Quick 8 track question
 

My '70 GTO has a blue interior and a console mounted 8 track player. The 8 track player is correct for the car but was added at some point after it was built. The 8 track player is black, and I am wondering if that is correct, or for 1970 did they come in different colors to match interiors?

Any help will be appreciated.
John

same color as the console... has my vote from the original cars I have viewed

I have had red , blue , and black plastic surrounds over the years ......only black ones now

Thanks Scott!

Scott is correct!


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FWIW the exception was B bodies. In 69 B bodies all had black 8 track shrouds. Every other A, F and G in 69 has the 8 track matching the dash-console color. I always figured that this was because the 69 B had an always black dash cluster bezel but perhaps it is related to their all being floor mounted 8 tracks (no console offered on 69 B bodies). Has anyone ever seen a floor mounted (no console car) 8 track that wasn't black on a 69 A, F or G?

I believe the all black 8 track thing on B bodies was a 69 thing because I've seen several 70 B bodies with colored 8 tracks.

My 69 Bonneville Brougham has a green 8 track case and pedestal on floor hump. All original car. It’s the first 69 full-size cars I have ever ran across with a non black unit

Maybe it’s a dealer install? Or perhaps a late production? Since 70 full sized were colored maybe the switched during the year.

Early production car but I suppose it’s possible that unit could have been replaced sometime in it life. Still has original carpet and such. Came from factory with that option and has a bracket mounted on the side that original owner had once installed a CB radio and hung the mic from 8 track player