Original Daytona Radio

There was no "official" factory radio for the Daytona. Most came from the factory without them. Some came with them. I've seen several dozen original window stickers and factory delivery documentation on these cars. You'll see all sorts of period radios with them. Either from the factory, or installed by the dealer. That is why we allow any period correct radio for the Daytona in Concours judging. The original Becker Mexico in my Daytonas, and others I've seen, is a cassette, not an 8 track. Another one of my Spyders has an original 8 track Lear Jet 8 radio system. It is what came with the care and I have the original window sticker. You can usually get these cheap from MBZ guys.

Steve

 

FYI, cassettes actually came out before 8-tracks...cassettes were invented by Philips and first came out in 1962... 8-tracks were invented by the Lear Jet Company and were first offered in Ford cars in 1965...8-tracks were just thought to be better as they were new and played endlessly without having to take them out and turn them over to play the other side like with cassettes in the days before auto-reverse

 

That's interesting. I took a look at the window sticker of the Daytona Spyder with the Lear Jet Stereo 8 Model A-85 in dash radio (8 track) and the original owner paid $650 USD for the radio. A bit over the top for early 70s.

Steve

 

See this vendor (no affiliation) for some period-correct restored radios, including the Beckers, which come configured to play ipods:

http://www.oldautoradio.com/NWindexDin.php?LL=0&brand=PORSCHE&year=60

 

I purchased a Voxson radio from a former Daytona owner who had removed the radio from his car. I own an early Dino 246GT and originally thought I would install the radio in my car but decided not to. I ultimately sold the radio on eBay but thought I'd post some photos on this thread for refernce.
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Originally Posted by parkerfe View Post
FYI, cassettes actually came out before 8-tracks...cassettes were invented by Philips and first came out in 1962... 8-tracks were invented by the Lear Jet Company and were first offered in Ford cars in 1965...8-tracks were just thought to be better as they were new and played endlessly without having to take them out and turn them over to play the other side like with cassettes in the days before auto-reverse

Cassettes may have come out before 8-tracks BUT the Sony Walkman, high(er) quality cassette stereo sound was not introduced until 1979, (and then in Japan.) So 8-tracks were first as far as listening to music in cars. Some of the highere end period radios have a DIN plug -in- on the back of the box which you can plug an adapter cable to your iPod. I have that in my 330 and it sounds great in mono, as long as I can hear it - when the car isn't moving, (in traffic and the like).
Yale

 

Do you know which year the Daytona was that had this radio? Talk about resurrecting a thread!