67 No factory radio option?

[Furno68C20]

Hello everyone-

just picked this 67 c10 and i see that there is not antenna on the cowl. There also is no radio wiring behind the dash. Was there an factory no radio option?

Thanks in advance!

[71gmcC15]

Beautiful c10 right there. The am radio was optional. Check your spid on the glove box door if it's still there

[weim55]

Radio was not standard equipment on any 67-72. Simply, your truck was not ordered with an optional radio.

Steve weim55 Colorado

[Furno68C20]

Nothing mentioning a radio on the SPID.

[weim55]

Originally Posted by Furno68C20

Nothing mentioning a radio on the SPID.

Bingo! Your truck was not ordered w/ optional radio.

Steve weim55 Colorado

[Furno68C20]

I thought it was standard. Would there be a delete in its place of a radio?
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[weim55]

Yes, A rectangle plate the same color as the dashboard to cover the radio holes.

Steve weim55 Colorado

['68OrangeSunshine]

Another '67 MY quirk: Don't freak when you turn the light switch on and the Parking Lights go out when the Headlights come up. That's normal for this model year. They will still blink as turn signals.
A lot of Federal safety changes [including side markers] were mandated in 1968.

I had to cut a hole in the cowl for the AM/FM antenna on my '67 K/10 Suburban. No factory radio.
To not interfere with the CB whip * on the passenger side; I put it on the drivers side. PO had put in an Alpine cassette/receiver deck but had a loose stick antenna on the dash.
[* Yes., it was a long time ago.]

[HIGHWAY BY THE SEA]

Radios back then were mostly AM and AM radios do not require the antennas like FM ones do.

[68panelman]

Fantastic truck, congrats!

[jaros44sr]

Originally Posted by HIGHWAY BY THE SEA

Radios back then were mostly AM and AM radios do not require the antennas like FM ones do.

interesting, didn't know that

[HIGHWAY BY THE SEA]

Originally Posted by jaros44sr

interesting, didn't know that

I have owned many AM radios when I was a child, and NONE of them had an exterior antenna. Only the FM ones. I think AM radios use an internal wire for antennas.

[FirstOwner69]

Originally Posted by HIGHWAY BY THE SEA

I have owned many AM radios when I was a child, and NONE of them had an exterior antenna. Only the FM ones. I think AM radios use an internal wire for antennas.

These AM truck radios had horrible reception even with the telescoping antennas extended to their full length. I never saw any radio equipped vehicle without an antenna prior to the change that placed a different type of antenna on/in the windshield glass. Are you sure those you experienced as a kid just had some sort of hidden antenna?

[special-K]

All the vehicles with AM radio I have ever seen had an antenna. They used to say FM required a 31" mast. That is the only deference between AM/FM I have ever known. But now that FM became standard I see a variety of lengths. In the '80s I bought a less than 12" flexy rubbery antenna for my work truck with ladder racks. Work perfectly, so not sure what that 31" thing was about. Ideal length but apparently doesn't matter.

[KevinK7]

Very cool truck.

[scampr]

Special K is correct . I have never seen one that didnt have the antenna and my 67 is a non radio C30 and i have seen few people baffled because the cowl didnt have the hole.lol

[HIGHWAY BY THE SEA]

As far as I knew my AM radios typically did not have any external antenna. But I may be wrong.
My 67 GMC 3500 had a factory AM radio in it, but NO antenna on the cowl or anywhere else. The cowl does not even have a hole for one. Confusing!