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What is this guy smokin'???????

Started by 69chargerboy, September 07, 2006, 04:24:02 PM

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69chargerboy

This is a AM/FM radio this person is selling on Ebay for $999.99. Was there an option for an AM/FM radio back then?  I thought the best model radio you could have was a 8-track. I could be wrong. Did Chrysler make an AM/FM radio back then? And if so, are they worth that much? Thanks.


Click on link below:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MOPAR-AM-FM-1968-1969-B-BODY-RADIO-ROAD-RUNNER-CHARGER_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ34204QQihZ010QQitemZ200024726815QQrdZ1
My MoPar Family:
                                       
1968 Chrysler 300 
1968 Coronet 440 4-Dr                                                              
1968 Coronet 440                                       
1969 Charger                                       
1973 Charger SE 
1988 Dodge Custom 150 Pickup

dodge freak

I seen them go for $175-$250 before but that is in nice shape. It was a rare option back then. Most cars cam with just AM which was ok because they used to play good music on AM now its talk on AM and music on FM.

That price is high, I think $500 would be pushing it but $1,000 ? If somebody does buy it  ::)

REDNECK



dodge freak

WOW and to think I could have found these in a junk yard 25 years ago for $20 or so. I get sick some times about the stuff I threw away or walk on by at those junk yards I used to vist.

Shakey

I thought FM wasn't invented until 1979.   :shruggy:

Chris G.


Chargen69

Quote from: Shakey on September 07, 2006, 04:48:54 PM
I thought FM wasn't invented until 1979.   :shruggy:

military had it in the 40's but it was abandoned, but here is a clip from an article on the web...

"By the late 1960s FM had been adopted by fans of "alternative rock" music, but it wasn't until 1978 (the first year that listenership to FM stations exceeded that of AM stations) that FM became mainstream"

Lord Warlock

FM was popular much earlier than 78, I remember that noone listened to AM anymore in 73 in the Washington DC area.  I imagine it was making inroads much earlier than that, but I was in Japan in the late 60s so wouldn't know.  As for the AM/FM yes it was an option, I have one (I even have a rear speaker for mine..lol.....stereo dash/rear.  Only had one speaker in dash and one in rear deck though.  I remember seeing an AM/8 Track in a salvage yard back in the 80s - didn't buy it though since I didn't like either of those. 
69 RT/SE Y3 cream yellow w/tan vinyl top and black r/t stripe. non matching 440/375, 3:23, Column shift auto w/buddy seat, tan interior, am/fm w/fr to back fade, Now wears 17" magnum 500 rims and Nitto tires. Fresh repaint, new interior, new wheels and tires.

BrianShaughnessy

Thumbwheel am/fm's were going for $200 + 15 years ago.  5 years ago they were $400 +.

I paid $400ish to have my am converted to am/fm with 40 watts.    These originals got about 5 watts or so.   For what it's worth,   I should have left the dead am in the dash and hidden something else... or just cut the dashplate and put in $100 Pioneer and had better sound.

I think $999 is a bit much but that's somebody trying to make a big profit - do yourself a favor and don't buy it. 

Black Betty:  1969 Charger R/T - X9 440 six pack, TKO600 5 speed, 3.73 Dana 60.
Sinnamon:  1969 Charger R/T - T5 440, 727, 3.23 8 3/4 high school sweetheart.

dodgecharger-fan

That's about double what it should be, in my opinion. (It's about double what I paid.  :icon_smile_shy: )

If the numbers matter to you, it's for a 68 but would fit and work fine in a 69.

Ghoste

I thought the 68's came to a point in front or something like that?

sunfire69

I have to laugh, this makes me feel so old. FM radio was alive and well, and listened too in the 60s. My first FM radio was in 67. FM had Stereo sound and was much clearer than AM plus you didn't lose in going under a bridge. At the time you could get an AM/FM STEREO radio or just an AM/FM. When my father ordered his 69 SE he ordered it with the AM/FM stereo.
Jerry

hemigeno

My guess (and that's all it is - just a guess) is that AM/FM's in '68 are much less common than they were in '69+.   :ahum:  I don't know who would have any info on how common the '68 AM/FM is, but I suspect it's less than later years. 

