Radio options in CJ's?

I am currently restoring Melvin to full original glory, as it seems this jeep was pretty much untouched for at least 20yrs, probably more like 30. There are no radio holes in the dash and I am not planning on any, BUT, were there ever radio options in Jeep's possibly like the Blaupunkt Derby, that mounted underneath the dash? Or were radios simply not important?

 

granted in a stock appearing jeep it would be hard to do, but I fit a soundbar out of a YJ into the roll cage and it puts out alot of sound with just a reg old head unit.

 

My cj6 has a am mounted under the dash, looks factory installed. Might be motorola?

 

Willys apparently radio options for the Wagon and trucks, either Motorola or Blaupunkt.. is this an example?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Blau...014QQitemZ330192873160QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

 

There was an under-dash AM radio available for the CJ that was Jeep-approved equipment, at least by the early 70s.

 

my highbacks have speakers in the headrests. haven't tried them yet but plan to when the tub goes back on. shouldn't take much power to drive them

 

fiero seats work well for the sound.that soft fabric don't stand up well to the elements.i had a friend that used them.bob

 

Mine already had the dash hacked with holes so I was planning on putting a simple 2 knob in then using a center pod for the later CJ YJ's that I have from my YJ that died with two 6 1/2" and mounting it up behind the dash on the firewall so it's not really visible

 

I could be wrong on this, but I think that 72 (AMC) was the first year you could get a radio from the factory. I remember that we all thought it was so neat that JEEPs finally came out with them, and a bunch of us went to the dealers and ordered them in 72 for our older JEEPs. They were just plain Jane AM, no push buttons, or anything. But they did say JEEP on the front of them It was cool .

 

I don't know how early FM was available for factory radios, but my dads 1965 SS Impala had a factory AM/FM radio, as did my 66 Mustang and my 69 Plymouth Fury. I don't remember paying attention to other cars at the time.

 

The FM band that we are familiar with, 88-108 MHz, was first allocated and authorized by the Feds in 1945. Before that there was FM broadcasting in the 42-50Mhz range, starting in the mid 30s, but that was discontinued. FM Multiplex (stereo) started in 1961.

A monaural AM-FM radio in 1954 would be quite usable in some urban areas - certainly the technology had existed for decades, and about 50 stations were licensed in 1945. Only a few big cities (New York, Philadelphia, Chicago) had more than one or two stations.

The convertors Don X is thinking of could have been multiplex convertors - those were common in the 60s. I have a couple of audio pieces with convertors (a Mac tuner, Bell receiver, Scott stand-alone convertor).

 

An AM radio made by Motorola was available in '69 and '70 as a dealer installed option. It mounts under the dash and has an integral speaker. No push buttons, just a dial for tuning. Push buttons were available later on. Jeep is on the face plate. I still have one in a box that may eventually get installed along with the silly AC unit that I also have. What was I thinkin'.