Early all-transistor car radios

[Jon A.]

Originally Posted by egrand

Chrysler offered the Delco radios in their '64 Chryslers and Imperials.

I wonder if the Black Beauty would have had a Delco radio originally. Same body style as the '64. Never heard of those in anything other than GM vehicles before.

[egrand]

Originally Posted by KV-1926R

I wonder if the Black Beauty would have had a Delco radio originally. Same body style as the '64. Never heard of those in anything other than GM vehicles before.

If it was the AM/FM option it would have been. If it was one of the AM radios it was probably Motorola. Chrysler didn't start making their own radios until 1971. They got Saginaw power steering units from GM for a lot of years too.

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by egrand

If it was the AM/FM option it would have been. If it was one of the AM radios it was probably Motorola. Chrysler didn't start making their own radios until 1971. They got Saginaw power steering units from GM for a lot of years too.

My '82 Dodge Ramcharger had a Saginaw steering unit and it leaked like a sieve. I owned several MoPars prior to that one and never had one that leaked. I don't know who made the units in the earlier models.
Some early '70s MoPars used radios built by Philips of Canada.