Cadillac 1967 stereo radio and dash pad

[Cadillac1967inthenorth]

Im curious about the 1967 stereo fm radio option. Was it a popular option? There are some radios for sale in the internet, but I cant find a dash pad made for stereo speakers when I search on google. Seems lite the AM or FM/AM radio was far more popular.

[Barry M Wheeler #2189]

Hi, I'm not an expert by any means in this subject, but probably, your problem is that any new option takes a couple of years to become popular. And there were probably few persons who would jump on the new technology the first year or so to make it relatively rare. And those suppliers who offer repro items are naturally going to make their product match the restorers who have the most need.

Perhaps you should simply get used to not having those extra bass notes when you're driving your '67. Candidly, you're going to have enough on your plate getting the car back up to snuff that in five years, you might wonder why you spent so much time trying to install a stock stereo radio.

In any case, best of luck. I did have a '67 limo at one time, and drove it to Florida with my wife and Mom. I didn't know that the seller had installed a dip stick that didn't show the correct oil level. And by the time I'd gotten into Alabama, the car was in dire straits from lack of oil.

Luckily, the first gas station I pulled into in Huntsville had a Hemmings lying on a desk. We got the last (compact) rental car in town to continue to Orlando. We picked the car up on the way home and found the guy had messed up the exhaust system so we roared back to Indiana.

As an aside to the story, when I was transferring the luggage from the '75 to the rental car, the guy asked my Mom if "I'd been with her long," thinking that I was her driver.

Mom never skipped a beat, but simply said, "Yes, quite a while." (The guy never asked about the hot chick I was sleeping with standing next to Mom.) And to give my wife credit, she never brought up or nagged about the problems we had on this horrible trip.

I guess if you keep you wife in Cadillacs during your marriage that ran most of the time, (And finally got her a new one in 1995), that you can't go too wrong.

[Cadillac1967inthenorth]

Thanks

I have a stereo radio now and two small speakers in place of the oval one in the dash pad. And two big speakers in the rear.

I also have a 1968 Buick Electra with stereo radio. That setup is different and an original option from the factory. It has one channel in the front and one in the rear on the packet shelf!

[badpoints]

Im curious about the 1967 stereo fm radio option. Was it a popular option? There are some radios for sale in the internet, but I cant find a dash pad made for stereo speakers when I search on google. Seems lite the AM or FM/AM radio was far more popular.

My 67 SDV has two speakers in front

[The Tassie Devil(le)]

I have a feeling that the mesh/grille above the Speedo is not for a Speaker, but a light sensor for the Twilight Sentinal if fitted.

This would be to show the unit when it is dark, or light, to operate said Sentinal.

Bruce.

PS.   I may be wrong, but with all that padding in the cover, there wouldn't be room to install a small speaker.

[Roger Zimmermann]

Bruce, if you are looking at the second picture in a better way, you will see a grille on the RH side of the dash and the same grille on the LH side. I agree with you, the grille above the speedometer is not for a speaker, but for something else like a light or temperature sensor.

[Cadillac1967inthenorth]

My 67 SDV has two speakers in front

Thank you! That looks nice. Seems like great interior too. Is it green?

[badpoints]

Thank you! That looks nice. Seems like great interior too. Is it green?

Yes it is green and white. It was a mess, I spent about two hundred hours cleaning the interior. Took the seats out and painted the floor. Still have some cleaning left on the door panels.

[Cadillac1967inthenorth]

Yes it is green and white. It was a mess, I spent about two hundred hours cleaning the interior. Took the seats out and painted the floor. Still have some cleaning left on the door panels.

And you got headrests!

[35-709]

The little grill above the speedo covers the sensor for the ATC. 
BTW, be very careful of that sensor grill, most of the originals I have seen have gotten very brittle and break very easily.