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 Return to top of page · Post #: 1 · Written at 8:53:53 PM on 5 February 2025.
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This was apparently standard in many Holdens like HQ. I have yet to find any decent info on it. Like circuit & wiring colours.

The main reason it looks like it won't go (customer) is the aerial socket is shorted.
 
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Colours of connecting wires mentioned here:

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/6SsAAOSw6ahhnb~o/s-l1600.webp
 
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Thanks

That will save blowing it up. Wires have been cut of to around 40mm. So I can now add a couple of speaker &see what happens?
 
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https://www.kevinchant.com/uploads/7/1/0/8/7108231/rp60a.pdf
 
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The early Commodores had the same radio.


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A valve a day keeps the transistor away...

 
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