[FC] <VV> WANTED: WORKING FC AM RADIO

[Kevin Clark kevin@kcvairbrush.com]

FC radio and car radio are different however both will fit in an FC. The car radio body is bigger and will pinch a bit on the defroster hose. You have to push harder when inserting the radio in the housing. 
KC



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Kevin G. Clark
kevin at kcvairbrush.com
www.kcvairbrush.com




On Dec 6, 2012, at 5:09 PM, Paul Steinberg wrote:

> The FC radio was never offered in a push button version, and if I remember 
> correctly, it might be because the radio chassis is slightly shorter in 
> length than the standard Corvair radio.  I can dig out my NOS FC radio and 
> check the differences in lengths if anyone needs this information.  Same 
> with the radio mounting fixture, it is also different than the regular 
> production Corvair.
> Paul in CT
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bill & Chris Strickland" <lechevrier at q.com>
> To: <corvanatics at corvair.org>
> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 4:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [FC] <VV> WANTED: WORKING FC AM RADIO
> 
> 
>> 
>>> I'm sure dealer installed pushbutton radios were common, however.
>> 
>> It might seem so in this day and age of iPods and radios with SDXC slots
>> and Sirrus, but in the early sixties, push buttons were pretty
>> new-fangled, and manual dial tuners were rather normal, if you had a
>> local station you could tune into.
>> 
>> Radios in trucks was a bit of a luxury add-on.
>> 
>> Bill Strickland
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