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Dec 22, 2021 | 03:28 PM

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Centre console with radio delete?

Can you purchase centre consoles like the one shown below but without the radio cut out, as if it came with radio delete?

I assume radio delete had their own specific console, or did they come with a blanking plate in '81?

Dec 22, 2021 | 03:39 PM

Easy Mike

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No separate bezel. With radio delete you got the blanking plate. There were less than a thousand 80-82 cars with radio delete.

Dec 22, 2021 | 03:45 PM

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No separate bezel. With radio delete you got the blanking plate. There were less than a thousand 80-82 cars with radio delete.

Cool, I've got one of the 315 '81s having just received my original dealer invoice - got Gymkhana, too - just missing the plate but wasn't sure if my centre cluster had been changed or not, at least I know it;s original and just missing the plte.

Can you buy repro plates?

Dec 22, 2021 | 03:52 PM

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So I need one of these....

Dec 22, 2021 | 04:11 PM

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Who and where was the selling dealer

Dec 22, 2021 | 04:18 PM

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Who and where was the selling dealer

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I purchased the car from the second owner just down the road - car spent its entire life on Long Island, mostly locked away in a garage.

I don't need those radio ***** anymore, but thanks for the offer!

Dec 22, 2021 | 05:34 PM

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I purchased mine at Corvette Central just a couple of months ago.

Dec 22, 2021 | 05:37 PM

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Check this one out. Looks similar? Not sure.

https://www.chicagomusclecarparts.com/products/938451

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Dec 22, 2021 | 05:39 PM

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Check this one out. Looks similar? Not sure.

https://www.chicagomusclecarparts.com/products/938451

Good shout, certainly does.

Dec 22, 2021 | 05:39 PM

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I purchased mine at Corvette Central just a couple of months ago.

I'll have a look - got any pics?

Dec 22, 2021 | 05:44 PM

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I purchased mine at Corvette Central just a couple of months ago.

Can't seem to find it on their website - have you got a link you could share?

Thanks!

Dec 22, 2021 | 07:05 PM

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GM reproduction radio Delete Plate.
It's not cheap but it is an original reproduction.

Dec 22, 2021 | 07:31 PM

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68-76 would be a different plate than a 77-up. The center cluster is different.

Dec 23, 2021 | 03:15 AM

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Quote:

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68-76 would be a different plate than a 77-up. The center cluster is different.

I thought they also have curved backing to fit the earlier more sculpted consoles?

EDIT: Just found this image....

Dec 23, 2021 | 08:01 AM

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So I need one of these....

I think this one looks nicer, cleaner. If it fits it a better match to the rest of the cluster. GM too.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/26545277879...EAAOSwJdphgu7T

Dec 23, 2021 | 08:10 AM

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I think this one looks nicer, cleaner. If it fits it a better match to the rest of the cluster. GM too.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/26545277879...EAAOSwJdphgu7T

I did see that and agree, looks nicer, however it won't fit flush with the '77-'82 console, as the later console has a raised mounded ring around the tune and volume *****, which would leave a gap as the plate would need to be accounted for in the rear of the plate.

I'm going to try to manufacture one myself so it looks like the earlier design with the raised chrome ridge round the perimeter.

Anything has got to look better than that frankly terrible parts bin effort by GM

Dec 23, 2021 | 08:35 AM

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Yeah, that looks pretty bad on there.
I was in this same boat, but it was for the top plate for the ac vents. Finally gave up looking and made my own, and of course a week later I found it on ebay.
Good luck

Dec 23, 2021 | 08:44 AM

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John65 what does the top plate for the A/C vent look like i think i have one

Dec 23, 2021 | 09:21 AM

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Thank you sir but no longer needed.

Dec 23, 2021 | 09:25 AM

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Can you post a picture of it please

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