1970 Radios? - Moparts Forums

Register Log In Moparts Forums Moparts Restoration & A12 Forum 1970 Radios?

Print Thread

1970 Radios? #921107 02/04/11 05:18 PM 02/04/11 05:18 PM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 141 White Plains NY VitaminCRunner OP member
VitaminCRunner OP member Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 141 White Plains NY	Are all 1970 Radios the same regardless of body type? Road Runner same as Cuda or Challenger?

Re: 1970 Radios? [Re: VitaminCRunner] #921108 02/04/11 05:29 PM 02/04/11 05:29 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 11,854 Georgetown Ontario Canada anlauto I Live Here
anlauto I Live Here Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 11,854 Georgetown Ontario Canada	No not even close *CHECK OUT MY NEW WEB SITE !*

Re: 1970 Radios? [Re: anlauto] #921109 02/04/11 05:32 PM 02/04/11 05:32 PM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 141 White Plains NY VitaminCRunner OP member
VitaminCRunner OP member Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 141 White Plains NY	Found a Cuda AM/FM but its way different than B-body. How much do the 70 B Body AM / FM's go for?

Re: 1970 Radios? [Re: VitaminCRunner] #921110 02/04/11 05:54 PM 02/04/11 05:54 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 75,015 U.S.S.A. JohnRR I Win
JohnRR I Win Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 75,015 U.S.S.A.	Quote: Found a Cuda AM/FM but its way different than B-body. How much do the 70 B Body AM / FM's go for? A lot , one year only radio

Re: 1970 Radios? [Re: JohnRR] #921111 02/04/11 06:08 PM 02/04/11 06:08 PM
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 18,157 Mass DAYCLONA I Live Here
DAYCLONA I Live Here Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 18,157 Mass	Quote: Quote: Found a Cuda AM/FM but its way different than B-body. How much do the 70 B Body AM / FM's go for? A lot , one year only radio X2......They usually start at $500 and go up depending on condition/completeness/working condition

Re: 1970 Radios? [Re: DAYCLONA] #921112 02/04/11 06:13 PM 02/04/11 06:13 PM
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 3,519 Lansing, MI 70gtx440dana master
70gtx440dana master Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 3,519 Lansing, MI	Quote: Quote: Quote: Found a Cuda AM/FM but its way different than B-body. How much do the 70 B Body AM / FM's go for? A lot , one year only radio X2......They usually start at $500 and go up depending on condition/completeness/working condition I agree with the $500 starting price. These are hard to find however at that price. Seems like most I have seen over the last 3-4 years have been in the $750-$1100 range! 70 Road Runner 383-4 4 speed FJ5 & black guts 70 Charger R/T 440-4 4 speed FJ5 & white guts

Re: 1970 Radios? [Re: 70gtx440dana] #921113 02/04/11 10:34 PM 02/04/11 10:34 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,177 People's Republic of Kali 70runner super stock
70runner super stock Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,177 People's Republic of Kali	In 1991 at Carlisle I happened to arrive about 6am, as one vendor was unloading several boxes of mopar radios. He had 3 70B body am/fm's and I bought all of them for $120. I kept 2 for restorations and sold one on ebay for $600 a couple years ago. It is a one year only part as mentioned. I've seen B body cars with A body am/fm's which will fit somewhat but have a different faceplate/dial arrangement. 6457525-amfm.jpg (104 downloads)

Re: 1970 Radios? [Re: 70runner] #921114 02/05/11 09:26 AM 02/05/11 09:26 AM
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 4,247 Alabama BigMoneyLewis master
BigMoneyLewis master Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 4,247 Alabama	As far as 1970 B body AM FMs, I have sold a dozen or so (fully serviced/restored) in the past in the $ 750 - $ 850 range. I don't even bother buying these anymore to resell because the buy in price is so high now. Now, you seldom see one priced below $ 1,000 . You will probably pay $ 500 or more for a non-working unit . I consider the 70 B AM FM to be the "King' of all Mopar radios , as far as supply/demand .I probably service ten times as many 1970 E body AM FMs as I do the B body , and I get probably ten times as many 68-9 B body AM FMs in this shop than the 70 B body. Greg gregward@mchsi.com phone 256-852-0955

Re: 1970 Radios? [Re: BigMoneyLewis] #921115 02/05/11 08:30 PM 02/05/11 08:30 PM
Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 369 middleburg,fl B barryv enthusiast
barryv enthusiast B Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 369 middleburg,fl	hi, i have a 1970 road runner with an am/fm that fits in the stock opening. i bought it a long time ago an i am wondering if it is a correct 1970 b -body radio. are there specific ways of telling,thanks

Re: 1970 Radios? [Re: barryv] #921116 02/05/11 08:48 PM 02/05/11 08:48 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,482 Cold Spring, NY 1970GTX master
1970GTX master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,482 Cold Spring, NY	Refer to the picture a few posts above. The first thing I look for are the screws and pins that hold and locate the radio in the dash. The A-body version is held in by nuts over the volume/tuning shafts.

