radio deletes- radio blck off plates?

[barbee6043]

just wondering if any of the super coupes came radio delete???

I , for one tend to do this with my A bodies, ie dusters....

 

[volare 77]

Many F bodies came without a radio. Some dealers would order the cars without radios and add them later. You would have to replace the whole dash bezel. 3593732 is the part number for the a/c woodgrain radio delete bezel. arizona parts shows they have one. I would imagine yours is the silver bezel though?

 

[barbee6043]

actually the car i have is a 79 Volare Special edition, it has a perfect dash, but I have a couple of NOS black block off plates. # 4220482
I have considered deleting the radio, I have 2 , so I could maybe sell the second one off if anyone has an interest.

 

[volare 77]

The block off plates must have been used on later vehicles(maybe 82 up) as the volare and aspen as far as I know the dash bezel and block off are all one piece.

 

[volare 77]

I have seen the block plates you are referring to on ebay

 

[BudW]

The block off plates will work fine – but F-bodies did not come with them (they used a different faceplate for radio delete).

The block off plates fit/came on just about everything else, though.
BudW

 

[Rattle Trap]

The Dodge Super Coupe in my local salvage yard has a radio delete bezel laying inside. Fender button is long gone but the A-pillar antenna hole wasn't knocked out so I figure it's legit. It was one of the HTF column shift cars too. They also made radio delete Street Kit Cars.

 

[barbee6043]

Many F bodies came without a radio. Some dealers would order the cars without radios and add them later. You would have to replace the whole dash bezel. 3593732 is the part number for the a/c woodgrain radio delete bezel. arizona parts shows they have one. I would imagine yours is the silver bezel though?

bezels I have are just black plastic with that part number.

 

[BudW]

My ’77 station wagon was a radio delete car, with a dealer-installed AM/FM radio.

The dealer didn’t install the ground cable going to radio – so radio was grounding via the radio lamp (when dash lights were off). Turn the dash lights were on – and instantly, the radio pops, then quits.

I installed the “never installed” ground cable - and all works as designed, now.

Personally, I think it would have been cheaper to leave the dash bezels the same and just install the above mentioned radio delete plate - but for some reason, Chrysler didn't do it for F-bodies.
BudW