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Mon Aug 25, 2008 6:58 pm

Does anyone make AM and FM radio's that keep the original look. How hard would it be to add AM to a radio. :roll:

Mon Aug 25, 2008 7:15 pm

If you are running 12 volt, check local junk yards or ebay for the Sapphire AM/FM radios that originally came in those VWs...

Mon Aug 25, 2008 7:31 pm

its is called samba classifieds. You see them from time to time AM/FM and tehn you may have to have it repaired also I did and am glad too.

Mon Aug 25, 2008 9:28 pm

Where can you find new knobs for those AM Sapphire radios. There cool looking but most of the ivory knobs are worn out.

Mon Aug 25, 2008 11:25 pm

Wolfsburg West sells knobs but they are not a perfect match to original Sapphire knobs
http://www.wolfsburgwest.com/cart/DetailsList.cfm?ID=ZVW101IV

Mon Aug 25, 2008 11:32 pm

thanks, they look pritty nice to me. how come u think they dont look original. Are they made to shiney.

Tue Aug 26, 2008 1:07 am

The shape is a little bit off. The WW ones are a little too "triangular" beneath the ridges. Also the ridges were not originally of equal step height as the WW ones seem to be. And the most obvious difference is the way it mounts; originals did not use set screws. I think they just modify their repop dash knobs and sell them as radio knobs.

http://home.comcast.net/~vwradio/srh/srh.htm

Original (Ivory is correct for early Sapphire I used '60-'61):

Tue Aug 26, 2008 2:16 pm

some radios (older blaupunkts for example) did use these kind of knos with the screws. sapphire did not. it would appear that currently the only available repop is the screw style.