Is it more or less comin to have a radio delete in a 66. And is there a clock delete?

 

Don't have 1966 stats, but for 1967 only 3% of the cars were built with no radio. Radio was not standard at that time, but an option. So you did not DELETE anything, you just did not order it as an option.

I would expect 1966 was a similar percentage. Radio (AM/FM) was rather expensive option, and not needed if you were planning to go racing with the car, or simply wanted the money to buy a bigger engine.....or perhaps air conditioning.

Larry

 

Same with the heater...

 

Also all cars came with a clock

 

RPO C48 was heater delete

 

Since all cars came with a heater and defroster as standard, the "no heater option" was a true DELETE. NWMan stated this above as # C48. Only 35 cars out of about 22,900 took advantage of this delete option in 1967. That is 0.2% Again, expect 1966 was (sort of) similar......except that in 1967 there were 20 L88 race cars that were built and required to not have a heater or defroster so that they would not be likely to be driven on the street. But as I recall, these 20 cars were not included in the 35 total that called for the DELETE. We discussed this a few months back.

As stated above, everyone got a clock whether they wanted it or not.

Larry

 

If it was heater delete would the holes for the ***** not be there?

 

They would not be there.

Larry

 

plastic push interior colored caps

 

I always wondered why my car has the base 250hp motor but a 4 speed....a few extra bucks would have gotten a 300hp..
Seems odd..

 

If you want 1966 stats, they will be in Noland's Book on C2 Restoration.............or wait awhile and see if anyone else posts them up. I can do it for you if you really must have the info and don't have the book.


Larry

 

My earlier answer was incorrect. This is discussed in Noland's Book.

Larry

 

So holes were here?

 

My ex-boss, who is 70 this year, ordered a brand new '69 Nova SS with a 3 speed manual, which was standard. When I asked him why not a 4 speed, he said at the time, that extra $185 or so was a lot of money and would have busted his car payments out of his affordability window. Funny how options like positraction were less than $20 in some GM cars, but FM radio or AC was quite expensive. It's all relative. If I ordered a base engine car, I would want a 4 speed as it offers more flexible and sportier driving than a 3 speed. But like you, Frank, I would have begged, borrowed, or stole to find the extra pennies to get at least a 3oohp car. I mean, come on!!! It's a Sting Ray, fuhchrissakes!

 

Yes as NWMan has stated.

Larry

 

I'm always interested in how cars were ordered for stock vs a customer "sold" order. Over the years I've had conversations with former car salesmen about that. One told me that Corvettes ordered for stock would be low content to avoid dealer risk but would still have one or two items of optional equipment as a lure and for bragging rights in ad copy...All New RED 1963 Stingray Coupe with 4 on the floor!" for example. Among non-enthusiasts who also bought plenty of Corvettes and T-Birds it was more or less assumed that the engine that "came" in a Corvette was a "Corvette engine" and up to the task. Dealers wouldn't speculate on stock orders with big engines unless they were big city dealers with a big high performance clientele. In most years the T-Bird wasn't given an optional motor. I know the Vette & T-Bird were not direct competitors but during the 50's and first half of the 60's the T-Bird and Corvette were the #1 expensive automotive objects of desire in popular culture.

An old salty dog car salesman for decades told me back in 66 he was the sales manager of a Ford store and ordered himself a demo, 1966 Galaxie 500 XL with factory A/C. This is in Massachusetts! The dealer owner came to him and said...we will die with that car...whose going to buy a XL convertible with A/C? That buyer wants a T-Bird! But the car sold the day it was put on the lot.

Dan

 

The radio than the clock were the most complicated devices in the corvette at the time!

 

Ha! I well remember when factory A/C in a convertible was considered an indulgence. Who needs both?

 

**** holes for the heater were there no matter what and got capped if deleted.

**** holes for the radio of course were never there unless a radio was ordered (or dealer installed).

 

According to Vette Views Fact Book, 1966 C48 Heater Delete was 54 units of 27,720.