richards47deluxe Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 Can anyone identify this radio and let me know the application? It is a Motorola. On the unit that mounts to the firewall on the chrome piece is the number 500. thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randroid Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 Richard, I can't identify it for you but I have one with the same plastic buttons that I bought at a junk yard that specializes in old cars and they had it listed for a P-15. A year or so later I bought another one at the same place with chrome buttons and they offered to give me some credit on the first one but I decided to keep them both for the sake of trying to make one good one from the two. Mine are the same size as each other and that makes a big difference from yours but their weren't many Motorolas (to my knowledge) with that face and button arrangement so I would have to think they're from the same few years. Somebody will chime in with the answer and I'd be interested because I've not seen any others with those plastic buttons. -Randy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richards47deluxe Posted July 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 Thanks Randy. Really appreciate your comments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobT-47P15 Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 I believe radios like that were aftermarket items, perhaps sold by some retail chains. As you may know, the "factory" radios for the P15, usually installed by the dealer, had a 7" or so round speaker mounted behind the grille in the center of the dash. Typically, on aftermarkets, the part that mounted in the dash with knobs and buttons was just a control head, with the actual works being inside that firewall mounted speaker unit. Don't know if this helps, but that's my observation from over the years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richards47deluxe Posted July 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 Thanks Bob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Ed Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 Yes Bob nailed it. Its an aftermarket radio designed to fit 46-48 mopars. It may also fit 41-42. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furylee2 Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 Yes Bob nailed it. Its an aftermarket radio designed to fit 46-48 mopars. It may also fit 41-42. I think it’s for the 40-41 models, but it will fit in the 46-48. The 41 radio has a bar in the dash piece that goes down between the dial and the buttons (see attached photo of a model 800). I don’t have a really good front on shot of my radio in the dash, but you can see it in the picture of my dash. I have the dealer instructions for installing a radio in a 41, and they actually mention cutting this portion out with a hack saw to install a P-15 radio. Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Ed Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 If its made for the 40-41 models it will also fit the 46-48s but it might look a little odd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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