Fabricated Dash Woodgrain Replacements - 1968 8-Track GTX

[SoCal440GTX]

Would be willing to pay for a three piece set for 1969 gtx mine is one of 61 ever made money no problem bought three piece decal set total junk, I don't care what it costs please call me 270-250-2754 ask for Bill

Bill...

Do you have an 8-track or push button radio? I only have made the pattern for an 8-track since that's what I have. I'm still trying to get dimensions for the push button radio. If someone with one would place it in a flatbed scanner and send me the output I could work on it.

Thanks.

 

[Moparbill70]

Push button radio,will try to locate good used one to copy,definitely looking forward to purchasing from you ,nicest repo I've seen to date,I still have my three piece aftermarket set that are just decals put over plastic for dimensions if it helps

 

[SoCal440GTX]

Does anyone have a standard (non 8-track) radio face plate they can place in a flatbed scanner and send me the image of (pdf or jpg)?
All I have is the 8-track. You'd be doing me a huge solid. Thanks.

 

[MJF_]

Like this one? I can scan it tomorrow.

 

[SoCal440GTX]

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Like this one? I can scan it tomorrow.

Yes, perfect. Please scan the front and back.
Thanks!

 

[SoCal440GTX]

$28! How can we encourage this company to make all 3 of the trim pieces?
I've emailed them and I'll let you know what they say.
You can email them too. [email protected]

https://www.retromanufacturing.com/products/mopar-bezel-03-113?variant=24236716419

 

[SoCal440GTX]

Response...

Our research shows there were around 163,561 of these produced. With some of these offering different trim packages such as 8 track and others with am/fm radios this would create a need to make two different kits at least.

At this time there are less then 9k of these vehicles registered today. We have found that only a small percentage (less than .25) of these owners would purchase this kit. For us to manufacture these we would need to sell at least 2500 of these to make it a worthwhile product. We made the ones we have in conjunction with another company that was producing the other matching parts. After producing these the sales fell flat. I am sorry to say at this time there is not enough market need to produce this complete kit.

 

[SoCal440GTX]

1968 vs 1969 for anyone interested...
I'm not sure the brown color is darker but the presence of more black sure makes it look darker.
If you think your eyes can't be fooled take a look at the last picture and then place your finger across the middle obscuring the seam.

 

[SoCal440GTX]

Does anyone have a 69 GTX or SS with an 8-track radio and woodgrain face plate? I need to verify if they had the dial indicators (on / off / tune / tone)
I'm pretty sure the 68 Push button and 8-Track's didn't and the 69 push button did but I can't find a legit example of a 69 8-track with lettering.
Thanks.

 

[MarPar]

Does anyone have a 69 GTX or SS with an 8-track radio and woodgrain face plate? I need to verify if they had the dial indicators (on / off / tune / tone)
I'm pretty sure the 68 Push button and 8-Track's didn't and the 69 push button did but I can't find a legit example of a 69 8-track with lettering.
Thanks.

FWIW, my 68 GTXer. Relatively stock...

IIRC there was no lettering on a 68 faceplate, 8-track or not. The white letters on the faceplate are 69 (and up?)

 

[Pettynerd]

Here's a photo of my 69 GTX 8 track bezel, it's original as far as I can tell.

 

[SoCal440GTX]

Here's a photo of my 69 GTX 8 track bezel, it's original as far as I can tell.

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Thanks for the picture. It reinforces my suspicion that 1969 8-tracks didn't have the dials labelled.

 

[MarPar]

Random question...does anybody know if Plymouth made an 8-track player as opposed to Chrysler? Could just be they made them all the same and just changed the faceplates? Ive only seen the Chrysler (like @Pettynerd's) faceplate on 8-tracks for b-bodies.

 

[SoCal440GTX]

My 68 says "Solid State by Plymouth". Sorry about the blurriness.

 

[SoCal440GTX]

Here's an example of an 8-track with labeled thumb wheels. Can anyone spot the problem?

 

[MarPar]

My 68 says "Solid State by Plymouth". Sorry about the blurriness.

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Ah. Thank you.

Here's an example of an 8-track with labeled thumb wheels. Can anyone spot the problem?
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The 'tune' label is in the wrong spot

 

[SoCal440GTX]

Ah. Thank you.



The 'tune' label is in the wrong spot

Hint: No 8-track face plates had labels. Look closely.

 

[MarPar]

Hint: No 8-track face plates had labels. Look closely.

Did they take an original 69 one and chop it to fit?

 

[SoCal440GTX]

Bingo. They took a 69 push button faceplate and trimmed it to fit an 8 track.

 

[MarPar]

Bingo. They took a 69 push button faceplate and trimmed it to fit an 8 track.