Re: 1964 Dodge Polara Radio

["MO ( Steve Mick)" <micher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

OK guys , give the man a senior moment break!!You old geezers know a person 
can think of one thing and say another!  Besides  he had a 440 SEDGE , not a 
440  wedge. I'm on your side Bill 8-)   :-) 
.............................MO
{Steve Mick}
http://stevemick1964dodge.shutterfly.com/pictures/5
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William Harrison" <bbjt3@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 8:18 AM
Subject: RE: 1964 Dodge Polara Radio


Ok folks; I know that the dead horse is getting beaten here, but if memory 
serves me right, here is how Ma Mopard did it in the early to late 60"s.
My first new Mopar was a 65 Coronet 440 with 440 street sedge and four 
speed.
It came from Arnold Palmer Dodge, (largest Mopar dealer in the midwest). It 
was ordered with a radio and antenna at the dealer. You sat down with the 
salesman and went through the available options and mixed and matched what 
you wanted.
I also had a 62 Dodge Dart ex state police car. This was a bare minimum car, 
no radio, no arm rests. It did come with a tinted windshield, but remember 
you had the option of ordering tinted or non tinted.
If you did not order the radio you got no speaker in front nor a hole in the 
left fender. You did get a radio delete plate in the dash.
All the dashes were punched for a speaker and radio. The 65 Doronet 2 dr 
post that I now have had an antenna but no radio so the delete plate was in 
the dash and there was no speaker in the dash when I got the car either.
Don't know why but I'm guessing that as this car came down the assembly line 
(probably on a Friday or Monday) some retard did not read the build sheet 
and punched the hole and installed an antenna but when it got the the radio 
install guy, he noticed that there was no radio ordered and just let the 
delete plate stay in and skipped on to the next car.
Thee were a lot of drugs being ingested by the mid 60's and there was a 
large influx of people to Detroit with no education on the assembly lines.
My brother worked at the Electrical factory in Indianapolis and my Dad 
worked at Ford's steering gear plant in Indy too, so I know what I'm talking 
about with the Monday and Friday quip. Also the there was no education 
requirement in those days. They just needed bodies to fill the assembly 
lines. My dad quit in the 12th grade to fight the second world war and my 
brother was dyslexic and quit after the 10th grade. We just thought he was 
stupid.....No one knew what dyslexia was back then.
He did consume a lot of illegal drugs during that era. My dad was smart 
though and rose to be head inspector of the steering gear line. (meant he 
got to get punched out early on Friday and punched in early on Monday by 
someone else.
Hope this does not muddy the water any more that it already is.
Just remember....No radio, means no speaker and dash kept the delete plate.
Later
Bill Harrison
65 Coronet 2 dr post

--- On Sun, 4/3/11, Rich Kinsley <rlkinsley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Rich Kinsley <rlkinsley@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: 1964 Dodge Polara Radio
> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Sunday, April 3, 2011, 9:01 PM
>
> Yes you could get a radio delete and there would not be an
> antenna. My
> Polara has the original AM radio and it only has a front
> speaker. The
> package tray is solid but has some indents underneath as I
> recall where
> you can break it out for a pair of speakers. It doesn't
> show on top
> though.
>
> Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4dr 318poly w/goodies
> =====================================================================
> Blosserde@xxxxxxx
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Does anyone know if a 1964 Dodge could come with a
> radio delete and if
> > it
> > could, would it still have an antenna?
> > Did the 64 Dodge with radio come with rear speakers?
> My car has an
> > aftermarket radio, but there were no original speaker
> grills in the rear
> > package
> > tray.
> > Thanks
> > David
> > 64 Polara
> >
> >
> > --
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
>
>
> Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4dr 318poly w/goodies
> http://1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/ml-kinsley64polara.html
>
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