Radio ID

[texasmike]

How can I find out when this GM Delco radio (16023906) was manufactured and if it was available as an option in 1984?

 

[B.K. Cunningham]

That's a ETR, that style was in 83s to 87s. I've got one from an 86 in my 74.

 

[texasmike]

Thanks Bryan, is there any way to find out what year it was made?

 

[oldretiredafguy]

Thanks Bryan, is there any way to find out what year it was made?

If it's still on the radio, they used to put a sticker on them with month/year of manufacture. A lot of the little tags fall off as the adhesive looses it stickiness as the radio is heated by use, and cools down.

There is a guy that does Delco radio repair: <http://ronsradio.com> . He may have a listing of PN's correlated to year.

This a ETR Delco radio I bought as a spare for my '88 GMC V-Jimmy in 1997 at a swap meet. It came out of an earlier Corvette (Notice the black knobs). The shaft dimensions are identical for Vettes and trucks in this era.

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The tags were still attached when I bought it, but were losing their adhesion, so I taped them on to keep the tag historical info.

 

[texasmike]

Thanks for the additional information, Mike. Since I don't get good fm reception with the windshield antenna, I recently bought another radio on ebay with the cassette option. It lasted about two weeks before the cassette player started acting up so I purchased an ETR Delco and its on the way here. I don't believe it has any stickers on it and I hope the cassette works well as I intend to use it a lot. I have about $835 tied up in three OEM radios and I hope I'm done.