I had an opportunity quite recently to drive a nice old time warp classic saloon which was complete right down to a period DIY-fitted single speaker radio setup. Apart from transporting me back almost 50 years when I first passed my test and had the pleasure of showing off in my dad’s nearly new Capri 1600GT with a similar radio – it struck me that if anything has immeasurably improved over the decades then it has to be car sound systems. Not just their quality and certainly value-for-money but, as importantly how they are installed.
The first standard-fit car radio in the UK was 90 years ago in a Hillman Minx and to mark this auspicious occasion the model was sold as the ‘Melody Minx’. It was real one-upmanship even if the large, heavy Philco valve set added a massive
