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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: FrazerWill on October 19, 2009, 07:13:48 PM

Title: Radio knob interchange info needed
Post by: FrazerWill on October 19, 2009, 07:13:48 PM

I need to know if the chrome knobs are the same on a 49-50 Frazer.. and a ..51-52 Kaiser Virginian.

The plastic knob is different but the chrome part looks the same.

Title: Re: Radio knob interchange info needed
Post by: joefrazer on October 19, 2009, 08:22:31 PM

The radio knobs do differ between a 49-50F and a 51-2 Virginian.

Title: Re: Radio knob interchange info needed
Post by: Fid on October 19, 2009, 10:47:32 PM

Early 1951 Kaisers used the same GE radio that the '49/'50 Frazers used.  It had plastic knobs with chrome bezels.  Later 1951 Kaisers, and this would include all 1952 Virginians, which were unsold '51s re-tagged as '52s, used the Delco radio which has chrome knobs and bezels. The bezels are not the same.  The early radio, with the plastic knobs, used a bezel on the volume knob which operated the tone control, and used a splined "dummy" on the station selector which pressed into the plastic knob and had a hole in it for the set screw to fasten it to control shaft.  The volume control bezel may be a suitable sub but the one for the station selector is totally different and will not work as a sub (at least without modification).

Title: Re: Radio knob interchange info needed
Post by: FrazerWill on October 19, 2009, 11:13:36 PM

Thanks, Does someone have the splined "dummy" chrome part they want to sell?

Here's the one I'm looking at...

http://i.ebayimg.com/08/!Bci,1ww!Wk~$(KGrHqEH-CEEq-T2OBZeBK04n4t)kQ~~_12.JPG

Thanks, William

Title: Re: Radio knob interchange info needed
Post by: Fid on October 20, 2009, 08:19:38 AM

That radio is not KF issue. It's an aftermarket unit by Motorola. The knobs and bezels look smaller than the ones on the KF issue radios. They also look like they are one piece together.