<VV> 66 AM Radio knob question

[airvair]

Are you talking about the decorative "flatwashers" under the tuner and 
volume knobs? If so, then here's what they should be like. Both left and 
right "flatwashers" are visually identical when installed. The left one, 
however, is keyed and lightly pressed onto an outer shaft that controls 
the "tone" of the radio sound. The right one is either a "dummy knob" 
and does nothing but take up space and balance the looks left to right 
OR is a fader switch for the rear seat speaker. Visually, they have 
three equally spaced blades on them.

I think that at one time I came across an aftermarket radio that had a 
single "bump" on it similar to what you describe. So that may be what 
you have, an aftermarket setup. An experienced Corvair person would have 
to physically see it to verify this for you. Or you could find some 
pictures of stock setups on the internet.

-Mark C

RKAT wrote:

>The INNER knobs on my 66 AM radio, the one on the left has one  -knub-
>sticking out of it as a sort of indicator. The one on the right is
>smooth. I picked up a Corvair AM radio with a bunch of other parts, the
>inner knobs on this one have (if I remember correctly) 3 knubs on it,
>kinda star like.. Kinda hard to describe. Which ones would be correct?
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>Thanks!
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>Ron Tinkham
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>http://www.ronsjeepjunk.4t.com/
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>66 Corsa Convertible, 140, 4sp.