Radio/stereo options for my '70...

[scott s]

 I'm not the kinda guy that needs a huge, honkin' stereo in my car. The last couple of aftermarket stereos I ran were a high powered deck (35-45W x 4) and four decent speakers. That gives me MORE than enough volume and sound quality.
 My 1970 is ALL stock inside, including the Sapphire AM radio with one speaker, which works just great, thank you (see pic).
 However....I'm getting sick of right wing talk radio (two stations) and a Latin music station that only half-ass comes in. Ideally, I'd like to find a period FM radio so I could run a second rear speaker (which was a factory option) and then maybe hide an XM or Sirius reciever.
 Where's a good place to find a period VW radio? Something the dealer or factory would've used? How much can I expect to pay?
 Does anyone know if a modern aftermarket stereo would fit in the dash without cutting it up?

 I'm not too crazy about putting a radio in the glovebox. It's either the stock deal with satellite or full aftermarket.

 On the subject, check out these cool ass threads on the Volksrodders forum:

 http://volksrods.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=15096

 and:
 
 http://volksrods.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=15170

[carapace]

You could fit a nice head unit in there, w/o cutting.  That would give you the options you're thinking about.  Just keep your stereo in the garage for later!

[Glenn]

Sapphire XIX is AM/FM

[scott s]

 Where would one find something like that, Glenn? How much is market price for a nice working unit?

[Glenn]

Try ebay and The Samba.

Late model radios are getting hard to find since most were replaced by the owners.

The last Sapphire XIV AM/FM I sold went for $175 on ebay.

[Zach Gomulka]

Ive got a AM/FM XIV in the GTV, but it doesnt work. Where can I send it to be fixed?

[marty hiskey]

someone makes a hidden unit that uses everything that a new stereo use but all the equipment gets hidden in the trunk, or under the seats,etc. then you get a handheld remote and that acts like the headunit. good because you do not have to hack up the dash and you still can keep your old stereo in place. i just saw this unit on one of those muscle car shows. looked pretty nice.

[scott s]

 Cool Marty...now that might work. if you see it again, get some info. please.....

[marty hiskey]

just did a search on msn's home page and came up with this . it looks like the one shown on t.v.
http://www.vintagevibes.net/Stereos/secretaudio.htm

[martin]

Since you have the plastic dash, don't worry about getting out the saw, lol. On my 68 the hole is enlarged just enough to fit the DIN size that all radios fit nowadays. It is still within the faceplate that you have so no one will notice. Then you can pick up whatever radio looks good, and I got a Blaupunkt that sorta matches a bug, but has all the features with CD. Here's a pic:

If your car is a metal dash one like my wife's, then it wouldn't look good with a plastic radio so the glove box version works pretty good so you can keep your vintage radio:

[Bryan67]

Customautosound.com has the hidden radios as well as new 3 hole raio/cassete players that have a CD changer input.