Blaupunkt speaker grilles?

[Guest Anonymous]

Did the cars /w radio originally come with these Blaupunkt speaker grille's I found under the dash?

-Patrick

[Guest Anonymous]

All BMW radios were aftermarket add-ons. They were dealer installed. When you purchased a car at a dealership, they offered Blaupunkt or Becker radios/stereos/cassette players. These radios came with a custom installation "kit" to fit the 2002 console. The Hirschmann antenna was "recommended." There was nearly always a console radio faceplate and speaker fitted. Depending on how exotic your installation was, there was a combination of underdash speakers, rear package tray speakers and door speakers (No, Please!) available.

Purists kept their cars with German made radios and speakers. Audiophiles would add custom or "state of the art" Clarion, Motorola or Japanese-made systems.

Delia Wolfe

'73tii

Inka (aka "Orange Julius")

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[Guest Anonymous]

...like on my car: a crappy little excuse for a radio that I've been told was the cheapest radio the the J.C. Whitney catalog circa 1971. It was mounted with a 4X6 speaker below in a sheet-metal console face, and developed a condition wherein it would move the dial only in a fitful echo of my efforts at the tuning knob.

I just replaced it this weekend with the low-end Pioneer cassette deck now in its third home (after my ex-'85 GTi and my wife's Plymouth). Sounds much better, even with cheap box speakers velcroed to the rear deck, and actually pulls in local stations! Wonders of technology... Plus it's pretty subdued, so it doesn't draw attention to the fact it's about 25 years too modern for the car. I mounted it, my oil pressure gauge, a fog light switch and the ashtray using 1/2" plywood covered in vinyl -- hey, it was the factory method for the ashtray mount!

-Dave

Colorado '71