I honestly hadn't noticed the differences between the '68 and '69 radios before, but that is definitely not the same P/N as in the '69 book.

I saw a really nice (restored) '69 AM/FM sell for $600, and that was 2 years ago. 

Shakey

Quote from: Shakey on September 07, 2006, 04:48:54 PM
I thought FM wasn't invented until 1979.   :shruggy:

I was only kiddin' 'round!  I guess I should have used this  :D  instead of this   :shruggy:

But in reality - I like AM radio as I have become quite acustomed to it.  You see, over in the shop at the farm is an old AM radio and the only stations it gets are an oldies station and a classic country station.  I listen for hours at a time while working on the car.  I find there is just too much talk and commercials on the FM dial.

I like Brian's suggestion, keep the old AM thumbwheel in the dash and stash a decent system elsewhere in the car for when I want to listen to some classic rock.  I am even starting to wonder about having an ipod that I can simply plug into the cars speakers.

I picture the sound of the engine drowning out the old tinny AM radio.

I am a long ways away from worrying about what music I'll be listening to in the car.

Ghoste

Shakey that's a couple or three times lately that people didn't know you were joking.  You're just way too dry man. ;D

6pkrunner

Parts are ridiculous as everyone knows. The unfortunate part is that what you think is an insane price, and then you triple it for a nutso price - well double that again for what things are going for now.
How many of those AM/FMs did we tear out and throw away to put a **real nice Craig** stereo in. And all those factory cast iron intakes and exhaust manifold we turfed....... :'(


** - turn sarcasm detector off as it'll blow up. The sad part is at the time the Craig stuff was considered good.

Charger_Fan

Quote from: Ghoste on September 07, 2006, 07:01:16 PM
Shakey that's a couple or three times lately that people didn't know you were joking.  You're just way too dry man. ;D
:iagree: He even had me!  :-[
I was all ready to day "dayumm Man, how young are you??" ;D

The Aquamax...yes, this bike spent 2 nights underwater one weekend. (Not my doing), but it gained the name, and has since become pseudo-famous. :)

Just 6T9 CHGR

R21 is the option code for the AM/FM radio

Out of the 1000 Chargers I have registered I only have 48 AM/FM's in the registry
Chris' '69 Charger R/T


Chatt69chgr

The service that fixed my AM thumbwheel paid me $300 for the AM/FM thumbwheel I had.  It didn't come out of my car.  Got it out of a junker.  I figured it was rare if he was willing to pay me that much for it.  But the thing had been exposed to the heat and cold for 30 plus years and insides were actually sticky.  I knew he could fix it but the real question I had was how long would it stay fixed.  It was pretty complicated inside--tuner section was not solid state then--just the output transistors.  The AM thumbwheels are pretty simple.  So I decided to have my virtually perfect AM fixed.  There are services that will build FM into your AM thumbwheel.  Of you can just hide a tuner and operate it remotely----if having that in your car is important.  With MP3 files now, even CD's are becoming blase'.  The only real reason to pay a lot for one of these would be to put it in a rare high option car that you were going to sell.  Not sure you would recoupe your money though.  But who knows-----the prices that MOPAR parts are bringing these days are just astounding.  And with all the baby boomers getting ready to flood the market and look for the car of their youth (oftentimes a MOPAR) and the dwindling availability of cars, prices will probably stay high----leastways, until the baby boomers get tired of them.  Not sure what will happen after that.  Prices will probably drop since everyone will be looking for used 2005+ vintage challengers, mustangs, and camaro's.  

dodge freak

Thats what I have been thinking-the prices are going to start dropping but noooo they just keep going up it seems like.

bull

Quote from: Shakey on September 07, 2006, 06:58:59 PM
Quote from: Shakey on September 07, 2006, 04:48:54 PM
I thought FM wasn't invented until 1979.   :shruggy:

I was only kiddin' 'round!  I guess I should have used this  :D  instead of this   :shruggy:


Or this... :nana:

Nacho-RT74

just for your records THERE WAS ALSO 69 AM/FM 8 TRACKS... somebody show me that recently when I was searching somebody to help me on 3rd gens radio diagrams.

