RADIO DELETE PLATE

[00RACER]

Looking for #1353849 radio delete plate for 63-64 daytona.
THANKS
PAUL LAUSCH

[studeclunker]

Anybody can correct me if I'm wrong, but... isn't the radio delete the same for all of the Larks produced from '63 to '66? If so, contact George in Oregon. I sent one up with a car to him and he may be willing to part with it.


Home of the famous Mr. Ed!
K.I.S.S. Keep It Simple Studebaker!
Ron Smith
Where the heck is Lewiston, CA?

[JDP]

Would not the 66 be woodgrained ?

JDP/Maryland
"I'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it."
Thomas Jefferson

[studeclunker]

quote:Would not the 66 be woodgrained ?

Beats me! The only ones I've really seen are '63 and '64 and they're a ribbed aluminium or tin to match the band that goes across the glovebox or vanity. There are two threadded studs mounted on the back that go through the volume and tuning knob holes in the dash.


Home of the famous Mr. Ed!
K.I.S.S. Keep It Simple Studebaker!
Ron Smith
Where the heck is Lewiston, CA?

[mbstude]

I've only got one, and I used it on my dash...

'63-'65 should be the same. I wonder if SASCO has any left?

Matthew Burnette
Hazlehurst, GA

[Tom Bredehoft]

They don't list No. 1353849 on line.

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Tom Bredehoft
'53 Commander Coupe (since 1959)
'55 President (6H Y6) State Sedan
(Under Construction 506 hrs.)
'05 Legacy Ltd Wagon
All Indiana built cars

[41 Frank]

66 Cruiser radio delete plates were indeed woodgrain. I had one so equipped.

[studegary]

Technically, they are not "radio delete plates". The plates were standard and were not used when replaced by the optional radio, except if you are referring to a model, like a '55 Speedster, that had a radio as standard equipment.

Gary L.
Wappinger, NY

SDC member since 1968
Studebaker enthusiast much longer

[BobPalma]

quote:Originally posted by studegary

Technically, they are not "radio delete plates". The plates were standard and were not used when replaced by the optional radio, except if you are referring to a model, like a '55 Speedster, that had a radio as standard equipment.

Gary L.

Thank you, thank you, thank you, Gary.

We all have pet peeves and while it is second to missing battery hold-downs, I also dislike the use of the term radio delete plate, implying that a radio was standard equipment and the plate was installed only when radio deletion was specified.

You run into the same thing when certain muscle cars are advertised as heater delete when, in fact, heaters were still optional equipment on most cars of the era. (Picky, I know, but some things just rub each of us the wrong way...[8D])

Whew! I'm glad that's settled! BP

[BobGlasscock]

Hot water heaters. [?] If the water is hot, [:0] why have a heater?

'50 Champion, 1 family owner

[rusty65]

Okay, the politically correct name for the radio delete plate is (and I'm quoting from the Chassis and Body Catalog published in October '65)part#1353849 MOULDING, radio control hole cover crash pad. I bought one for my '65 Daytona at York dirt cheap.The '66 Commander I once owned had a woodgrained one, but it now resides in little Studebaker heaven.

[Roscomacaw]

Not that I'd advocate sacraficing a good glove box door, but you COULD craft a radio delete plate from the adjoining piece that runs across the glove box.

1957 Transtar 1/2ton
1960 Larkvertible V8
1958 Provincial wagon
1953 Commander coupe
1957 President two door

[Orestudeguy]

Paul, I sent you an e-mail.
I have one from a 63 Cruiser, and two from 64 Commanders.

George
Grants Pass, Oregon
65 Commander 2door
64 Wagonaire's (1 parts car, 1 Canadian fixed roof disc brake car, the other sliding roof South Bend car.)
63 Champ
63 GT Hawk
51 Champion Starlight Coupe