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qksilver · 11-07-2011, 09:42 PM

Talked to a guy tonight that says he has a factory am/fm radio for a 84. He is going to send me some pix. He wasn't too clear but said it also had a tape deck.

I am missing my stock radio in my 78 blazer and for ten bucks i am going to buy it sight unseen. Have to drive 130 miles round trip but again 10 bucks.

The question I have is.....the radio is out of an 84 truck 8 track or cassette? Yes i was around in those days, 25 years old, but like they say if you can remember those days you weren't...........lol

So would a 78 and 84 year tape deck be.................? would the 84 look like what the 78 came with?

when I get pix I will post but I am hoping that they will be the same type of deck.

What was funny was him describing how it was mounted and how he took it out. Imagine posts with threads that have washers and nuts attaching the radio to the dash, so there were to holes on either side of a rectangular hole that the radio dial came thru and it had a row of push buttons to select the station..............all I was saying was really and thinking 10 bucks!

Thanks,
Steve

bayou boy · 11-07-2011, 09:46 PM

most of them came with cassette tapes

**78 Big10 454** · 11-08-2011, 04:30 AM

I still have the stock radio in my 78. AM/FM/8-Track. OK, so I'm old school....

donut · 11-08-2011, 08:36 AM

More than likely cassette.
If the seller is willing, you don't have to drive 130mi. 10.00 for shipping seems a whole lot cheaper than the gas, unless seller has more cool stuff, then it would be worth the trip.

**old Rusty C10** · 11-08-2011, 09:20 AM

wouldnt that be the large rectangle radio as opposed to the two know job? you should still be able to mount it as some of the burbs had radios like that towards the nineties

Jonboy · 11-08-2011, 11:03 AM

If it is a shaft style radio, it will work. If you can get the wiring pigtails (just in case), that is even better. The 1 1/2 din (square) radios didn't make it to squares until 1989.

motornut · 11-08-2011, 11:04 AM

i think this was the older 88 two knob cassette(mine brown)
unknown but after 84 ,by the wipers in coloum...red
i think 89 was the first year for the knobs on one side?

11-07-2011, 09:42 PM	#1
qksilver Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Southern Pines NC Posts: 3,853	78 radio questions Talked to a guy tonight that says he has a factory am/fm radio for a 84. He is going to send me some pix. He wasn't too clear but said it also had a tape deck. I am missing my stock radio in my 78 blazer and for ten bucks i am going to buy it sight unseen. Have to drive 130 miles round trip but again 10 bucks. The question I have is.....the radio is out of an 84 truck 8 track or cassette? Yes i was around in those days, 25 years old, but like they say if you can remember those days you weren't...........lol So would a 78 and 84 year tape deck be.................? would the 84 look like what the 78 came with? when I get pix I will post but I am hoping that they will be the same type of deck. What was funny was him describing how it was mounted and how he took it out. Imagine posts with threads that have washers and nuts attaching the radio to the dash, so there were to holes on either side of a rectangular hole that the radio dial came thru and it had a row of push buttons to select the station..............all I was saying was really and thinking 10 bucks! Thanks, Steve

11-07-2011, 09:46 PM	#2
bayou boy Registered User Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Frankston Tx Posts: 151	Re: 78 radio questions most of them came with cassette tapes __________________ all i know is that its going to be orange

11-08-2011, 04:30 AM	#3
78 Big10 454 78 Big10 454 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Pismo Beach, CA Posts: 839	Re: 78 radio questions I still have the stock radio in my 78. AM/FM/8-Track. OK, so I'm old school....

11-08-2011, 08:36 AM	#4
donut Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: S.C. Posts: 1,593	Re: 78 radio questions More than likely cassette. If the seller is willing, you don't have to drive 130mi. 10.00 for shipping seems a whole lot cheaper than the gas, unless seller has more cool stuff, then it would be worth the trip. __________________ '86 C-30 dually, 454/tbh400 '73 K-20 350/350/205 (sold ) I'm kinda like duct tape- no real purpose, but handy to have around.

11-08-2011, 09:20 AM	#5
old Rusty C10 Robert Olson Transport Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: recent transplant to NC USA Posts: 20,316	Re: 78 radio questions wouldnt that be the large rectangle radio as opposed to the two know job? you should still be able to mount it as some of the burbs had radios like that towards the nineties __________________ Bob 1951 International running on a squarebody chassis "If a man's worth is judged by the people he associates himself with, then i am the richest man in the world knowing some of the fine people of this board" http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...t.php?f=25&a=9 (you can review the site rules here!) PM Me for your vehicle/parts hauling needs in the North East US or see my Facebook page Robert Olson Transport Live each day to the fullest.. you never know when fate is going to pull the rug out from under you... I hate cancer!!

11-08-2011, 11:03 AM	#6
Jonboy Slots go on anything! Join Date: May 2003 Location: Richardson, TX Posts: 5,957	Re: 78 radio questions If it is a shaft style radio, it will work. If you can get the wiring pigtails (just in case), that is even better. The 1 1/2 din (square) radios didn't make it to squares until 1989. __________________ 1974 Jimmy- 5.3/4L80e/NP241

11-08-2011, 11:04 AM	#7
motornut 78K & 79C Jimmys Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Ottawa Ont CANADA Posts: 7,901	Re: 78 radio questions i think this was the older 88 two knob cassette(mine brown) unknown but after 84 ,by the wipers in coloum...red i think 89 was the first year for the knobs on one side? Attached Images __________________ John 1978 GMCJimmy4X4-350/203 1979 GMCJimmy4X2-305/350



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