Radios Options

[Rob-O]

I sent my radio in to Vintage Blau in NY. The radio (stereo, actually) is a Blaupunkt Frankfurt. It’s now repaired but I have a few options to consider for the install.

Did any of the installed radios come with a faceplate that covered the knob area and dial area (think 70’s domestic radio faceplates). I’ve seen them on 914’s, just not sure they came that way. Most of what I’ve seen on 914’s has the radio knobs and station indicator showing through three holes in the basketweave faceplate...and that’s it, no faceplate covering that area.

[Rob-O]

If a 914 dash plate was used, wouldn't the original dash need to be cut vertically and exactly in the right spot in order to have it look decent? And you'd still have a vertical line where the dash plate met the original dash.

That’s exactly the way it was done. A separate faceplate that lined up exactly on the left with a vertical line next to the climate controls and the other end was a vertical line that ended at the glove box. Under your basketweave I think you’d find separate pieces (or a homemade one piece) of metal that your basketweave is stretched over. The 914 had the metal dash, then a thin piece of metal with the basketweave glued onto it. The thin metal with basketweave piece was attached to the main metal dash with some thin strips of pressure sensitive tape.