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BB502 · Active Member

67 am fm wanted

jim larson · 2K+ Club

Just for information, the 66 and 67 am/fm have minor differences, although a 66 will fit in a 67 dash. And the reception and sound will not be as good as a new reproduction. Lot of differences in the reproductions also. Best one is right here in MN.

www.turnswitch.com/radio1.htm

BB502 · Active Member

The conversion are good but I don't have a radio to do it with.

Lost in the 60s · President

http://www.vintageautoradio.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&category_id=4&flypage=flypage_new.tpl&product_id=27&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=67

BB502 · Active Member

Wow hadn't seen that before looks good thanks

jim larson · 2K+ Club

I do have an original 67 chevelle radio, push button, just am, that I would sell if your interested in that.

BB502 · Active Member

thanks but I need FM

jim larson · 2K+ Club

BB502 wrote:
thanks but I need FM

Vintageautoradio does the conversion from am to am/fm; but it looks like the original am push button and you will need new speakers.

Or they sell the reproduction it is an am/fm and looks like original and you will also need new speakers.

You can expect to pay around $600 to $1000 for an original chevelle am/fm radio. Much less for an Impala, like around $200 - $300.

S/M Electro Tech does the conversions. But does not sell the reproductions as far as I know.

This is one for sale on ebay, it is a 67 radio with 66 knobs.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1966-1967-Chevelle-AM-FM-Radio-66-67-Chevy-Model-986854-Bench-Tested-OK-Rare-NR-/281237504093?hash=item417b0fc05d&vxp=mtr

SShink · 3K+ Club

Mine has a $35 used AM radio in the dash that doesn't work for appearences, and a $69 AM/FM/CD/MP3 input receiver in the glove box. Priceless...

No way I'd pay a grand for a radio!

dashboard · 2K+ Club

Good point Stan, I think there are some 66-7 folks out there with more money than brains. As a result some sellers advertise things for sale at very high prices targeting the aforementioned folks. We used to call it ‘throwing stuff against the wall to see what sticks.’

A quick check of ebay show some reasonably priced 66-7 radios.

www.ebay.com/sch/i.html

Dan Williams · Active Member

I got a price from Turnswitch for a 65 conversion to AM/FM 4 channel 45w per with auxiliary port for $410 + s/h and probably another hundred for a good single speaker to replace the one in the dash. I didn't think the price was too bad if I needed it. Not sure what we are going to do, rarely listen to the radio in it now as you can't hear it with the top down. and rarely drive it with the top up. Probably just carry a mp3 and headphones on long trips.

Lost in the 60s · President

I have the dual cone, single speaker in the dash of my '66 and it's REALLY weak. I don't know if you would be happy with just that speaker. It's hard to hear in my hardtop with the windows down. I at least have the ability to mount dual co-axis in the rear deck, if I ever get the courage to cut it up.

The radio is an aftermarket with am/fm cassette and mp3 and it really needs a booster to put out enough power to sound good.

jim larson · 2K+ Club

dashboard wrote:
Good point Stan, I think there are some 66-7 folks out there with more money than brains.

Just 66-7 folks? I know some does not mean all, as part of my MS in Mathematics included a course or two in logic. I do have an original 66 am/fm radio. I would sell it for $1000. But not $600.

Looks like a camaro guy paid a good sum for two 60" long plastic strips.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NOS-1967-1968-1969-Camaro-Firebird-T-A-Nova-Chevelle-vinyl-top-trim-retainer-pr-/111249136725?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEDWX%3AIT&nma=true&si=qBYajyXmz%252FqNpXO0CeN%252BKT8OTKk%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

I have been watching ebay for a couple of years since I have a pair for sale.

-- Edited by jim larson on Thursday 9th of January 2014 04:00:37 PM

John D · 2K+ Club

If you're willing to pay a G-note for an OEM radio and you're NOT restoring something with a legit build-sheet stating it had an AM/FM, or a '65 Z16 (where there were ONLY 200 ever built) and it had an AM/FM, or 'cause your just want one in the dash... I've got some stock for the Brooklyn Bridge for sale. (IMO)

dashboard · 2K+ Club

JD is right if you’re doing a high dollar resto and the last piece you need is the radio and it’s the last one available, it might be justifiable.

Yes ‘Some’ or perhaps ‘Sum’ for old math teachers. I’m sure you would sell that radio for a thousand bucks. Jim, the sanity check here is would you pay a thousand bucks for one?