FENDER MOUNTED RADIO

I'm in the same boat...I would really like a fender radio on one of my tractors. I have an old 1960s/70s era Bendix fender radio made for Allis-Chalmers, but it's far from dust-proof and the radio/speaker usually only lasts about a year. I used to buy cheap $10 AM/FM dual post Pyle analog radios from Wal Mart to put in it, but they've quit making those I think. (Guess I should've bought in bulk last time...) 
I've never heard anybody say they've had a fender radio that lasted any great amount of time, so I've more or less given up. I think the vibration and dust gets to them all after a while. 

oh....and it don't have a cover that closes on the front, you loosen the side dial and turn the whole radio upside down.

Geez...I ain't spending that much on a fender radio! If they still made my cheap 2-post radio for my box, I could buy a new radio every year (or longer...whenever it quits...it varies) and not get to the $260 number for at least 26 years! Wow! 

you must have GREAT radio stations, south of the 49th !! I'd rather listen to static than the 'stuff' 99.44% of them up here broadcast. There's only ONE 'oldies' FM station now, the 3 AM ones went 24hr sports or blaa-blaa-blaa !!
I gave up..now have a $$$ laptop that only plays MP3 music in the garage.Takes awhile to cycle through 80,000 songs.... It sits on a custom wooden  box that uses  a couple '97 Ford  speakers in it. Amazingly it keeps working, though once a month(when I remember) I blow the grinder grit, sawdust and other 'stuff' off the keyboard and screen .
As for a tractor mounted rig, I'd invest in a radio/mp3 player,amp and speakers. Up here ,new from China, it's a $50 bill and some time to assemble.

I have a couple original Allis fender mount radios if you want to go old school AM only. They came from a dealer closeout auction. I don't know if they work or not, but would be a place to start at least. I would take $75 choice plus shipping. I can text pictures.

Thanks 

Well I'll be,,,,,,is there anything Allis didn't ,make,,,??

    We bought a Jensen digital fender mounted radio several years ago and could not be happier. Sound carries great.

Best thing you can do= buy a fender mount just for looks, if that's what your after. Then, buy yourself a digital FM headphone set. Your ears will thank you later, and you will be able to understand the grandkids too!! Lol

I have this set I use while operating the ol WC and my chainsaws and the lawn mower.


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Hi I have REI''s on 6 of my hay tractors.wouldnt be without them!

I use downloaded music on my phone and play it through my Bluetooth headphones. That way I get what I want to listen to with no commercials and no static

I tried the work tunes but the few stations we get don’t come in good out in our hills

It's for sale? how much?

I bought one from Carquest 25 years ago that's in an enclosure exactly like the one pictured. Still an old analog tuned model with a cassette tape player. Still waterproof. In fact, it seals so good, if you have radio on even at a high volume and then close the cover, you can't hear the radio. If you find one with the same type enclosure I think you'll be fine. If my radio dies but the enclosure is still good, I'd have no qualms about putting a digital tune radio in it.