"If you are taking 1600 mile trips in your 308 congrats to you. How about a pull out cup holder?" What I'd prefer for a long trip on the interstate is cruise control - the glove box held a cup well enough for cruising along! Re the Alpine 7280 - interesting info that it was originally installed in an '89. As I said earlier - I ASSUMED that a CD radio would have been the "hot ticket" by '89. I didn't buy a new car from '86 to '99 so I didn't really pay any attention to when the general changeover occurred. So I'm pleased to see that a "common" radio for the '89 328 was cassette...like the Blaupunkt CR40 Montreal I just installed in my '89. A few minutes ago I discovered that the Montreal can change it's screen illumination from green to red which better matches the gauges! Admittedly, the screen is so small it really doesn't matter much!
It’s my understanding that there were 3-4 commonly installed units by dealers. I can’t claim to know what they were, except for the Alpine. I am also fairly certain it was the same unit installed in the Countach. I wouldn’t keep it if it were something more contemporary, but since it was originally installed by the dealer it hasn’t been a priority to me to put a delete plate in its place. I may some day. I never use the radio.
Mike, I spent a few hours with friends on the subject of head units in the 328s, athough essentially from an european perspective. To this day, I haven't any knowledge of any CD radio in a 328, even in the very late cars. Blaupunkts were very common all over Europe, the most common unit for a late 328 is the "Bremen SQR-46", which was released on the market in 1986. It is typical of the late european 328s Blaupunkts. Thre were other brands of course (Kenwoods, for instance) but the Blaupunkts are the most typical, especially the "Bremen SQR-46".A pic of the one fitted to ZFFWA20B000081995 is enclosed here. The later "Berlin IQR 88", although introduced on the market in 1988, was not fitted to a new 328. For those who might be interested in this, as I might be an anorak of some sort from time to time, I have also deciphered the Blaupunkt designators, with the help of some friends in Germany. For the Blaupunkt "Bremen" SQR-46, the "6" in the "46" designator is the year the unit appeared on the market (= 1986); the "4" is the total output in watts, irrespective of the number of channels (= 40), "S" in SQR means: Sendensuchlauf; Q, Quartzsynthesizer and "R" means autoReversecassette. Usually, but I have not been able to proof this 100%, North American cars have units called by the name of a North American city; european cars unit called by the name of an European city. (Remembering you spent some time in Heidelberg, there is a Blaupunkt "Heidelberg" indeed fitted to some "Euro" 328). E-Bay Germany is a good source for finding a period-correct Blaupunkt. As already written, French cars were usually fitted by the importer with Pioneer head units, as Pozzi (the historic french importer ) was sponsored by Pioneer in Rally. My April '89 GTB still has her original Pioneer KEH-5060 from new (And it even works perfectly, although I don't use it very often) Rgds Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Mike, don't be surprised if you start getting compliments on your stereo... I've had several people (even teens & millennials) smile and ask about my "old-school" deck. It's up there in cool factor with all the vintage toggle switches.
Neo - cool looking radio! Kinda wish I'd have run across that one first! Thorn - understand re retro - my niece (25) thinks listening to records is the coolest thing. She asked me a year or two ago, "Uncle Mike, have you ever listened to music on VINYL?" I probably laughed for 10 minutes. "Heather," I said, "For most of my life that was the ONLY way we listened to music!" True, often I purchased the LP then played it for the first time and copied it onto tape and then played the tape from then on to avoid wear on the record.
Well I got rid of the young'n installed super system with separate amp and speakers installed through the door card. I replaced it with a reasonable time period Blaupunkt Dallas unit, NOS on eBay. I think that it fits the car well. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Lester, It is "CR-85", whereas: - "CR" means: Cassette, autoReverse; - "85" means: "8": total output in Watts is 80, irrespective of the number of channels, that is either 2 x 40 or 4 x 20; and "5" is the year of market introduction, so either 1985 or 1995; I believe it is 1995 in this case. Rgds
So a Montreal CR40 - the one I just installed, would mean 40 watts and made in (I assume) 1980? SabbG, looks like your radio is to late and mine is too early! Like you said, we should send for the crusher!
Have to say that I did hesitate to write it, but I do believe 1995 it is; you should nevertheless verify, as I'm in Europe, and, as written above, the US Blaupunkts are different of the "Euro" ones (this due to a difference in the limits of the upper/lower limits of the range on the FM radios, mainly). But it harmonize well with your car. Rgds
1980 or 1990, Mike. I shall check and report. As said in my message to Lester (Saabguy) I have researched the european Blaupunkts rather extensively for the period corresponding to our cars (1985-1989) but not the US ones. The range of radio was more or less the same, but the names differed (this due to the difference in the FM range, mainly) Rgds
Off-topic but if you have a vintage home stereo receiver (like I may have these devices work great to stream music, via Bluetooth, from an iPhone, home computer etc. Just plug the RCA cables into the AUX In or Tape Monitor terminals on the back of the receiver. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IQBSW28/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_34?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A9GJ6WYFVQEFQ Image Unavailable, Please Login
Yep, I have one of those I use to send iPhone/computer music to an 1964 Fisher X202B tube amp! They work great.
