SteveP wrote:Tom you are developing quite an unhealthy interest in 80's Volvo stereo's

Absolutely and totally unhealthy, I know


In my own very humble opinion:
modern stereos look flippin awful in a 1980s V300 dash. Desecration!
cutting holes in early interior panels (wacky reds and greens in Mk2s for example) or in any Mk1 door cards is ... a pity.

Tom

Very true... since you're the V300 expert in OEM stereos...

What kinda stereos could you get in the earlier Mk2's with the Mk1 dash? Our GL's always had the MW/LW push button stereo's but I believe you could get a tape player too, which I think were also fitted to similarly aged 200's

New thread?

SteveP wrote:Very true... since you're the V300 expert in OEM stereos...

No way "antiekeradio" is the man to ask about those Check this post:
http://www.volvo300mania.com/forum-uk/v ... 42&p=84578

SteveP wrote:What kinda stereos could you get in the earlier Mk2's with the Mk1 dash? Our GL's always had the MW/LW push button stereo's but I believe you could get a tape player too, which I think were also fitted to similarly aged 200's

That's it, V200 radios from a similar vintage will fit, the type which was fitted low down in the dashboard in front of the gearlever. Later V200 radios, fitted high up in the dash won't, the facia plate has a curve on the left (or the right, depending whether the car is LHD or RHD).

Speaking of facia plates - those are the model-specific bits, not the radio itself ...

Later OEM V300 radios are the same as OEM V700 ones, although the wiring in the "block" type connectors can be different.

In the Mk1 I originally had one of these:


but have now deleted the tape player (which I never use anyway) and gone for the more "traditional" look


Tape players were available right from the beginning, in '76 you could get 8-track in your 343 too ...

Cheers

Tom

Thanks Tom... that top Executive one that antiekeradio posted about is very cool!

The one you now have in your 343 was the one I was thinking, had that in my 343 too and to be honest it didn't even sound that bad!

The pic is actually from atroch's yellow Mk1, but it's the same one as in my car ...

TBH, when I was 17 the radio was the most important part of the car. But when you pass 30, your priorities change somewhat

Tom

Some of those radio pics are lovely... I might getter an older one INSTEAD of a newer one..

Hmnnn...........

Weren't most of the OEM radios in 80s era Volvos made by Clarion?

Will ANY modern Cd / Cassette radio fit in the slot the old radio went in? Will the eletrical conections and stuff be the same - it's just I've seen a clarion radio cd that's style would fit the Volvo?

Olga wrote:Will ANY modern Cd / Cassette radio fit in the slot the old radio went in? Will the eletrical conections and stuff be the same - it's just I've seen a clarion radio cd that's style would fit the Volvo?

If its just got an origonal volvo radio, youll need a:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Volvo-240-340-360 ... 3a553712ff

and probably an:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Volvo-340-360-Ste ... 588466629d

depending on your new head unit size.

Olga, post a piccy of your radio. If it's the standard late one, you can just file a mm all round the old facia to fit a standard ISO and it looks even more stock.

Thanks, I'll post a pic later.

i hve one question, does the Facia/Fascia Panel from volvo 740 like this one: http://cgi.ebay.com/VOLVO-740-740-940-9 ... 45ef5aa4e7
fit in 340/360?
thanks

whiskeyonesix wrote:Weren't most of the OEM radios in 80s era Volvos made by Clarion?

As far as I know no ... Panasonic made most of them.

Cheers

Tom

Hey Tom, I'll get this radio tested over the holidays and let you know.

That's great, thanks Rideon!

Tom