67 Shelby w/ AMFM radio

[Coralsnake]

There are people that will make your AM radio into an AMFM tuner and not change the appearance, also another cool move

[JD]

These are very cool radios

just had this one fixed up for my 67

and nobody objects to it being there like Royce said

The car I had, had one just like it when I got the car.  (I left it in)

[GT350DAVE]

Had a an AMFM radio in my 67 for over 35 years. It is hardly listened to but when you need it, it is great.
Dave

[roddster]

  I'm with you Dave.  Easy enough to change out.  Four screws and a nut on the back, couple of wires to unplug.

[S7MS427]

Easy enough to change out.  Four screws and a nut on the back, couple of wires to unplug.

They knew what they were doing when they designed that installation.  Couldn't be easier.  Of course I don't currently have one in my car, couldn't hear it over the exhaust anyway.

[6s2055]

My '67 GT 500 (#0962) had an AM/FM radio. I bought that new from S&C Ford. It had been in their inventory about three days. For some reason I thought there were speakers in the lower door panels. The radio had a slide switch to go from AM to FM. This car was different as had no strips and hubcaps. Can't really imagine S & C switching out the radio before it sold to me.

[Bob Gaines]

My '67 GT 500 (#0962) had an AM/FM radio. I bought that new from S&C Ford. It had been in their inventory about three days. For some reason I thought there were speakers in the lower door panels. The radio had a slide switch to go from AM to FM. This car was different as had no strips and hubcaps. Can't really imagine S & C switching out the radio before it sold to me.

Speakers only came in the doors with a AM 8 track option. The AM FM in 67 was mono not stereo . The car may be different now with no stripes given many still think they all came that way . When new 67 Shelby's did not come with Le Mans from SA. Hubcaps were the base wheel for a 67 Shelby so many came with them when new.

[SHELB66]

A very cool addition to your mono '67 AM/FM would be the "FM Stereo Multiplex Adapter".  It plugged into the side of the radio and transformed the signal into stereo.  Now you would really need 2 speakers!  This is very, very rare.  The multiplexer was made by Bendix, same as the factory AM/FM.  The first one I came across was found many, many years ago.  I never knew just what I had!
I believe it has FoMoCo marked on the front bezel.


Craig R. 

[Royce Peterson]

Actually those boxes changed Mono into Mono with reverb. I have owned a few. Knew a girl when I wa in high school whose mother had a '67 Lincoln Continental 2 door coupe equipped with one. The sound kind of reminded me of listening the the old song "Crimson and Clover" over and over.

A very cool addition to your mono '67 AM/FM would be the "FM Stereo Multiplex Adapter".  It plugged into the side of the radio and transformed the signal into stereo.  Now you would really need 2 speakers!  This is very, very rare.  The multiplexer was made by Bendix, same as the factory AM/FM.  The first one I came across was found many, many years ago.  I never knew just what I had!
I believe it has FoMoCo marked on the front bezel.


Craig R.

[Richstang]

If it happened at the factory it would be on the Marti Report. If it happened at any time after the car left Ford then it would not be on the report.

Hi All,
So I was wondering if a 67 Shelby has an AM/FM ford radio
that was factory installed would that be noted on the Marty report?
my car has one but it could have been installed by a previous owner.
Thanks for any ideas.

+1
That's why the SAI paperwork is so important.
It shows how the car was completed by SAI with any options added, not just how it was delivered to LAX by Ford.
SAI papers are more important than the Marti's, in my opinion.

[csheff]

There was a reverb unit in my car when I bought it in 74. Still have it somewhere.

[Bob Gaines]

There was a reverb unit in my car when I bought it in 74. Still have it somewhere.

So that others reading can understand context, those were cool non original things(although some could be had over the Ford parts counter) to add in our cars back in the day because it made the radio sound similar to stereo. They typically got junked or put on the shelf when stereo radios/tape decks became available that would fit in place of the stock radio.

[shelbyhertz66]

Pretty interesting stuff.
As the original poster on this I do have an update on my 67's ford AM/FM.
Even though i have a ton of documents on this car nothing had mentioned an AM/FM ,so I
decided to contact the SAAC registrar to see if they had any more paperwork that I did not already have ,sometimes
over the years different doc's are found for your specific car and they will send you copy's for a small fee. They had
the 67 GT350/500 production order for my car and also some letters from past owners and in one of them an owner
mentioned that he had upgraded to a Ford AM/FM . Mystery solved . I wish it would have been factory but I have no
plans to change it.
Dave

[Richstang]

Pretty interesting stuff.
As the original poster on this I do have an update on my 67's ford AM/FM.
Even though i have a ton of documents on this car nothing had mentioned an AM/FM ,so I
decided to contact the SAAC registrar to see if they had any more paperwork that I did not already have ,sometimes
over the years different doc's are found for your specific car and they will send you copy's for a small fee. They had
the 67 GT350/500 production order for my car and also some letters from past owners and in one of them an owner
mentioned that he had upgraded to a Ford AM/FM . Mystery solved . I wish it would have been factory but I have no
plans to change it.
Dave

Hi Dave,
Would you mind sharing the Shelby VIN with us?. We can check if the car was built at San Jose equipped with or without an AM radio.
I hope you don't mind my curiosity.
It's great to hear you contacted the registrar directly for any Documents you may not have.

[Richstang]

      I bought my '67 GT350, brand new ( right off the showroom floor ), in May, of 1967,  at Rich Ford,
      Albuquerque, NM. It was delivered, with the Ford AM radio.

      I think most, if not all, '67's, got the AM radio.

      Doug

Hi Doug,

Only 462 cars are known to have the AM radio installed at San Jose. The remaining did not.
We have this subject detailed in depth on the 67 Shelby research group. Here's a link to this topic.
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/shelbyresearch/hYukQMTGYN0