i'm stumped

Bad ignition switch? Blown fuses?

Add to your list: Possible defective starter solenoid, blown fusible link, bad starter relay, dirty battery cable or starter connections, bad battery (not likely given symptoms you described). Also, assuming the radio and starter could be two separate problems.

Bob

Good point, Bob. A look at a schematic would quicky reveal if a single point failure could cause those two things and only those two things to be inop. or if there are likely two separate causes. Yeah - schematics and a voltmeter - that's the ticket!

Bill Putney (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my address with the letter 'x')