Discussion Forum - Northstar Chevelle Club

bowtie · Secretary

February meeting: Sat 2/18/17 11am S&M Electrotech in Blaine

Jon H · 1K+ Club

Sorry to miss this one. Greg did the digital upgrade in my Chevelle, I am also running one of his speakers. I am very pleased, my only regret is I did mine years ago and there has been an upgrade in the conversion since then.
One of my old bosses is the brother to the Gunderson that owns the neighboring resto shop, nice guy.

Larry Lucast · Active Member

Both places are fascinating, and the owners are good people. Specialty does high-end rods.

bowtie · Secretary

Just called and confirmed our meeting a week from tomorrow. Should be a good one!

bowtie · Secretary

We had a great turnout, thank you to everyone who was able to come out!

In brief: Greg from S&M opened up his shop and gave a great presentation on vintage radios, their construction, and what updates are possible. In essence, if your radio is not digitally tuned, he can upgrade it to far superior performance at a pretty fair price. I don't think anyone left without learning at least a few new things.

Here's some pics:

We also went next door and toured Specialty Auto Service. They do a lot of custom performance upgrades--pretty much anything under the body, from the Fox-body mustangs back to the old Coupes and hot rods.

Here's some pics:

Want more details??? You gotta come to the meetings!!!!!

Chris S · Active Member

Thanks to Bryan and Chris P for setting up Saturdays meeting and tours. Both companies were great to see and it was gpod to see so many club members as well!

Jon H · 1K+ Club

Thanks for posting the pics for us absentee members!!

SShink · 3K+ Club

I would have enjoyed that. I was an electronics service tech after I got my electronics degree in the early 80's, and used every piece of test equipment on that test bench. That picture brought back memories...

Kind of amazing they can make a business out of it these days, but I'm glad they are able to survive.

Chris S · Active Member

I asked that very question Stan. Right now in the slow season he is behind 3-4 weeks. When it gets "busy" he said they get 8-10 weeks out!

That really surprised me.

BLyke · 1K+ Club

FYI
Sad to learn the owner of the company has died and they are no longer doing radio conversions.
The son and son-in-law are continuing with speaker and turn signal parts of the business.

There is a guy who is also in Blaine that has also been doing the radios for ~20 years and I am having the Pontiac radio modernized
Will let you all know how it goes.
His current backlog is 6-8 weeks, so it should be in for BTT50's

BLyke · 1K+ Club

from the website

***AS OF 12/1/2021 WE DO NOT CONVERT OR REPAIR RADIOS. Due to the death of the owner, Greg Thompson, we are no longer able to provide this service. Website is being left for now to allow access to the information it provides as a resource.

Jon H · 1K+ Club

Sorry to hear of his passing. Greg was a real gentleman. He did a radio conversion for me when I first got my Chevelle and several speaker projects since then. He will be missed in the industry.