Talk Morgan Forums Morgan Sports Cars Classic Morgans (pre-CX) 4/4 where do they hide the radio

looked at lots of 4/4 pics - where do they hide the radio (if fitted) does anyone want a radio in a morgan?

Look under the dash by the heater vents, Well hidden. Mine has a remote control.

My Mog has a very nice radio cd player with ipod facility ....but its not worth switching on as I'd rather listen to the exhaust note !

As John says way back under the dash. You'll find many views on radios in Morgans on this site, I like the Alpine CD/radio fitted in my 4/4 and use it far mote than I thought I would. I find the sound quality fine all things considered, but at very high speeds it is a bit pointless. The radio has an aux socket so you can connect your I player or whatever and I have a cheap Jabra device which allows me to use my phone through the radio and stream music from my phone. The remote controller is a great help unless you have very long arms.

Andy

To be cheeky I have this posted on e bay.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/201620639208?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

If I've managed to get the digital trickery right here is a picture showing how well the factory fit radio is hidden below the dash in a 4/4.

http://www.talkmorgan.com/ubbthreads.php/ubb/download/Number/18091/filename/image.jpg

Personally I really like having a radio in the car. Other's don't. Each to their own - which is why the choices Morgans give is so good.

Can certainly recommend having a powered subwoofer in a Morgan as well

I had one fitted under a false floor at the bottom of the passenger footwell

I love the exhaust my exhaust note as a background noise to some loud great music

Mine was mounted under the glove box. But it's the older type of glove box.

I don't want to hijack this thread, but concerning radio receive with (Sigma) 4/4 I have to tell my 2 cent. If anyone is wondering if the receive of FM could suffer of quality I had a weird experience I will share to give you the opportunity to enhance your receive. My radio got worse and worse in terms of receive quality. I thought at some point I should change it. Then the fuse of the wiper blow, one, two, three times in more shorter periods of time. I discovered, that the connector/switch of the wiper motor was the culprit. And the funny thing is it was the culprit for both symptoms. The fuse blow and the bad fm receive.

To make a long story short (and now my English ability runs out) the connector/switch is a white plastic part which is monted at the wiper motor. If you disconnect it you can see a pushbutton switch which is controlled by a kind of mini camshaft. This works to have a start and stop point for the wipers. The system is permanently under voltage. If the pushbutton is pressed by the cam, the wiper stops. But...this pushbutton is not pressed to the end. This can cause a kind of sizzle which a) makes load to the fuse and b) disturbes radio receive to a point of no station can come in. On AM it is even worse and sounds like a drilling machine.
Two weeks ago it was worse but we wanted to drive to Italy. So my son had the idea to extend the puchbutton with some glued plastic. The radio receive was better than ever and the fuse hold. After returning from Italy my Kind dealer replaced the whole wiper motor on guarantee (because the switch alone is not to get). The funny thing is that the wiper fuse keeps until now, but the radio receive is worse than under the improvised repair before. In other words the pushbutton is not working as it should even when new.

To check if your radio receive should suffer on a Sigma 4/4, just compare the receive quality between two key positions. Engine always out with ignition vs. without ignition. Put the radio on AM because it shows the issue instantly. If you hear a drill machine but no music when ignition is on your wiper motor pushbutton is the cause.

Heinz,

very interesting...and there is nothing wrong with you English! If only I could write in German as well..

Anyway the interference you describe is certainly due to bad contact in the wiper motor. But it shouldn't impact on the radio: many things in a car make interference in the radio spectrum, the spark plugs being the worst but the alternator and heater motor also cab contribute.

I suspect that the radio power feed is shared with the wiper motor, either the positive or the earth.
You could, as an experiment, try running a new power feed directly from the battery to the radio. If that removes the noise then the answer is simple..
If it doesn't then try checking all the earth points under the dash.

Another possibility is the antenna earth:it should be earthed to the panel to which it is mounted, but given the structure of the car isn't all metal it is worth running a ground wire from the base of the antenna mount back to a known, good earthing point.

Finally, back in the 60s when I was helping Dad fit a radio to his car he fitted a smoothing choke/filter to the power supply. I've no idea it they are still available, but they work as a 1:1 transformer, supplying only smooth 12v to the radio.

A quick web search and I found this:

Smooth Power

Not difficult to make up and sure to supply clean, smooth and noise free 12V!!!