79 Chevy Truck Radio

[Impalaguru]

This is a little off topic but we have such a great source of info here I thought I'd ask. A friend bought a very nice, original 79 Chevy pickup and he wants to install a factory AM-FM radio in place of the original AM. The question is, did the dash boards change any during the 73-87 era that a radio from a certain range of years wouldn't fit? Or will one from an 85 fit just the same as one from a 75? Any differences on the plug ins? Any help on this would be great!
Ross

 

[Brian Thompson]

Ross-

The plugs from an 85 should be the same as the 79. As long as you stay with a shaft type radio, you should be ok with the fit.
This is what the radio side, not the wire harness side, of the plug should look like.

Brian

 

[DIV1RACER-2]

The truck radios are interchangable thru the 1987 model year !
Car radios are also the same in the gm big car body's . I had a cadillac ETR [ digital tuning ] in my79 pick up years ago.