365/400 Radio

I had a Becker GP put in my 365. all the 400's came with a radio. but I never turn one on so I have no idea what is in any of my cars. the becker look nice.

 

My -78 has a Blaupunkt. Not the best picture but you get the picture ;-) It also has the rare twisted gear knob...
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what is that? please. also. did any 365 come with the rear AC option. I have acquired the components off a 400 to change mine over if the did. but I do not want to mess the car up. as to the Becker , I put one in with a SW band. I use to love to listed to the overseas stations.

 

Not rare, they all have that feature!

 

Dammit...

 

But you do the same thing as me......when you're sitting at a traffic light do you look down and straighten it out?

 

Yes I do,but it only lasts a short while. A minute or two maybe... I know,I ought to seek help

 

Mitchell, I wish I could tell You which Blaupunkt model I have. All I know is that it was probably a fairly expencive model with auto-seek and some,for its time,advanced functions.

I once tried to remove it through its slot but it has some kind of extra add-on box attatched on top of it. So it is really almost twice the thickness. Probably has to do with the radio receiving.

It is a lovely unit and suits this old car perfectly Are You looking for one or something like it ?

 

Hi Russ, can you let me know which Blaupunkt model you have? I'm unsure if they were factory equipped with a radio. I would not be surprised if this was done by the local dealer on request of the buyer. Obviously it would be equipped with a high end radio. The Ferrari brochure shows a Voxson Quadrophonic Stereo Q8 (very rare).

Hi Arvid, it looks like you have the same model as mine. Check my blog and see if you recognise it: Ferrari 400: radio

Hi Mitchell, to my best knowledge only the 400i had rear airco as an option.

 

I seem to remember the Voxson being installed but 8-track decks went out of style pretty quickly after that & I wouldn't doubt many of the earlier cars were upgraded by their owners at some point to something more modern. I'm thinking the Becker Mexico cassette units would have been your other alternative back in the day.

 

hahahaa...I do the same thing. hilarious.

 

Thank You Erwin,now I finally know what type it is. It looks to be the same - Blaupunkt Heidelberg Stereo CR Super Arimat. What a mouthful Very cool and correct radio.

Brian & Dave - I have bought the original bushing kit to remedy the turning gear knob. As I understand it is a pig to change.

 

Yeah, um, good luck with that.

 

So,it actually is that bad... Seems I would have to combine this job with some Grappa

 

<laughing>

 

Interesting because I wasn't aware that all of the manual transmission cars seem to have this quirky affliction. I thought it was just mine but it didn't bother me enough to investigate doing anything about it other than a slightly OCD turning it the right way as part of the pre-flight routine!

 

Don't feel bad; apparently we're all a little OCD, screwed in the head, nutty, ACDC, whatever, since in addition to all 5-speeds having that quirk apparently all drivers of said cars have the affliction of screwing with the knob all the time.

 

I believe all 365/400/412s were factory equipped with radios. 365s had Voxsons (as per the brochure), whilst 400s and 412s had Blaupunkts. 400i S2s had Blaupunkt Torontos and 412s had Blaupunkt New Yorks. I don't know the Blaupunkt model of the earlier 400s.

All 400s had the rear air-con option (including carb), but not the 365 GT4 2+2.

 

Yes, the rear air conditioning (often called "dual a/c" for front and back, not side to side) was an option until it became standard on the 412.

 

Not that there's anything wrong with that!
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Would that be 45 degrees left or 45 degrees right?

Edit: Auto shifter??? Whoa, that's wrong, simply just wrong!