Delco Wonderbar Mystery

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Originally Posted by DavGoodlin

The owner told me that "wonderbar" was like the original seek function, I wonder how well it worked, since Delco seem to offer it only during the late 50s.

I'm not trying to nit pick or play "Mr. Internet Expert" here , but , the wonderbar radio was available in at least as late as 1964 , as I had a 64 2 door caddy that had it . My 1961 and 1958 caddys had the wonderbar as well . It was , as your friend said , a signal seek function that when the bar was pushed (my 58 had a button on the floor , next to the high beams , that would activate it as well) it would mechanically tune the radio to the next station with signal in an ascending manner . When it was pushed enough to reach the "top" of the dial (1600 KHZ) it would then snap back to the bottom of the dial (540 KHZ) to begin seeking again . Any strong station would get it to stop on that signal .

PS , I went through my automotive "Aircraft carrier" days back in the 1970s , and so my caddys are long gone now .....