What radios did 1968/69 beetles have in Australia?
XXX-1.8T - December 11th, 2012 at 08:04 PM
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 - December 11th, 2012 at 08:13 PM
if its Australian wouldnt it be a Clarion or AWA?
grumble - December 11th, 2012 at 08:15 PM
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 - December 11th, 2012 at 09:30 PM
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 - December 12th, 2012 at 09:32 AM
bump any other info?
so Aussie dubs could pretty much have anything?
1303Steve - December 12th, 2012 at 03:10 PM
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
XXX-1.8T - December 12th, 2012 at 07:39 PM
what brands were they above pictured?
1303Steve - December 12th, 2012 at 11:40 PM
Hi
They were marked VW but would have been locally made.
Steve
vlad01 - December 13th, 2012 at 02:27 PM
lol valve based radio.
awesome.
68AutoBug - December 13th, 2012 at 07:07 PM
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posted by XXX-1.8T
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?
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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...
LEE