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[Ziggy944]

Hi, can anyone help. I have recently bought a 1988 porshce 944. I am looking to put the original radio casette player in the car im after the exact make and model?
Would be muchly appreciated.

 

[DarrylH]

I think I have one sat in a cupboard if you're interested?

 

[Ziggy944]

Yeah is it in working condition etc? I would be interested for sure. What is the actual make? Is it poss you could post a pic? Finally how much you wanting for it?

 

[DarrylH]

It worked when it was in the car. It's been sat ever since.

It's a Panasonic model number CQ-977FNP

PM me an offer I'm not too sure what they're worth.

https://flic.kr/p/mSqTjE

 

[DarrylH]

That didn't go too well but if you click the blue link you can see it

 

[944 man]

I believe that it should be a Panasonic F35. Dark bronze in colour with 'Alphatuner' on the front.

 

[944 man]

That looks like an '86 radio Darryl. When its lit up is it green and orange? I used one of those (or possibly a slightly higher spec one as it was from an '86 Turbo) as my everyday radio for about ten years...

I have an F35 in my loft somewhere, so I can take a picture if itll help the OP. This one was from my ' Turbo S and the same set was used in my very late 1989 2.7l (from which I have the manual) and I believe it was fitted to my 1988 220 Turbo too, although its long since been changed.

Im looking for a cage for one, if anyone still has one. Someone offered me one a few yeas ago but I cant remember who - James O maybe?

 

[DarrylH]

Ah my bad I thought they were the same just different if you had the 10 speaker option.

I'm fairly sure you're right with how it lights up, I've not used it for a year though so memory is a bit hazy! []

There might be a cage for it somewhere that you can have if it fits/if the OP doesn't want it.

 

[PAUL RUDDY]

This is the original Panasonic in my S2

http://www.porscheclubgbforum.com/tm.asp?m=604709&mpage=116&key=Panasonic&#740578

 

[Ziggy944]

Thank you both for the info. Am in negotiation with Darryl for the stereo 😊

 

[bmnelsc]

Panasonic as an original fitment? Thats interesting. I would have thought that Porsche would have fit a Blaupunkt as original equipment unless the car was ordered with "prepared for radio" without a head unit. My 91 S2 which came from Japan had a Sony head unit but I assumed it had been changed out. So did Porsche fit different head units for different markets or was this a "dealer option" type process?

 

[pauljmcnulty]

So did Porsche fit different head units for different markets or was this a "dealer option" type process?

From memory, the stereo was optional. Perhaps a basic radio was standard, but I remember my Dad's two 944s coming with a huge list of options that would have been standard on most cars even then. The Germans were very poorly-specced back then.

I'd guess the cars came without the head unit from Germany, and PCGB fitted them according to the UK standard spec, or optioned order?

 

[944 man]

People always seem to state Blaupunkt! on forums when the question comes up, but the reality is that most Porsche GB cars had a National Panasonic / Panasonic stereo.

Radios are fitted by the local concessionaires and not the factory, for the most part.

The radio in Pauls quoted thread is the F35 that I was talking about.

 

[Paul 290T]

My '86 turbo came with the Panasonic F35.

 

[944 man]

Not from Reading Paul. It almost certainly came with the stereo that Darryl has for sale (https://www.flickr.com/photos/122471143@N05/13697815494/). The F35 wasn't launched until two years after you car was built.