Re: 1970 Radios? [Re: 1970GTX] #921117 02/06/11 09:49 AM 02/06/11 09:49 AM
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 4,247 Alabama BigMoneyLewis master
BigMoneyLewis master Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 4,247 Alabama	The 1970 B body AM FM (# 2884753)is unique . No other radio looks like it. The lense(which is blacked out across the top) push buttons (which have squares facing up ) mounting bolt hole locations on front of housing (knob shafts not threaded) are all unique features to the 70 B. By the way, the radio pictured above does not have the correct push buttons. It looks like someone swapped the tuner mechanism, buttons and all , with an A body unit. Greg gregward@mchsi.com phone 256-852-0955

Re: 1970 Radios? [Re: BigMoneyLewis] #921118 02/06/11 10:16 AM 02/06/11 10:16 AM
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 4,247 Alabama BigMoneyLewis master
BigMoneyLewis master Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 4,247 Alabama	Here is a pic of one of my radios . I don't have a picture showing the top of the buttons . The 1970 B is the only Mopar A B E C body radio to have black buttons with squares on top (some C bodys had chrome ones) 6459951-g216.jpg (101 downloads) gregward@mchsi.com phone 256-852-0955

Re: 1970 Radios? [Re: BigMoneyLewis] #921119 02/06/11 01:55 PM 02/06/11 01:55 PM
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 3,519 Lansing, MI 70gtx440dana master
70gtx440dana master Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 3,519 Lansing, MI	Quote: The 1970 B body AM FM (# 2884753)is unique . No other radio looks like it. The lense(which is blacked out across the top) push buttons (which have squares facing up ) mounting bolt hole locations on front of housing (knob shafts not threaded) are all unique features to the 70 B. By the way, the radio pictured above does not have the correct push buttons. It looks like someone swapped the tuner mechanism, buttons and all , with an A body unit. Greg Greg - Is there a chance some of these radios were made with buttons installed from the factory in the other orientation as shown above? I personally owned a 70 B body am/fm which I sold that had the buttons reversed. I also know of another one that that is this way. Including the one above that is (3) 70 am/fm radios that I have seen this way. 70 Road Runner 383-4 4 speed FJ5 & black guts 70 Charger R/T 440-4 4 speed FJ5 & white guts

Re: 1970 Radios? [Re: BigMoneyLewis] #921120 02/06/11 04:18 PM 02/06/11 04:18 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,177 People's Republic of Kali 70runner super stock
70runner super stock Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,177 People's Republic of Kali	Quote: By the way, the radio pictured above does not have the correct push buttons. It looks like someone swapped the tuner mechanism, buttons and all , with an A body unit. Greg By the way, there was no swap of any "tuner mechanism, buttons, and all". This is a mint 70B body am/fm out of a survivor 70 Sport Satellite. The buttons are original to the radio.

Re: 1970 Radios? [Re: 70gtx440dana] #921121 02/06/11 04:29 PM 02/06/11 04:29 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 9,436 Blair County,PA 62maxwgn master
62maxwgn master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 9,436 Blair County,PA	Another 70,came in the car from new. 6460704-P2060331.JPG (102 downloads)

Re: 1970 Radios? [Re: 62maxwgn] #921122 02/06/11 06:48 PM 02/06/11 06:48 PM
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 85 Texas M missu34 member
missu34 member M Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 85 Texas	While were on this subject can any id these by part # 2884128 2884759

Re: 1970 Radios? [Re: missu34] #921123 02/06/11 09:57 PM 02/06/11 09:57 PM
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 4,247 Alabama BigMoneyLewis master
BigMoneyLewis master Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 4,247 Alabama	The incorrect buttons are in fact A body pieces, as you can tell from the shape . The B is more square and slightly textured at the very tip. A body is more smooth, rounded edges . IF , and it's a very big IF , the above radio came from the assembly plant with those buttons, it would be because they ran out of the correct ones, and it would be the only one I have ever seen (and I have handled at least 175-200 1970 B body radios in this shop) By the way, Their were 2 diffrent vendors for the 1970 B body radios (Bendix and Phillips) 3 diffrent buttons for the 70 B , and all 3 buttons have the squares facing up . I have seen a couple cases where some dork took his buttons off and tried to turn them over , but that's another story. Greg gregward@mchsi.com phone 256-852-0955

Re: 1970 Radios? [Re: missu34] #921124 02/06/11 10:09 PM 02/06/11 10:09 PM
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 4,247 Alabama BigMoneyLewis master
BigMoneyLewis master Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 4,247 Alabama	Quote: While were on this subject can any id these by part # 2884128 2884759 No problem . 2884128 is 1969 Dodge Polara and Monaco AM 2884759 is 1970-71 E body AM (chrome buttons)as well as 1972-74 (black buttons) Greg gregward@mchsi.com phone 256-852-0955

Re: 1970 Radios? [Re: BigMoneyLewis] #921125 02/07/11 09:55 AM 02/07/11 09:55 AM
Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,274 Ontario.Canada C can.al pro stock
can.al pro stock C Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,274 Ontario.Canada	..sorry to hi jack but was wondering how to remove the pusbuttons? i'd like to put the chrome ones from an AM radio on my AM FM which are black.

Moderated by Al_Alguire, Hotwheelsjr, moparts, not_a_charger, RangerDan440, tboomer

Hop To

Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.1