69 B body radio

[ODZKing]

Just got my montly Herbs e-mail.  Not sure if anyone has seen this repro radio like they did for the 71-74's.
Looks good.

[Ghoste]

Nice, or at least it looks nice from the pic.  Not cheap but then again, few things are in the old car hobby.  The site says its for a 68 though, are they doing both?

http://www.herbsparts.com/proddetail.asp?prod=673101

[ODZKing]

Interesting ... here is that portion of the e-mail

[Ghoste]

Interesting, they are different from 68 to 69 right?

[Dino]

I don't get it, there's so many originals for under $100 on CL and Ebay, why pay $650 for a repro?  Does it come with all the modern upgrades?

[Ghoste]

Their E body and 71-74 B-body ones do but I guess I shouldn't assume so just because of that.

[ODZKing]

I don't get it, there's so many originals for under $100 on CL and Ebay, why pay $650 for a repro?  Does it come with all the modern upgrades?

If it is like the 71-74, it has new better electronics, 4 speaker out, AM/FM with Ipod/Sirus-XM plug and weighs less than a third of the weight.  It is much smaller in the back.

[Charger-Bodie]

I don't get it, there's so many originals for under $100 on CL and Ebay, why pay $650 for a repro?  Does it come with all the modern upgrades?

Its Am/Fm. The ones on eBay for 100 buck are just Am.

[moparfan53]

 I can't say for sure but I think it is the same radio as shown here, but I could not find a price on their site;
http://www.retroradio.biz/

...and same as Year One has at $595
68 radio - https://www.yearone.com/Product/DisplayProduct/295546
69 radio - https://www.yearone.com/Product/DisplayProduct/295547

I have been trying to decide whether to upgrade/convert my am thumbwheel (about $400 or so) or spend the extra for one of these repro units.

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

Crikies!  YO is CHEAPER on a part listed elsewhere? 

[69CoronetRT]

Crikies!  YO is CHEAPER on a part listed elsewhere? 

yeah but S/H is $200

[ODZKing]

Yeah, $595 is what it'll be. 
And at Carlisle they'll most likely have the same deal as last year - $525 and you won't have to pay for shipping.
I'm waiting until then to grab one for the 73.

[Dino]

I don't get it, there's so many originals for under $100 on CL and Ebay, why pay $650 for a repro?  Does it come with all the modern upgrades?

Its Am/Fm. The ones on eBay for 100 buck are just Am.

Ah yes, my bad, I forgot about that.

[Dino]

I don't get it, there's so many originals for under $100 on CL and Ebay, why pay $650 for a repro?  Does it come with all the modern upgrades?

If it is like the 71-74, it has new better electronics, 4 speaker out, AM/FM with Ipod/Sirus-XM plug and weighs less than a third of the weight.  It is much smaller in the back.

Well that explains the price then, it's still an insane amount for a dang car stereo though.  

[69CoronetRT]

Well that explains the price then, it's still an insane amount for a dang car stereo though.  

It's all relative. Have you priced an original AM/FM? Compared to an original, that's a pretty good price. Some of us want the convenience of a stock look with access to FM or other devices.

[Dino]

Well that explains the price then, it's still an insane amount for a dang car stereo though.  

It's all relative. Have you priced an original AM/FM? Compared to an original, that's a pretty good price. Some of us want the convenience of a stock look with access to FM or other devices.

I have no clue what the original am/fm radios go for.  I'm sure it is relative, I'm just getting annoyed sometimes of the price of parts for mopars compared to Fords and Chevys.

I contaced a guy a while back and asked him how much it costs to convert my am radio to fm and add an aux in, it was $450 and I was a bit floored by that.  Maybe I'm in the wrong business.

[Ghoste]

Unfortunate but is all supply and demand and there just aren't that many of us to make amortizing these parts work over a large production run compared to Ford and GM stuff.

[Dino]

Unfortunate but is all supply and demand and there just aren't that many of us to make amortizing these parts work over a large production run compared to Ford and GM stuff.

Yeah you're right, I'm just in whine mode today.   

[Ghoste]

I've tried to accept it as the price to pay for owning the better cars.  It doesn't help when I need a part bad and don't have the scratch but it is what I try and tell myself.

[bull]

They put thumbwheel radios in Mopar after 69? Don't remember that.

Anyway, why pay this gawd-awful amount for a new radio when you can get a used one updated with an MP3 jack and other upgrades for 1/3 that? You don't need an FM upgrade if you get an MP3 player with FM capability.

"We can fully service/restore your radio electronically, mechanically, and cosmetically for as little as $125 depending on make and model." http://www.wardsclassiccarradiorepair.com/id2.html

Get your old radios restored with new internals and send me the extra $300 you would have spent on a new one. I guarantee you'll feel much better about yourself.

[moparfan53]

They put thumbwheel radios in Mopar after 69? Don't remember that.

1970 B bodies with the am/8 track were thumbwheel (am and am/fm were knob type). Also, 1970 A bodies with the 340 engine had the rallye dash which used a thumbwheel radio. Just another one of those Mopar oddities.

[Ghoste]

Didn't some of the C-bodies have a thmubwheel as well?

[ODZKing]

Didn't some of the C-bodies have a thmubwheel as well?

67-68 Monaco - Polara AND same console as first gen Charger
From 2010 Moparfest - http://www.retrorarities.com/Moparfest10/slides/S4019239.html

[BananaDan]

Wow, I paid less than that and I got an original AM radio to ride up front (disconnected), a new DVC 4x10 speaker, 2 6x9's and a SecretAudio unit.  I think all of that ran about $400-$450.

[gtx6970]

 think it was $395 , modern but in an original case , That way I KNOW it fits the dash

4 channel , 45 watts per channel and an ipod / mp3 player jack