Help Me Identify a Radio

[HarryD]

I was cleaning in the garage yesterday (Ok, I was looking for something and had a move a bunch of stuff around), and I found hte radio the PO gave me when he sold me the car. I am trying to determine if this could have been the original radio.

It is a Blaupunkt AM/FM/Cassette unit. Its says it is a model CR-4073.

It looks like this:

[Flunder]

Dr. Brett Johnson's book 911&912 Porsche p.57 indicates that the Blaupunkt Lubeck CR AM FM Cassestte was catalogued as a factory option for model year 1973.

CR is probably notation for cassette radio.

I don't know if yours is the Lubeck model, but it is probably close enough to fool all the concours judges and the face plate looks F series specific.

[HarryD]

Thanks for the info.

[Eminence Gris]

May I ask: I have a Blaupunkt Frankfurt US with this tag. Any info on application?

[hdavis]

May I ask: I have a Blaupunkt Frankfurt US with this tag. Any info on application?

It's an "A" Frankfurt, should be for a 1969 car, I bet it has the blue dot on the face.

[Allen Henderson]

The blue dot came in 1973, in US, at least (edited..for the Frankfurt anyway). Although, of course Blaupunkt is literally blue dot, didn't have one for a long time.

-Allen-

[Eminence Gris]

It's an "A" Frankfurt, should be for a 1969 car, I bet it has the blue dot on the face.

Yessir, big, faded blue dot.

Thank you!

[hdavis]

The blue dot came in 1973, in US, at least (edited..for the Frankfurt anyway). Although, of course Blaupunkt is literally blue dot, didn't have one for a long time.

-Allen-

Allen, according to this site, the blue dot probably appeared in 69 or 70, with the A or B models, I've certainly seen B Frankfurts with a blue dot.

http://users.skynet.be/antique.autor.../Blaup-70b.htm

[Allen Henderson]

Radios, that I have seen in 911s in the US didn't have the blue dot until 1973. The pictured radios, with other than JUST a chrome bezel (that is no faceplate, black or chrome) are the factory installed radios I have seen here. For example, the radio pictured at the top of this thread I have not seen in a factory installed US Porsche.

-Allen-

[hdavis]

Radios, that I have seen in 911s in the US didn't have the blue dot until 1973. The pictured radios, with other than JUST a chrome bezel (that is no faceplate, black or chrome) are the factory installed radios I have seen here. For example, the radio pictured at the top of this thread I have not seen in a factory installed US Porsche.

-Allen-

This is certainly an interesting topic. What I am 100% sure of is that both B and C Frankfurts (1970 and 1971 models), in the European model did have the blue dot. How do I know, I have both of them. The first picture is from a B that was in my 911 before I found the correct Z Frankfurt. The second is a C Frankfurt that is in my BMW, both European however.