[FC] <VV> WANTED: WORKING FC AM RADIO

[Danny Davis]

Paul,
If you have time and interest, please do take a few measurements.  It would
be vairy good to know if space is a factor in the fit..  "A man's gotta
know his limitations...."

Dan

On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 2:09 PM, Paul Steinberg <noahsarkinc at earthlink.net>wrote:

> The FC radio was never offered in a push button version, and if I remember
> correctly, it might be because the radio chassis is slightly shorter in
> length than the standard Corvair radio.  I can dig out my NOS FC radio and
> check the differences in lengths if anyone needs this information.  Same
> with the radio mounting fixture, it is also different than the regular
> production Corvair.
> Paul in CT
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill & Chris Strickland" <lechevrier at q.com>
> To: <corvanatics at corvair.org>
> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 4:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [FC] <VV> WANTED: WORKING FC AM RADIO
>
>
> >
> >> I'm sure dealer installed pushbutton radios were common, however.
> >
> > It might seem so in this day and age of iPods and radios with SDXC slots
> > and Sirrus, but in the early sixties, push buttons were pretty
> > new-fangled, and manual dial tuners were rather normal, if you had a
> > local station you could tune into.
> >
> > Radios in trucks was a bit of a luxury add-on.
> >
> > Bill Strickland
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Danny Davis
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