Radio Delete

Radio and Clock deletes in my '38 Buick...

 

My 50 Chevy pu

 

My Chevy II

 

Got my 55 Oldsmobile as a plain jane stripped down 88. Perfect rod material including the clean dash...........

 

'46 Oldsmobile radio delete. I even have a NOS clock delete for the glove compartment lid.

 

In '64, Studebaker still sold common items such as radios and heaters as accessories. You could order a 'stripper' for a lot less, but of course you got a lot less. If you bought a '64 Challenger you only got one sun visor, one arm rest, etc.

With the drag guys, it was all about saving weight. Leave the heater and radio off the car and you'd save 25 or 30 pounds. Weight was also a reason why many big engined cars didn't have power brakes or steering.

 

Here's a factory block-off for a '48-'50 Ford F1 pickup.



I didn't like the looks of the factory one or the speaker grill.

I used a piece of beltline stainless trim off of a 73 Dodge Adventurer pickup, bent it to fit the curve of the dash and installed a hoodside emblem from a 48-50 P.U. The underside ends of the emblem needed ground to match the radius of the dash. Speaker grill is from a 1956 Ford car dash.

 

'63 Dodge Custom 880 - the radio plate is the only place in the car it even says Dodge.

By the way, if anyone cares you can pull the entire dash out of a 60-64 Mopar full size car in about an hour, as long as it hasn't been left to weather with the gl*** out of it, or doors off the car or whatnot. And you only need a handful of tools to do it.

 

'53 Plymouth

 

53 ford


but it pops out and the radio is behind it

 

no radio in my '31 ............... steve

 

My 55 Buick had a delete plate in it, but a radio was installed at some point. would love to see one.

 

That's what I'd like to do in my wife's Falcon. She wants a modern head unit and I really don't want it to show.

I suspect the delete plate would spend most of its time in the glove box and I would pop it in at car shows.

-Dave

 

my 1950 Ford, clock and radio delete.

 

55 Chevy, everything delete!
Larry T

 

55 Pontiac

 

Here is a radio delete plate photo that I just took off from ebay and also a clock delete. I have both of these for my Buick but have not installed them yet.