[SCG] Re: <VV> stock 1961 owners

[Larry Claypool]

actually i thought about this some  more, and the 61-62 pushbutton radio 
would have the housing with a larger opening &bezel, so there's thee 60-62 
housings-
60-62 manual tune car
61-62 pushbutton car
61-62 fc
lc


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Claypool" <mr.vair at urbancom.net>
To: "Bill Hubbell" <whubbell at umich.edu>
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 12:22 PM
Subject: Re: [SCG] Re: <VV> stock 1961 owners


> dealer installed radio housings were supplied in silver. the instructions 
> note to get appropriate paint from parts dept and paint the housings to 
> match the dash. certainly we have seen cars that were still silver, 
> indicating the dealer did not finish the job or the rtadio was bought over 
> the counter.
> radio housings for cars are the same 60-62.
> 63-64 has different holes (1 large, 1 small) to accomodate the new 
> optional rear seat speaker fader. all 63/up radios are transistorized 
> (instant on).
> fc housings are different than cars and follow the same  differences, even 
> though a rear speaker was not offered.
> not counted is aftermarket radios and housings supplied by motorola, 
> automatic, bendix, and others.
> 1960 knobs are used only that year regardless of model, 61-64 knobs look 
> alike, but the 63-64 'fader' knob (both dummy and functional versions) are 
> different than the rest.
> btw, 61 pushbutton radios had "chevy' spelled out on the pushbuttons.
> larry claypool
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bill Hubbell" <whubbell at cox.net>
> To: <scg-list at tiger.skiblack.com>; <vairdan at localnet.com>
> Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 9:05 AM
> Subject: [SCG] Re: <VV> stock 1961 owners
>
>
>> Dan,  I am forwarding your message to the SCG-list
>>
>> Bill Hubbell
>> SCG President
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: <vairdan at localnet.com>
>> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>> Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 8:11 AM
>> Subject: <VV> stock 1961 owners
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>  Still looking for someone to prove me wrong on the whole pushbutton
>> radio thing. I've seen 4 total 1961 pushbutton radios that have the
>> manual tune face plates, where as the radio does not protrude through
>> the bezel, but instead buts flush against the chrome faceplate of the
>> radio. Some other interesting observations of the 1961's were that
>> some of the housings (pods) were silver, indicating that they were
>> probably dealer add-ons. Even though they were correct GM Delco. I'm
>> thinking that this was supposed to be a transitional year for phasing
>> out the tube radios. Which might also explain the fits-all bezel. The
>> pods were the same for manual and pushbutton, this I am pretty sure.
>> GM used a piece of black plastic for a filler for the smaller manual
>> tune radio. There's a Bendix after-market radio out there that uses
>> the same bezel also. Maybe they manufactured their own or bought from
>> the General, who knows. Also the 1961 and possibly 62 pods had smaller
>> holes for the knob mountings. But not as small as the 1960. 1961 Monza
>> 900 had the typical Monza style knobs and 500/700 had the 1960 style
>> knobs. Although I believe they were silver rather than the 1960 700
>> black plastic, not sure. I guess I will be hooking up with Stock
>> Corvair Group soon.
>>
>>  Thanks
>>
>>  Vair Dan
>>
>>
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