Reply To: radio head knobs

[William H. Rolapp]

Philc was making a radio that almost matched this one for 1929, but was not offered Pierce cars. In 1930 Philco bought a small radio company ( I think American Radio) which was offered and was very good for its day. That model mounted through the ‘Hot Head Cigar’ hole and the cigar lighter had to be done without or new holes drilled for it. This radio is shown in you 1930 Pierce Catalogue. I tried hard to by one, but believe some PAS member had just ‘cornered the market’ and there were none left to buy. The same radio was also offered by Chrysler for 1930. Then in 1931 most radios sold were the ‘Philco look alike’ similar to your Majestic. Your Majestic is as authentic as you can get for 1929. I had to opt for the Philco look alike for my 1930. I key to proper radio response is correct static elimination, by using condenser/capacitors on 5 or 6 points on the engine, and special coils mounted on each spark plug. Look in my 1930 scrap book, and perhaps in my 1931 also. Antennas for your car must hang under the running boards on each side. No whip antennas please. If you get into trouble I will dig in my file again. Radio tubes are available from tube specialists. All the condensers/capacitors in the radio must be replaced before anyone tries to turn it on!!!.