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Chevelle Delco Radios

 

Part Number Year Type Notes
985773 1964 AM Manual Tune
985776   AM  
986201 1965 AM Manual Tune
986202   AM  
986203   AM/FM  
986376   AM/FM Stereo Adapter
7293671   Stereo Adapter LP
986376A   AM/FM Stereo Adapter LP
986527 1966 AM  
986528   AM  
986529   AM/FM  
986853 1967 AM  
986854   AM/FM  
7300481   Tape Stereo
73044611     Multiplex Tape
7303121 1968 AM/FM  
7303131   AM  
7305311     Tape Deck
7306361     Multiplex Tape
73044621     Stereo Adapter
7305301     Tape & Stereo

 

Reference source: Wild About Cars
Part number listings ceases in the late 1969 model year. Delco Radio adopted a standardized coding for the GM model line radios.

 

Identification Key:
First character in the model year of the radio:
     8=1968, 9=1969, 0=1970, 1=1971, and 2=1972
Second character is the car line:
    1=Chevrolet, 2=Pontiac, 3=Oldsmobile, 4=Buick, 5=Cadillac, and 6=GMC
Third character is a letter that corresponds to the Fisher Body style:
    A=Midsize, B=Full-size, C=More than full-size (i.e., Cadillac Fleetwood C-body, D=Rear control (Cadillac Limo), E=Toronado & Rivera, F=Pony car
    G=Grand Prix, Monte Carlo G-Body, H=Subcompact, V=Corvette, X=Compact, Z=Corvair
The fourth and fifth characters indicate the ratio type:
    PB = Push Button, FP=AM/FM Mono, FM=AM/FM w/Stereo, K=Fader control, MP=FM Multiplex adapter, TX=Stereo Tape Player, RV=Reverberation Amp,
    FW=AM/FM/Weather Band, and MW=AM/FM w/Stereo/Weather band.

 

In 1970, integrated AM and AM/FM w/stereo & 8-track became available. This added a third letter tot he code "T" so you might see "AMT" or "FMT." In 1970 there were many AM - 8 track combos sold as FM stations were still rare in many parts of the country.

 

Last, there may be a "1," or "2" at the end of a part number indicating a running revision change

 

The ultimate in stackable units was reached in the late 1970s with the model "(part number) + BFTC1" which was an AM/FM w/stereo and 8 track and CB radio unit in three pieces. The radio went in the normal dash location and a CB unit which contained the transceiver electronics and a control head/microphone.

 



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