D&M Restoration provides general repair or full restoration services for classic and vintage car radios from the 1920’s through 1980.
Our general repair service for auto radios included the following items:
- We service your tuner and push button mechanism including its adjustment and lubrication.
- We align the AM and FM radio frequency, intermediate frequency, oscillator, audio amplifier and stereo multiplex circuitry after repair and replacement of defective parts.
- We align the audio output bias voltages to the factor specified settings, clean or replace scratchy volume controls, install fresh dial lamps and buff and polish chrome and plastic dial plates.
If you have a unit with a Wonderbar type automatic tuning mechanism, we disassemble it to clean (including the speed governor mechanism), lubricate and adjust lever and switch trip points and clean relay and switch contactors.
If your radio uses a mechanical vibrator to generate its tube voltages, we replace the buffer capacitors, test the vibrator and replace it with a solid state unit as necessary to assure a long and reliable service life.
We disassemble your 8 track or cassette tape player, clean critical areas, adjust mechanical and electrical points and lubricate the unit. We also change the physically and electrically leaking capacitors in the motor speed regulator, pre-amplifier and main amplifier stages and install new drive belts as needed.
In summation, we inspect every stage of your unit for correct operation!
Enhanced restoration services are available which include chassis cleaning, dial face reproduction and case painting.
Please contact us with your specific requests.
Radio Conversion!
FM/Audio Input Module Upgrade – Latest Innovation from D&M Restoration (This is not included in our baseline repair/restoration – This upgrade is a different cost depending on your radio. Please call for additional information!)
FMR-3 Am/Fm Stereo receiver —
• Now more robust, higher performance power amplifier
– Can now drive two 2 ohm speakers
– Perfect for smaller vehicles with limited room for speakers
– 4x45W into 4 ohms / 2x75W into 2 ohms @ 14.4V
– 3 speaker configuration can drive stereo to two rear speakers and mono to one front speaker. No need for poor performing dual coil or tiny dual mounted speakers
• Differential Auxiliary Input
– Floating ground virtually eliminates ground loop noise
• Multiple audio inputs for better performance and easier installation
• 4X the size / 25% faster microprocessor than the FMR-1
• Voice Assist HD is now standard!
– The FMR 3.0 can speak all basic radio operations in a clear voice
• Seek/Scan feature just like a modern radios
– Standard on all radios!
– On signal seeking radios (Wonderbar®, T&C, ElectroTouch):
• Press Seek button once, seek to next station
• Press Seek button twice, scan to the next station, wait 8 seconds, and
scan to the next station
– On manually tuned radios:
• Twist tuning control twice to initiate scan
*Depending on the radio model some alterations may need to be done to the case. Check with us if you have any questions. Radio on the dash will look totally original and electronics will be replaced.
The below video is for a previous model (FMC) than what we are using but operation is much the same
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If you are sending in a radio for conversion please print off and fill out our radio conversion form
In addition to providing gauge cluster repair and restoration, D&M can also provide some of the most competitive prices on carpets items for you classic car. For available products and prices check out the carpet section of our online store!