Factory radio/antenna, What repro or refurbished items are available to take the radios back to stock? Options

[Tommyfogarty]

Hello all,

I am new to Porsche and have just bought a '74 1.8. While the car is very unmolested (owned by two people, the nurse who bought it upon her return from Vietnam in '73 and subsequently the man who bought her house a couple of years ago) it has what I assume is a typical modification- new CD player, speakers and one of those 14" rubber antennae. It seems as though the center of the dash has a plate that can be removed and replaced, yes? I assume one can find a Blaupunkt Europa or Frankfurt NOS or refurbished? Also, did they come stock with a flex antenna? A collapsable? Are they available? Any guidance would be appreciated! Thanks!!

[Tom_T]

Also - here's an original radio set-up pic (dealer installed IIRC) of a late 73 MY 914-2.0 which is close to your 74 MY's era. There are more pix of it are in the O&H Forum under nailed threads "The few, the rare...", & you can PM the owner steve/smg914 there for more info/questions on his if needed. However, the faceplate/surround is not the plastic one shown on flip's pic above, but a backer wrapped in the actual vinyl dashface fabric (note the circular bulging).



BTW - that faceplate/surround shown as 914/914-6 at the Oldautoradio link above is NOT the correct one, but perhaps one made up by a PO or shop who installed it, cuz it's not basketweave/brickweave texture.

This pic shows the proper radio surround/faceplate & knobs from my Motorola built VPC AM/FM/8-Track from my early-73 2.0 FYI.



Good Luck! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
Tom
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