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On the subject of AM/FM radios in EM Corvairs, I know of someone who put a
Wonderbar Delco radio in an EM. So it was possible to put other Delco
radios into them. But as Dave points out, none were "factory" installations.

I'd say, without looking at the car, that ANY LM Corvair AM/FM is worth
some serious bucks. If that car were mine, I'd pull the radio and (if it
was otherwise unharmed) put it in a LM or sell it. Then (if sold) I'd have
enough money to put whatever (correct, or at least better fitting) radio in
the car.

-Mark


> [Original Message]
> From: Dave Newell <chevrobilia at juno.com>
> Subject: Re: [SCG] eBay Motors (item 230449142879 end time Mar-2
>
> Bill,
> This is a nice car indeed, but if you look closely you'll see it's a
65-66 Corvair AM/FM radio that someone shoehorned in. Note that the dealer
order worksheet lists only a "PB Radio" which the car probably came with
from Willow Run. Either the dealer or someone else put the 65-66 radio in
it so it could indeed be "dealer installed". Notice how the die cast chrome
dial housing is angled out at the top compared to the bottom, and that it
also has a gap at the top that would normally be covered by the face plate
when the radio was installed in a late model, which it was made for. 
> Bill, I think you should look at the 64 AM/FM question the other way
around. There is absolutely no mention of an AM/FM radio in any known
Chevrolet literature as a factory installed option or as a dealer installed
accessory in 64. Not in consumer lit, not in dealer materials, not in
factory internal documents, nothing. Now, I'm not saying a few couldn't
have been installed in Engineering cars or as test cars in the field, and I
never say never. But there is no record that's ever been found of any such
installation.
> So, I think the proper way to phrase the question is "To my knowledge, it
has never been proved that an AM/FM radio was ever available on '64
Corvairs." 
> And putting a 65-6 AM/FM in a 64 doesn't count.
> Also, there's no way that the owner could know the car was built on May
4,1964. There's also nothing on the Fisher Body plate that indicates which
shift the body was built in. The "E" means the fifth week, not the shift.
Since there's no photo of the body plate in the listing, we can't see the
complete Fisher build date (which only shows month and week). So I went to
the Chevrolet production records and they show that this VIN 253383 was
built the last week of April 1964 (4E) rather than the first week of May as
the seller states.
> It's a beautiful car and it should bring a good price. It could always be
put back to the 64 AM PB radio...no harm done there.
> Dave 
>
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> Click here: Chevrolet : Corvair : eBay Motors (item 230449142879 end time
Mar-20-10 15:35:32 PDT)  To my knowledge, a definitive answer has yet to be
given as to whether an AM/FM radio was ever available on '64 Corvairs (I
think the consensus has been probably not).  This car, is claimed to sport
an AM/FM radio installed by the dealer.  What do you think? ~Bill
>