[FC] <VV> CORVAIR & FC AM RADIO SIZE

[N2VZD at aol.com]

My bad memory says the pushbutton and manual  AM radios were the same  
depth (without looking) , BUT the "better" radios with higher audio output power 
 ( DS501 transistor on outside heatsink) took more space because the 
transistor  needed more heat sink area. the correct Corvair radios and other 
smaller GM  cars without much cloth or space , all had a DS501 transistor inside 
the  case. One was @2 watts  other was >5 watts audio out into an eight ohm  
load (speaker).  I think ALL manual tune GM radios of that era had the  
smaller audio transistor. Somewhere in my mess here I have All the GM radio 
info  , including engineering bulletins from the 50's until 77 when I retired 
from  that large shop in Syracuse. A huge amount of GM radios and 
speedometers  went all over the country with my initials on a yellow company sticker on 
 the side of them.
Regards, Tim Colson