Trying to find info, can anyone help? Pulled an old in complete original condition Stewart-Warner radio its black and has a dial that mounts to the dashboard the box mounts to the inner firewall. the car is a Packard (1927)it come out of. Contacted the company but apperantly all records have either been destroyed or lost. Lost in Idaho

Hi, Melt. I doubt that there was any 1927-era car radio. Very possibly, a much-later-vintage radio was installed in a '27 car?

Motorola got its start in the 1920s sometime selling automobile radios. Not many people made auto radios at that time. I'm not sure if Stewart-Warner was making auto radios yet. Motorola was the pioneer in this field. The head of the very small company had lunch with a banker, whose car was to have a radio installed in. The assistant who was installing the radio crossed some battery wires and burned down the car. The banker loved the idea so much, that he invested in the company anyway. Amazing that Motorola is such a giant to-day.

Someone should restore that 1929 Packard. Those cars can be worth several hundred thousand dollars.

Thomas

:Motorola got its start in the 1920s sometime selling automobile radios. Not many people made auto radios at that time. I'm not sure if Stewart-Warner was making auto radios yet. Motorola was the pioneer in this field. The head of the very small company had lunch with a banker, whose car was to have a radio installed in. The assistant who was installing the radio crossed some battery wires and burned down the car. The banker loved the idea so much, that he invested in the company anyway. Amazing that Motorola is such a giant to-day.
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:Someone should restore that 1929 Packard. Those cars can be worth several hundred thousand dollars.
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:Thomas

Galvin (Motorola) started production in 1928 and could have produced an after market radio for the 1929 Packard, factory radios would not be an option until 1932. I hope this vehicle is being restored also.

Dave

:Hi, Melt. I doubt that there was any 1927-era car radio. Very possibly, a much-later-vintage radio was installed in a '27 car?

That makes sense. A 1927 car would have been only a few years old when there were oodles of after-market radios to install. As for an 'original' model, there probably wasn't one.

-ex