<VV> 66 am / fm radio question (multiplex)

[John Sconiers]

Thanks for the help.  One last question.  Was the multiplex available in 
the 66 vert?  Anyone got a picture of the multiplex (origional or not)?

JOHN

Sethracer@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 2/8/2005 9:29:11 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
> jsconiers@mac.com writes:
>
>     Quick question.  If you had a 66 that came with an AM / FM radio was
>     there more than one speaker installed (multiplex) and if so where
>     was it
>     installed?
>
> As long as you mean a 1966 Corvair, there were at least three options, 
> although only two from the factory. You could get an AM-FM Mono radio 
> with only a front speaker. You could also get a Mono version with a 
> rear speaker - at least in a coupe or sedan. I've never seen a factory 
> rear MONO speaker in a Vair. The dealer option was to install four 
> speakers and a multiplex adapter under the dash. It fed the fronts and 
> with the L-R feed reversed, the rears. The fronts were installed 
> (hideously, in my opinion) in the doors. The rears - in the coupe 
> or sedan were installed on a special added package shelf behind the 
> rear seat.  The 66 multiplex adapter had a tone control, a L-R balance 
> and a F-R fader. The system took the FM signal into the adapter, split 
> the multiplex to the left/right components and sent a channel back to 
> the radio for one side and supplied the second power amp in the 
> adapter for the other. If the Multiplex adapter was not installed, a 
> special plug was inserted in the radio to keep the signals (in mono) 
> inside the radio. In 1967 they added an 8-track player option with 
> even a third component to fit in! - Seth Emerson
>  
> Seth Emerson
> Sethracer@aol.com
> C's the day! Corvair, Camaro, Corvette