<VV> Re: Was $10,655 Corvair MC, now Multiplex Install on same

[airvair]

I'd have to double-check (memory uncertainty?), as I have all the GM 
radio manuals, but I'm pretty sure that the "original" multiplex when it 
came out was just a "three-knob job" with just a single front and single 
rear speaker. Then later on (about the time of the '66 intro) they 
changed to a true 4-speaker system (hence the fourth knob.) All the 
4-speaker systems had front speakers that were (meant to be) installed 
into the doors.

BTW to my knowlege the Corvair multiplex was NEVER available as a 
factory installation, as it was in most other GM car lines. They were 
always dealer-installed, and available yearly from '65 through '68 for 
Corvair. The 12-pin plug was changed for '69 in everything BUT the 
Corvair AM/FM radio, which is why it is not "available" for '69 even 
though the literature says it is. Maybe as a leftover '68-earlier from 
off the dealer shelf....

The tape player system ('67-9) was available as either factory or dealer 
installed. It also used the same 4-speaker system. It would be 
accompanied by an available underdash "switchover" switch when paired 
with a multiplex, because you couldn't otherwise run both the tape 
player and multiplex with only one speaker system.

-Mark C

Rob Landers wrote:

>Mark,
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>Did you notice the multiplex install?  I thought that in '66 there were door
>speakers installed in factory-delivered cars with the multiplex option.  The
>ebay listing even says "U79 - Stereo Multiplexer with four speakers"... but
>you can clearly see in a couple of pics none are the doors of this car...
>hmmmm.  Seems there were 3 speakers installed in '65 as I recall, with one
>in the dash and 2 in the back?... or were there just one up front and one in
>the back?
>
>BTW, very nice car... assuming all those options are on the body tag.
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>Mike Stillwell wrote:
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>>'Cause it's not a '66 COPO car, the only ones with a
>>factory Dual MC.
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>>Mike
>>YS-025
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>>--- Sadek Charles H DLVA <SadekCH@NSWC.NAVY.MIL>
>>wrote:
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>>>Why does this '66 have a '65 MC?