"traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn" (el-peasant)
11/01/2015 at 09:30 • Filed to: None
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"traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn" (el-peasant)
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I see in a lot of ‘40s cars, these giant silver bars that take up a good portion of the middle dash. What are they? Methinks its part of the radio.
jkm7680
> traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn
11/01/2015 at 09:39 |
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Uhhhhh the speaker.
Rainbow
> traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn
11/01/2015 at 09:40 |
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AC maybe? I have no idea.
LongbowMkII
> traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn
11/01/2015 at 09:43 |
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Radio. Tubes take up a bit more space than transistors.
Dunnik
> jkm7680
11/01/2015 at 10:01 |
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Heh, yea, that’s the speaker (singular: stereo sound hadn’t been invented yet) The bars are guards to protect it.
desertdog5051
> traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn
11/01/2015 at 10:21 |
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Provides for air flow for cooling the tubes and houses the speaker.
Textured Soy Protein
> traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn
11/01/2015 at 12:33 |
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That’s not part of the radio, it is the radio.
ly2v8-Brian
> traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn
11/01/2015 at 12:46 |
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Speaker and Art Deco design.
TheAnswerIsAlwaysCitroën
> Dunnik
11/01/2015 at 13:10 |
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Stereophonic sound had been invented, as had stereophonic radio. Neither were in any way common, though.
ranwhenparked
> traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn
11/01/2015 at 13:52 |
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Generally, the radio. The speaker and tubes take up a huge amount of space - the tuning bar and knobs on the top are only the tip of the iceberg, as it were.
However, some cars without radios still had a similar looking chrome grille - either as part of the ventilation system, or as a block-off plate to cover the space where a radio would otherwise be, so some of it was purely about style.