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What radios did 1968/69 beetles have in Australia?

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XXX-1.8T Bishop of Volkswagenism

3,113 posts · joined Oct 2002 ·

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Just checking did they come with the following Blaupunkts?

· Wofsburg
· Emden
· Bremen
· Hamburg
· Stuttgart
· Essen
· Frankfurt
· Hannover
· Köln

Also if they didnt come with Blaupunkts what did they come with?

Anyone got pics of og radios from 68 or 69?

Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,789 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#935310
if its Australian wouldnt it be a Clarion or AWA?
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grumble Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,672 posts · joined Jun 2008 ·

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We fitted the radios and accessories in the dealership workshop to all of the beetles that we sold in Taree, the radios were purchased through the spare parts department and I think they were Ferris or AWA,I know there were a few aftermarket units available through Repco etc. I can't remember any coming with factory fitted radios.

bajachris88 The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 6

6,661 posts · joined Apr 2005 ·

#935320
My 69' came with a Ferris Solidstate radio with 5 button pre sets lol.

It was a stick shift, so would have been an import. Fitted straight into the dash radio hole with no modification. As to whether it was a dealer fitted or aftermarket, i couldn't tell you 🙂.
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XXX-1.8T Bishop of Volkswagenism

3,113 posts · joined Oct 2002 ·

#935340
bump any other info?

so Aussie dubs could pretty much have anything?

1303Steve Scirocco Rare

8,650 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#935360
Hi

They would have been dealer fitted, so usually what the local radio shop sold.

This brochure was from a 1966 car so 6 volt types shown. Most people forget about valve radios, they were slow to start up and really sucked power.

Steve

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XXX-1.8T Bishop of Volkswagenism

3,113 posts · joined Oct 2002 ·

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what brands were they above pictured?

1303Steve Scirocco Rare

8,650 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#935425
Hi

They were marked VW but would have been locally made.

Steve

vlad01 Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,270 posts · joined Jun 2010 ·

#935472
lol valve based radio.

awesome.

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Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#935505
XXX-1.8T wrote:Just checking did they come with the following Blaupunkts?

· Wofsburg
· Emden
· Bremen
· Hamburg
· Stuttgart
· Essen
· Frankfurt
· Hannover
· Köln

Also if they didnt come with Blaupunkts what did they come with?

Anyone got pics of og radios from 68 or 69?
As far as I know I've never seen a Blaupunkt Radio in any Beetle back in the late 50s and 60s and later..

Most were AWA - STC - Kreisler - Philips - Ferris - HMV -
all made in Australia
there was a BIG market for Car Radios made Especially for Our market with AM only.. some Philips Radios may have been made overseas -[Holland-Europe]
Ferris push button Radios were top of the line...
from memory and Australian made..

I can remember seeing European car Radios with two or three bands [Long Wave-Short Wave etc] can't remember what cars they were in..?? maybe BMW etc??

Remember that Beetles were all 6 volt until 1968 in Australia
when they changed to 12 volt that the most of the rest of the world had had since before 1960..
and 12v Radios would then have been Transistorised , instead of Valves, which had used a lot of power..

It seems that most New Beetles in Australia had very few factory installed accessories... Most [all?] were dealer fitted..
I suppose that was easiest option.. lol

and just keep making the same car without accessories...


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