Re: IML: Radios

[RandalPark@xxxxxxx]

It is very possible that it originally came with an AM search tune radio. It could have been changed to the '66 AM/FM some time later without anyone ever knowing that the '65 AM/FM radio would have deleted that feature. That would explain the existence of the button on the floor of your car to begin with.

It seems odd to me that the AM/FM radio that I purchased for my '65 from a wrecking yard came out of a '66 LeBaron, which apparently should have had a '66 unit to begin with. If it had, my car would have a floor button search tune AM/FM radio in the dash today as I would have installed it as soon as I got home. I would never have known that the '65 AM/FM radio (and thought that the '66 radio) wasn't available with that feature.

Instead, my car still has the original AM (only) floor button search tune radio that it came with. The AM/FM non-search tune radio is sitting up in the attic collecting dust. With all of this new information, that is likely where it will remain.

Paul

In an email dated Tue, 22 3 2005 2:28:09 am GMT, "Greg and Russell" <65luxuryliner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

>I looked for the build sheet when I removed the seats just prior to the car 
>leaving for its restoration. ?Turned up zilch! ?Man, was I disappointed. 
>Who knows, maybe the original owner had the '66 am/fm unit installed later 
>after he saw one in a '66 model. ?I've owned the car since '96 and had no 
>idea until this thread began that the radio in the car wasn't available in 
>the '65 models. ?I learn so much from this group!
>
>As much as I've tried to keep the car totally '65, I am not going to change 
>the radio. ?I like the search tune button (both on the floor and on the 
>radio) as none of my other collector cars have it on the floor. ?One of my 
>GM cars has it on the radio though.
>
>I appreciate the posts regarding the '65/'66 radios. ?I've certainly been 
>'enlightened'!
>
>Greg McDonnell
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>> Thats interesting, Greg. Does your car still have a build sheet? That 
>> would be one way of checking which radio your car originally had.
>> I didn't mind having AM search tune after I installed a reverb unit, but 
>> we had a little better selection of radio stations, and music overall, 
>> 'back in the day' IMO.
>>
>> Eric
>> Portland, Oregon
>> __________________________________________________
>> I should have stated my radio is an AM/FM unit and I'm pretty sure it =
>> has the touch button above the dial. ?I must have a '66 radio, I guess. ?=
>> Someone could have changed it over the years (or in '66 when they became =
>> available). ?Heck, I'm just glad I have AM/FM.
>>
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