Blaupunkt radio

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rdboggie@juno.com

Guest
I was rummaging through the basket of loose items I was given when I purchased
my '67 amphicar and found a Blaupunkt am/fm/marine band radio. Is this original
Amphicar? Should I covet this and try to resurrect it?

Randy in Gaitherburg
 
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a_colo_native

Guest
--- In amphicar-lovers@y..., rdboggie@j... wrote:
> I was rummaging through the basket of loose items I was given when
I purchased my '67 amphicar and found a Blaupunkt am/fm/marine band
radio. Is this original Amphicar? Should I covet this and try to
resurrect it?
>
> Randy in Gaitherburg

From what I understand, all Amphicar radios say AMPHICAR on the
front. There is a pic of one in the files section under "Amphicar Art"

JB
 
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Ken Chambers

Guest
Randy,

Doesn't sound like anything I'd like to have in my Amphi. Ha, ha. I'll be
happy to make you an offer.

Ken Chambers, CA
'64 Amphi


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> I was rummaging through the basket of loose items I was given when I purchased
my '67 amphicar and found a Blaupunkt am/fm/marine band radio. Is this original
Amphicar? Should I covet this and try to resurrect it?
>
> Randy in Gaitherburg
 
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Bill Connelly

Guest
I was rummaging through the basket of loose items I was given when I
purchased my '67 amphicar and found a Blaupunkt am/fm/marine band radio. Is
this original Amphicar? Should I covet this and try to resurrect it?

Randy in Gaitherburg

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According to a rare posting by Hugh Gordon in the List Archives at
http://www.escribe.com/automotive/amphicar/m2082.html , Motorola appears to
have been the manufacturer of the original dealer-installed radios, at least
in the USA. According to Hugh, who would know of these things, "There is
one type of North American radio which will easily sell for $800 not
working. It is an early Motorola type with the word "Amphicar" in place of
the usual Motorola name. Ranchero Motors aka Amphicar Corp contracted with
Motorola for a single year run. At all other times the generic Motorola was
a local dealer installed item."

With that said, one DOES see an awful lot of old Blaupunkts in Amphicars, so
there's no reason not to keep yours assuming it works.

~Bilgemaster~
 
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