thehandleman Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 WHAT WHO WHERE AND IN WHAT YEARS COOL LOOKING SEE PICS? ROLL THE BAKE LITE KNOBS AND CHANGE GENRE THANKS 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloo Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 (edited) I have no idea what kind of car. In that time, it was fairly common to have a distance-local switch for sensitivity (probably equivalent to city-country) and a tone control, and it was also sometimes a switch. That's probably what bass-voice-music is. On some radios these controls were down on the box rather than up with the dash controls. I'll bet this radio remoted those controls when they otherwise would not have been. The st.car setting is a mystery to me. I've never seen this part. Good luck on your search. EDIT: Also, the knobs are generic, and those particular ones were really common in the late 30s and early 40s, used on many different makes of radio. They were probably available over a considerably longer period. Edited August 24, 2023 by Bloo (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehandleman Posted August 25, 2023 Author Share Posted August 25, 2023 I was thinking St Car is maybe short for street car music ?? I dunno 🤷♂️ Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drwatson Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 Thinking it could be Tone Controller for Car Horn(s) Left and Radio tones Right. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehandleman Posted August 25, 2023 Author Share Posted August 25, 2023 Interesting Doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketraider Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 Does each knob have its own wiring harness? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehandleman Posted August 25, 2023 Author Share Posted August 25, 2023 Here is picture of grd wire and power then looks like 4 pins maybe work each setting 🤷♂️ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drwatson Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 (edited) It's a circa 1938 Motorola "Acoustinator" as seen in this photo with text explaining settings. Link has more details: https://www.rfcafe.com/references/radio-craft/motorola-8-80-car-radio-set-july-1938-radio-craft.htm Edited August 25, 2023 by drwatson pic (see edit history) 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehandleman Posted August 25, 2023 Author Share Posted August 25, 2023 Just when I think I am getting good you guys totally amaze me, That is wild! Great Job! Rich 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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