+2 car radio

PostPost by: Cbruni5511 » Sat Jan 14, 2023 9:02 pm

Hi Guys! Just bought my first Lotus
It’s a Elan+2 1968/69 model. I believe urbanas exported to the US and it appears to be a Federal model.
The is in my collection in Brazil
Do any of know the make of the car radio fitted to this car?
Here is a picture of what is instlled
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PostPost by: elanfan1 » Sun Jan 15, 2023 9:40 am

Looks like a Pye Major to me which is probably original to the car.
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PostPost by: TeeJay » Sun Jan 15, 2023 10:55 am

elanfan1 wrote:Looks like a Pye Major to me which is probably original to the car.


Yes I think Steve is correct.
Although it has some differences with my original radio fitted in my Jan 1968 +2 UK.
As shown in uploaded photo.

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PostPost by: Cbruni5511 » Sun Jan 15, 2023 12:03 pm

Thanks so much for the information.
I managed to get the schematics to restore the radio.
Have a nice day
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PostPost by: elanfan1 » Sun Jan 15, 2023 3:57 pm

I’m trying to recall but I’m not sure the Pye radios can be disassembled easily (unlike the Turnolocks which can just be unscrewed. It’s probably got dried out capacitors. Good luck with it, let us know how you get on.
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PostPost by: Cbruni5511 » Sun Jan 15, 2023 4:57 pm

I’ve got a good vintage radio technician that has done a good job with other radios.
I’ll keep you posted!
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PostPost by: Cbruni5511 » Tue Jan 17, 2023 5:42 pm

Hi Guys! Pye radio fixed!
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PostPost by: elanfan1 » Tue Jan 17, 2023 11:24 pm

In 2 days, that’s brilliant, did you find out what the fault was?
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PostPost by: Cbruni5511 » Wed Jan 18, 2023 12:18 am

On-off switch. No transistors or capacitors faulty
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