Ray]

hi Guys
          need a little help, being a little purist, im not sure if im doing the right thing here, but here goes

neither of my escorts had radios fitted from new, so i wasnt going to fit one, however, i just bought myself a NOS ford aeriel still in packaging with the ford logo on, just like the one on the green 1300E in Dan Williamsons book, i bought it on a whim, as you dont see them come up very often (my nose is still quite painfull lol)

so now i dont know whether to fit a radio or not, but if i do, then i want to keep the period look, probably just a radio, but from my understanding, a period working one wont work on todays frequencies

is there a company out there that modifies them keeping the old look, and better still sells them already modified, or am i barking up the wrong tree and it not possible

just a radio is fine, not looking for cd players or amps etc

[SmokeEm]

Look on the internet. There are companies out there that will take ANY std head unit and turn it into a modern FM/MP3 unit whilst still retaining the original look.

[Ray]

none of them i can find want to keep it to standard look unless your in the states

 

they want to modernise it completely with digital front

 

i want to keep original look, i dont want mp3 rubbish, just a radio and be suitable and compatable with the original 2.5 watt single speaker iin the parcel shelf

[DT36]

What about these apples?

 

http://vintagecarradio.co.uk/fm--ipod-conversion.html

[Ray]

thats the best ive seen, and very good prices too, many thanks, but i will have to call them tho, as the amp in the unit will still blow the car speaker to bits, and also they are stereo and i need mono, but you never know they may be able to help

 

you would think in this day and age that there would be a littlee unit that plugs in the ariel socket wouldnt you