Looking to buy a ‘73 Motorola am/fm mono radio (or Sapphire XIV). I am repairing my original radio and need a donor am transformer. Please pm me if you have one for sale.

Thanks.

Alex

There are many Motorola Sapphires for sale over on the samba.com

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/sea...;keywords=Radio

Here you go. Use your old radio for parts and upgrade to stereo. Shows it will power up. Click to open screenshot

Thanks! Checking with my radio shop to see if all the sapphire models are compatible with my radio. I know the Sapphire XIV shares the same parts, but I can’t seem to find one at a reasonable price for parts. Will update my original post to include the XIV model.

Thanks, but trying to keep the car with as many of the original parts as possible.

I have this one from my 73. I was told that it is a Motorola but cannot find a manufacturers name. You mentioned that you needed am parts and this appears to be an only. It does power up.
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Yes, your radio is a Motorola

Found one. Thanks, guys.