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Delco Radio
If the GTO's were supposed to come with black buttons on the radios, why do so many have chrome buttons in them now. I can't imagine they were replaced with the chrome button ones, there are so many of them.
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I routinely used the big car buttons on me Delco Stereos on my personal vehicles. Sold them all. Maybe many of us did that enough to become a " thing to do". Trendy? or thing of the past because it's not original.
No more Delcos for me except the Caddy motorized tuner to support auto seek/scan the radio dial. and has Chrome pushbuttons. . |
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I wasn't aware of this,
FWIW the '68 Accessories Brochure shows all but the FB with Chrome buttons?
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The AM's were black buttoned, but I believe some if not all of the AM/FM models had chrome? Not certain on that, but I thought that was Or, maybe it was just the stereo AM/FM's? I haven't seen a blue faced black buttoned AM/FM yet. But they sure could exist, I just haven't seen one. The owners manual doesn't help much because it covers all 68 models in one book.
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Only the stereo radios have chrome buttons but all the big cars even if just an am has the chrome buttons. I think over the years assured gets changed out is why your seeing them more often now.
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There was a 68 am/fm on ebay a while back that had chrome buttons. The mount tab, dial light, etc was correct for the GTO. did other model cars use the same right side mount? I'll see if I can find it, maybe somebody can confirm from the part number what that one was?
My car came originally with the "non" stereo am/fm & a rear verb-phonic speaker. haven't even tried to find that yet & probably won't bother unless one falls on my lap... EDIT: here's the one I saw. http://www.ebay.com/itm/1968-PONTIAC...p2047675.l2557 One more: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1968-Pontiac...p2047675.l2557 Anybody have a way to look up the part number?
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68 GTO 4-spd Convertible 78 S/E Trans am L78, WS6 Auto 78 S/E Trans am W72, WS6 Auto 79 10th aniv W72 Trans am 80 Indy pace car Trans am 89 Trans am GTA Last edited by 68ragtop; 03-10-2017 at 08:49 AM. |
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This from a previous discussion:
From my research I have seen these different bezels: AM/FM Stereo: Tone R<- Speaker ->F AM/FM Mono: Tone AM FM AM: Tone Select I believe the black push buttons were on the AM radio and the chrome were for the AM/FM and AM/FM stereo. The outer push buttons for the Stereo model changed the dial from AM to FM. The AM/FM Mono changed the dial via the Right bezel. The Tone/Select reproductions are everywhere, have even see the "R Speaker F". But no luck in tracking down the "AM FM" bezel. Guess I will just need to stumble upon an original....... |
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That makes sense Don. I thought all the GTO radios were black, I guess if they ordered the radio with FM that would be why some of them had the chrome buttons. Thanks, Marc.
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I'm still searching for a correct radio for my 68. I bought an AM/FM for my GTO many years ago at a swap meet, only to realize recently that its actually for a 72 firebird or GTO. Never noticed the back face before. Even though that seems like it should be so obvious. Just never looked that close. The one I have has black push buttons & is in great shape, just not correct for my car. The search continues.......
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Keep searching eBay. There are a few on there now, some must be made of unobtanium with the prices they are asking though.
Bought my AM/FM a few weeks ago, first time in 20 years the GTO has a working radio. Which one do you need? AM, FM, Stereo, rear speaker option, etc....... |
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My car had the mono AM/FM with the rear verba-phonic speaker (whatever that is) I think I'm only going to install the dash speaker though, unless I can find something to put in the rear, but I am guessing in a convertible, it can't be heard that well anyway.
I saw the non-working unit on ebay right now. Probably what my car came with, but that one has peeling chrome buttons, & paint peeling off the bezel behind the glass. Hard to believe that thing is at $150 already & it doesn't even work!
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