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Old Mar 17, 2019 | 02:32 PM
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1975 Delta 88 Radio

I'm looking for a working factory radio for a 75 Royale covertible. I also need the whips for the speaker and power leads.
Old Mar 20, 2019 | 04:53 PM
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Anyone?
Old Mar 25, 2019 | 08:48 PM
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Good luck. I have a box full. none work, haven't bought an 88 with a working radio yet.I've taken about 10 of them apart
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Old Mar 26, 2019 | 11:53 AM
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How about this one? Says it's out of a '74. He doesn't say if it's out of a full-size car, but I don't see why it couldn't work.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-GM-...cAAOSwLi1clklf





Here's another one. It apparently needs *****, but I wouldn't think those would be too hard to find. Maybe this same seller has some. If not, there are lots radios on ebay being sold "untested" or "as is". Buy one of those with decent ***** and use those.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-197...gAAOSw651cSkGT

Old Mar 26, 2019 | 11:57 AM
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You don't say if you want AM, AM/FM, AM/FM/8-track, or what. If AM-only is ok, here's another one.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1976-Oldsmo...YAAOSw2gxY0a60

Old Mar 26, 2019 | 12:47 PM
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the first two look like 71-73 to me,pretty sure they changed the dash for 74-76 and the radios have considerably longer dials to reach through the dash
Old Mar 26, 2019 | 12:57 PM
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That's true about the '74 to '76 (and '77 and '78 Toronado) dashes. They were forward slanting, so the radios needed longer *****. I don't think the dials were any different nor the length of the shafts. Just the length of the *****.

Here's the dash and radio in my '78 Toro, which would be the same as in a '75 Delta 88. The rectangular dial portion is the normal size and depth. But the forward-slanted opening forces the radio to sit farther back in the opening. The ***** have longer shafts to accommodate this.

So I think any pre-74 radio out of a full-size Olds would work, but he would need to find ***** from a '74 through '76.

Old Mar 26, 2019 | 07:18 PM
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10-4 jaunty,you are right about the *****,the radio dials aren't longer.i believe i have some of those long *****.i think i got confused with a caddy radio that had longer dials than the olds.
Old Mar 27, 2019 | 04:32 PM
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Big-Dooly, do you have a clean 75 with the correct ***** that I can send out to be modernized?
Old Mar 27, 2019 | 04:57 PM
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Sorry, looking for a AM/FM only. Do the ***** on the first one on e-bay look like the correct longer ones?
Old Mar 27, 2019 | 04:59 PM
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Comparing them to the AM only radio above, they don't look very long.
Old Mar 28, 2019 | 06:59 AM
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I have an 8 track am fm from a 76 cutlass.
Old Mar 28, 2019 | 04:43 PM
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I'm not sure if this one will fit your application. This is my radio so I can make measurements for you. This is in essentially brand new condition.

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Old Mar 28, 2019 | 05:33 PM
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Briane, what did it come out of?
Old Mar 28, 2019 | 05:41 PM
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It was a Delta 88. I believe it was a later '70s, but I'm sorry it was so long ago I can't remember! I got it to put in my daily driver 88 at the time, but that car was the victim of black ice on a NY Thruway overpass one Christmas Eve. The radio never made it into it. Miss the car, still have this radio decades later. I should be able to figure out the year based on the side label.
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Old Mar 28, 2019 | 05:53 PM
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The sticker says part number 16009960 which looks to be 82-3 G body, '82-4 B body, and '82 F body. So perhaps too late for yourself. I must have gotten it from a 1982 88.
Old Mar 28, 2019 | 08:09 PM
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Too bad, it sounded promising..Thanks anyway
Old Mar 31, 2019 | 09:24 AM
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If you can tell me how to ID the correct radio for you,I have about 70 radios that I removed from 60's and 70's cars,many are AM/FM About the only thing I know is that early and later radios had a diff. spacing between the volumne and tuner shafts
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Too bad, it sounded promising..Thanks anyway
Old Mar 31, 2019 | 02:56 PM
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I'm not sure what part numbers are correct for the car but someone on here may know where to find what service model #s and serial #s are correct.
Old Apr 17, 2019 | 11:05 PM
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Hi ,I thought I PM's you my cell # .
I have several 74& 75 radios. snd correct *****.
If your interested I will photograph separately.
These pix where on my phone.
I can never get pix to go through pm.
Most of these are am /fm.
I have one am/ 8track came from a black 75 I parted 3 yrs ago. None of these are working to my knowledge. They would have to be sent out.
Am /FM $50 w/ *****



Bag of *****
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