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Ya'll be careful, several of these radios were not
AMC radios. I can tell you that AMC did use a variety of radios from Motorola,
Mitsubishi, Ford, Kraco, Johnson to name a few. This is not one of them. It
is a NOS analog radio someone put a cheesy AMC sticker on it. And it has been
for sale for months on ebay also. Here is another that has been on there for
sale for months:
The biggest problem here is the cheesy decal on it.
Yes, it might fit a variety of AMC cars but it is NOT stock equipment.
And a RCA cassette deck with decal taped on like
others:
Not a bad markup. You buy out a place with obsolete
radios for $2-$5 each. Then get a small decal made up at Office Depot or Kinkos
for another $5-$10 and affix it to some radios. Arrgh. Someone prove me wrong. I
have looked thru a number of Dealers Accessory Guides which have every radio AMC
would offer and never seen one of these. Maybe it is in a 1979-up as I don't
have those, but then why list them for earlier models?
I simply want someone to show me some original AMC
order forms or accessory books with RCA in them, and/or a cheesy decal on them
like this. Every book I have there is a AMC or American Motors logo somewhere on
the radio face or door. Why? Because a radio was a high dollar item. AMC found
it cheaper to outsource and buy radios from other manufacturers and affix their
name in the front. For instance a AM/FM/CB in 1977 was a $365.00 option. Not
cheap. A 1972 AM radio was $66 for Grem/Horn/Jav. If you wanted
AM/FM/Multiplex for your Javelin it was $196. For Matador/Ambassador it was $235
and was a vertical radio, a radio AMC had to have made from 1967-73 to fit the
mailbox hole. A AM/8 track for your AMX was $190. And all had American Motors on
the little door or on the front facia.
AMC had only a few radios that I know of that never
did say aMC on the front and those were Motorolas from 74-76 in Matador coupes.
And I don't know why.
Anyhows, it is late, Ralph, thanks for the lead on
these radios, possibly someone can use them, us AMCers are a resilient bunch and
can make anything fit! Possibly someone can use them, but just hate to see the
seller post them as 'AMC equipment' when they aren't. A little decal don't make
them AMC OEM I guess. Regardless, if someone has AMC accessories and dealership
order form books that shows a RCA radio, please send me a copy, as I'd like to
be proved wrong! :~))> goodnight,
Eddie Stakes'
Planet Houston AMX 713.464.8825 eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.planethoustonamx.com volume of email is currently moderate 5-12 day replies, call if important
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