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qksilver · 12-04-2011, 08:31 PM

Need to know if a 78 blazer could be ordered new with a factory am/fm cassette radio.

tkeduk8r has this radio but neither of us is sure if it is 78 correct.

Thanks,
Steve

RandyP · 12-04-2011, 10:09 PM

Pretty sure that was not available until the 80's. Your 78 no doubt had the normal AM/FM crystal tuned radio.

http://brochures.slosh.com/index.shtml?1978

According to that, AM or AM/FM push button radios were the options.

qksilver · 12-04-2011, 10:21 PM

Thanks, great link.

Steve

Jonboy · 12-04-2011, 10:30 PM

The GMC pickup brocure shows the CB radio with a similar look. I say go for it. It's not going to look out of place, and it has to beat an AM radio.

motornut · 12-06-2011, 12:07 PM

i won't tell
heck mine was stock 1 speaker am radio
put a 96 stock in till now
just got a new deck a "so not stock": Pioneer

some info from 74 says am/fm might be there then

12-04-2011, 08:31 PM	#1
qksilver Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Southern Pines NC Posts: 3,853	78 blazer factory radio questions Need to know if a 78 blazer could be ordered new with a factory am/fm cassette radio. tkeduk8r has this radio but neither of us is sure if it is 78 correct. Thanks, Steve Attached Images

12-04-2011, 10:09 PM	#2
RandyP Getting Old; Going Broke Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Owasso OK Posts: 2,764	Re: 78 blazer factory radio questions Pretty sure that was not available until the 80's. Your 78 no doubt had the normal AM/FM crystal tuned radio. http://brochures.slosh.com/index.shtml?1978 According to that, AM or AM/FM push button radios were the options. __________________ *Why is every used 350 sbc out of a corvette?* There's only two things that excite a man, expensive toys and real expensive toys. *VEGETARIAN: That's an old Indian word meaning "I don't hunt so good."* When the going gets tough, switch to power tools.

12-04-2011, 10:21 PM	#3
qksilver Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Southern Pines NC Posts: 3,853	Re: 78 blazer factory radio questions Thanks, great link. Steve

12-04-2011, 10:30 PM	#4
Jonboy Slots go on anything! Join Date: May 2003 Location: Richardson, TX Posts: 5,957	Re: 78 blazer factory radio questions The GMC pickup brocure shows the CB radio with a similar look. I say go for it. It's not going to look out of place, and it has to beat an AM radio. __________________ 1974 Jimmy- 5.3/4L80e/NP241

12-06-2011, 12:07 PM	#5
motornut 78K & 79C Jimmys Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Ottawa Ont CANADA Posts: 7,901	Re: 78 blazer factory radio questions i won't tell heck mine was stock 1 speaker am radio put a 96 stock in till now just got a new deck a "so not stock": Pioneer some info from 74 says am/fm might be there then Attached Images __________________ John 1978 GMCJimmy4X4-350/203 1979 GMCJimmy4X2-305/350 Last edited by motornut; 12-06-2011 at 12:16 PM.



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