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**hevy_chevy67** · 10-09-2018, 01:39 PM

I hadn't really looked too close at my radio before, but I was taking it out yesterday and noticed it is made by Motorola! Did they use to make radio's for these trucks?

**truckster** · 10-09-2018, 02:12 PM

Motorola used to make radios for all kinds of vehicles. They named the company Motorola when they started supplying automotive radios in the early 1930s.

CSTGURU · 10-09-2018, 02:37 PM

Yup, i have seen those a few times. Aftermarket from the era. It probalbly says motorola on the lens? Just means the truck was not ordered from the factory with a radio. Check the glovebox label, probably no radio listed
interestingly i have not seen one on a canadian truck before, is yours canadian?

**hevy_chevy67** · 10-09-2018, 02:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CSTGURU

Yup, i have seen those a few times. Aftermarket from the era. It probalbly says motorola on the lens? Just means the truck was not ordered from the factory with a radio. Check the glovebox label, probably no radio listed
interestingly i have not seen one on a canadian truck before, is yours canadian?

Ok thanks for the info.
Yep, Canadian truck. It's a C30.

10-09-2018, 01:39 PM	#1
hevy_chevy67 Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Blackfalds, Alberta Posts: 577	Motorola Radio I hadn't really looked too close at my radio before, but I was taking it out yesterday and noticed it is made by Motorola! Did they use to make radio's for these trucks? __________________ 1971 Chevrolet K10 - SWB, 5.3LS, 4L60e 1970 Chevrolet K5 Blazer - Project 1969 Chevrolet C10 - SWB, 350 Holley Sniper, 700r4 1969 GMC Suburban - 5.3 LS, 4L60e

10-09-2018, 02:12 PM	#2
truckster Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Orem, Utah Posts: 7,794	Re: Motorola Radio Motorola used to make radios for all kinds of vehicles. They named the company Motorola when they started supplying automotive radios in the early 1930s. __________________ I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. - Thomas Jefferson

10-09-2018, 02:37 PM	#3
CSTGURU Registered User Join Date: May 2015 Location: MANITOBA Posts: 47	Re: Motorola Radio Yup, i have seen those a few times. Aftermarket from the era. It probalbly says motorola on the lens? Just means the truck was not ordered from the factory with a radio. Check the glovebox label, probably no radio listed interestingly i have not seen one on a canadian truck before, is yours canadian?



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