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Old 12-16-2006, 10:57 AM
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if u want an original ebay is the way to go. jus be patient somewhat cheap ones arise every now and then
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Old 12-16-2006, 11:13 AM
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I only have the AM in mine, and I thoroughly enjoy listening to talk shows. Heck, I even listen to garden shows. I learned the other day that you need to plant vegetables next to each other that are compatible with each other. It's called compatible planting, or something like that. Onions and cabbage make good companions. Rush Limbaugh and a local guy in Austin are also favorites of mine if I want my political thoughts stirred.
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Old 12-16-2006, 12:29 PM
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there u go lol if u want good cabbages.. get the AM only.! Have GOOD ONE SOARING lol
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Old 12-16-2006, 04:53 PM
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virginia mustang has a 65-66 am/fm repo now it has 200watts cd controler,dual rca outputs,, 4 speaker hook ups and a aux input for the ipod/mp3 etc its 299.95 im not sure if it like the custom audio sound talked about above but this one looks completely factory its part nimber RD-961
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Old 12-16-2006, 04:59 PM
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What year are you looking for? My 71 has that stock AM/FM and it works, i listened to it on the way home when i bought the car and still do when i work on it? Is that the year your looking for? Im not using it and planning on getting something newer -Jon
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Old 12-16-2006, 05:21 PM
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ORIGINAL: rmodel65

virginia mustang has a 65-66 am/fm repo now it has 200watts cd controler,dual rca outputs,, 4 speaker hook ups and a aux input for the ipod/mp3 etc its 299.95 im not sure if it like the custom audio sound talked about above but this one looks completely factory its part nimber RD-961
You have to be careful buying those cheap aftermarket radios with all the bells and whistles on them. I put one in a few months ago, and the sound really sucked. I tore it out and put the AM back in. It gets a ton better sound than the aftermarket one did.
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Old 12-16-2006, 05:23 PM
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ORIGINAL: Yonco

What year are you looking for? My 71 has that stock AM/FM and it works, i listened to it on the way home when i bought the car and still do when i work on it? Is that the year your looking for? Im not using it and planning on getting something newer -Jon
Does the 71 have the same size hole in the dash as the 65-66? I don't think so.
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Old 12-16-2006, 05:25 PM
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it doesnt!

67-73 is a whole different ball park
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Old 12-16-2006, 09:08 PM
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Is it possible these origianl am/fm radios are worth over $2,000!

I understand it is rare because in the mid-sixties there were very few FM station; hence very few people ordered an am/fm radio. I love it when reseaching the Mustand sheds light on society in the past!

Restoring a Mustang is like an Archeological dig!!!
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Old 12-16-2006, 10:23 PM
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It's true - original am/fm's go for up to a couple thousand. I have one (and the original operating manual) and didn't think anything about it when I bought the car and even thought I might replace it. That is, until I later learned from a local Mustang guy that the radios are rare and the manuals are very rare (he said he had never seen one). I never would have guessed that - thought there would be hundreds of thousands of these units out there.

Also, i'm with Soaring - get the AM. You can get one for not much and learn a lot listening to AM. That's about all I listen to when i'm driving. Never go to learn about onions and cabbage though.
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