I think was KAB69440 who gave me the info, and in fact I think HE HAS ONE...

and ppl here told me I was crazy when I posted that once on board HA!!!
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BigBlockSam

wow! I've seen them go for 500 or $600. but that's alot of money . if we could only predict the future. Rene
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Ghoste

Well, it hasn't sold yet and he says he doesn't care if he sells it or not so even he knows that's a pie in the sky price.  I notice he isn't risking taking bids on it and letting people find out what others are actually willing to pay so he will no doubt find some sucker out there.

dodge freak

If it was listed on Wednesday - e-bay had a 50 cent sale going on, all e-bay motor parts were only 50 cents to list what ever the price was started at, so he might be just taking a 50 cent chance on selling it.

Again this might be a way for him to avoid the extra costs if somebody offers $500-$600 for it and he sells it off e-bay.

miamivice

great, this is an awsome thread, as i stumbled on it by accident.  was looking at my RT/SE yesterday after being in tucked away for 6 months or so. 

yes it does have a AM/FM style radio like this one:



although its not nearly as nice looking as that one.   is there a place that restores these radios?  id at least like mine to LOOK nice...i was planning on doing a custom sound setup under the seat or something w/ a modern radio and CD player.


myk

Psh.  Save the money and buy a set of kick ass heads...

blackcharger

I used to pass on those when they were only $250. Now they're way to much $$ for me. A buddy of mine was offered a '70 charger body for the am/fm thumb wheel in his '69.

Crazy

dodge freak

Yeah I e-bay it and get a new radio they are so much better and if done right some look cool too.

Ghoste

You don't think it'd lessen the value of the carif you decide to e-bay it too?

Dale The Bold

Quote from: miamivice on September 10, 2006, 02:14:34 AM
 is there a place that restores these radios?
Here's a site that fixes old car radios and even updates the electronics.

http://www.turnswitch.com/

I sent them my dead '69 AM 8-track radio and they converted it into an AM/FM and fixed the 8-track.  There is also a connector in the back that allows me to hook up another sound source, like an MP3 player, CD player, etc.  The nice thing is that it looks totally stock (with an added LED indicator) but functions like a brand new radio.
Matt. 14:8 (KJV) "And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, 'give me here John Baptist's head in a Charger.'"

Lord Warlock

I plan on putting a hidden stereo/amp/speaker system in mine, without modifying any of the stock panels, I may make a custom console to mount in it eventually and put most of the components inside.  Hard to believe that a factory am/fm radio is now worth more than I spent on the whole car originally, but then again I've seen a couple nos trim pieces that went for close the amount i spent back in 78 for the whole car. 

I'm glad that I never cut holes in the footwells for speakers, I know at one time I had planned to.  My rear package tray has two speaker holes in it, but it only came with one from the factory that i know of. 
69 RT/SE Y3 cream yellow w/tan vinyl top and black r/t stripe. non matching 440/375, 3:23, Column shift auto w/buddy seat, tan interior, am/fm w/fr to back fade, Now wears 17" magnum 500 rims and Nitto tires. Fresh repaint, new interior, new wheels and tires.

mysil bergsprekken

my 8 track player motor dont work, what does a new one cost?
a friend of mine said hewoul fixit for 50 bucks. just taking it apart and cleaning it
i dont know if it would work, but it might be worth a shot
69 charger RT