I had a 72 with a similar high-back bench seat. They are just about perfect. The arm rest fits just right, and is well padded and sturdy. The high-back with integral head restraints look great in a fuselage car. The seats give good support and have some contour to the seat-back. The seating is deep and wide. The 73s have a fancier upholstery style, it's a keeper :)
I like to mention Chrysler's mostly unique 5 speaker, 3 channel STEREO radio systems. I believe the searchtune AM/FM radio in this car is monaural and not stereo. The AM/FM non-search tune radios were stereo with 2 package shelf speakers and 3 dashtop speakers. The front center speaker phased in the L & R channels to create a center channel for an exceptional soundscape. When a factory tape player, either the 8 track or the floor mounted cassette player was ordered, it plugged into the radio which can be a handy place to wire in Bluetooth or a CD player. The radio adaptor in this video is a good alternative if adding a few more speakers and finding a factory stereo unit isn't in the plans.
Just for a laugh. When I was stationed in Missouri. I had the same car same color too. Got off of afternoon shift. And it had cooled off quite a bit since the afternoon. I turned on the defrost and then the heat but could not get my feet warm. Finally figured it out. I had left the floor vent open from the afternoon ride to work. I wish they would bring those back. With the sliding power window in the back of the pick up. Can you imagine how much air that would move without the wind noise of the drivers window down.!
Did that in my '76 Valiant- it has the Aurora 3.0 conversion. It was gutted & re-done. Digital AM/FM, Blue Tooth, 4 -speaker & amp hook ups, and a USB port. Put 6"x 9" speakers in the package tray, then put 3.5" speakers in the top of the dash (cut the metal) just to the outside of the defrost vents. Painted the speaker grilles and it really camouflages the look. The sound is fantastic, too, considering it's just 4 speakers - they are good quality, but not "Audiophile crazy" cost. It was $650, the only downside. But no operational issues at all
I had considered this a few years back when I owned a 1961 Dodge. The radio still worked and after doing a little bit of research, I found out you can take a female phone jack and solder that to the appropriate pins on the radios volume control. I would even roll up the cord into the ashtray like you did. It cost about 5 bucks.
You can retrofit an original radio that’s non working to Bluetooth and just use the radio knob and faceplate so it looks correct. Pretty cheap to do. But having someone redo your original radio to AM/FM/Bluetooth and everything work is very expensive.
In Old Days you would buy a f m converter and it would work the same way Tune the a m radio to I remember correctly a high frequency and the f m would come on The brand was spark o matic and it was 9.99 This was 1975 and I installed it in my 1971 v w fastback Obviously no Bluetooth
This is actually extremely useful if you dont want to spend 6-900 dollars for a bluetooth or AUX compatible radio with a screen Wonder how it works on 50s cars since they had an inline fuse to the power wire
@@ObsoleteAutomotive Yes. They make 6 volts. I have used these for years. Hate when I see a rear shelf, particularly formed ones like in '63-'65 Rivieras, etc. cut up.
@@ObsoleteAutomotive Might end up trying on the next car I buy that actually has a functioning radio Thanks for the video I love seeing new tech/new ways to make old cars easier
The search tune function didn’t work in this car so honestly I don’t know. Though I’d imagine it probably would since it would be the strongest signal on that channel.
@@ObsoleteAutomotive I watched a video about tuning a "search-tune" circuit tonight by Dr Carlson.... if your dial moves and it just won't pick up stations, maybe you can adjust the transformers. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6B_-WznDq1g.html
