<VV> Radios, was: No-option cars

[Mark Corbin]

At one (at least) time the auto industry wanted to make "in-house" radios
standard, but the aftermarket radio suppliers complained to the government.
Said that would cut into their business of supplying aftermarket radios for
installation into new cars. Thus the FCC (or some other part of the
government) may have twisted some arms on their behalf, or maybe some
lobbist-controlled congressmen may have threatened some legislation. I
don't remember offhand. I do remember reading about it when it happened,
though.

Nevertheless, the auto industry backed down. It's why the consumer has
always had the "choice" of "deleting" the radio.

-Mark

> [Original Message]
> From: Bill Elliott <corvair at fnader.com>
> Subject: Re: <VV> No-option cars, was:  Wierd combos on earlies...
>
> Radios are so easy to add that I'd bet there are more "radio delete" cars 
> left with radios than still without... and back when you could still do 
> this, I've bought a new "stripper" car and had the dealership throw in
some 
> options that could be dealer added.... even did this with A/C once... in 
> 1987!
>
> Bill
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tony Underwood" <tony.underwood at cox.net>
> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 23:54
> Subject: Re: <VV> No-option cars, was: Wierd combos on earlies...
>
>
> > At 09:22 AM 6/14/2010, Mike Stillwell wrote:
> >
> >>  One of my favorite customer cars was a '65 500 coupe Tuxedo Black
> >> with a teal interior. It had no options, except a spare tire lock.
> >> It was a radio delete car and had no exterior mirrors, until some
> >> were added years later. Bench seat with no seats belts, but with
> >> the 95/3 it was fun to drive.
> >
> > 
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