I know this has been a topic before, but I'm not sure if there was ever an answer.


radio in question


Thanks,

not 100% , but I think the answer is no

The radio chassis should fit, but the buttons won't be long enough to push. My radio is installed, so I can't compare pics.

I'm not overly concerned about the buttons since I will not be using this radio for function. It will be installed to fill the existing holes only, I probably won't even run power to it.

Sorry to say I am not positive it will fit...I'd say ask Terry but he's on a cruise.

It will fit. It will look odd because the buttons are too short. It's noticeable.

Unless I'm overlooking something, that is a large chassis unit and the 9 requires a small chassis. Nothing fits the car because of the rake of the dashboard.

One close one would be the application for the 1982 Honda Accord. Even that fits like socks on a rooster, and you have to sacrifice the division bar. But from what I have seen, mine is one of the better looking other-than-stock applications that have attempted to maintain origional configurations. The problem is that unlike when I installed the head in my car, the 82 Accord application is probabaly obsolete.

Yep. You're right. I was thinking of the 69 GTO radio not the 70. Either way, it's not going to work.

Same here. Sorry. Thanks, Merv.

Socks on a rooster???!!!

Amervo was wrong on this one. The 69 Firebird radio has a straight front like the one in the picture above. Our 69 dashes do have a rake angle to them. That's why the buttons need to be long.

Here's picture proof of a correct 69 Firebird radio.:

Yes, '69 radio has the nose. One shown above is an AM/FM stereo, note also the cooling fins on the side. Mine has fins on the other side, though...

it should fit just pull the buttons forward....that's what i'm doing on mine. no one will know unless a button is pushed in.

i lined my gto radio 68-72(all the same) and it lines up with the dash perfect. that's what terry said would work in my case.68-72 gto exactly the same as 69 bird radio except the buttons are shorter by about a inch...i'm going to try and figure a way to extend the buttons when i get a day off.

I discussed this with a friend of mine a few weeks ago, and he was in contact with a major parts resto house. It seems that the 69 Firebird radios always garner a premium because people feel they are very unique. However, my friend said that the 69 Birds use the same radio as the 69 A-bodies (maybe even all the 68-72 A-body Pontiacs, not sure), the only difference being the buttons. There is a discussion going on now about possibly reproducing the correct 69 F/B buttons.

Not only would people with original 69 F/B radios buy new buttons, but it would allow radio resto houses to use either F-body or A-body radios as donars, and simply put the F/B buttons on.

there are little buttons but hopefully they do make some new ones can't be that hard right?

heres some pics of how a gto radio fits in a 69..
1. pic buttons regular
2. pic buttons extended...


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Thanks everyone, and especially Jim and Johnny V. for the pix.

Here's what the other end looks like;

What bracket do I need to mount the '68 GTO radio in my car? Just the regular 69 FB?

Yep. It's the same. Just short buttons.

anyone have a pic of the bracket,,,

The bracket to hold up the back of the radio?