Door identification part I - HQ

[wbute]

There were no factory fitted kick panel speakers, or fm radios in HQ-WB commercial vehicles. They would be dealer or aftermarket fitted. The factory radio was AM with the speaker up under the dash. Thats how it was.

[Taily]

There were no factory fitted kick panel speakers, or fm radios in HQ-WB commercial vehicles. They would be dealer or aftermarket fitted. The factory radio was AM with the speaker up under the dash. Thats how it was.

I didn't suggest or say that that they were fitted from the factory ("factory fitted" back then could still mean "dealer fitted" in blurb). Even HQ-J (S1) commercials didn't have even an AM radio fitted unless specifically ordered, even in Kingswood. That is why there are so many vehicles around that don't even have a centre speaker fitted. I remember playing around in the Hillsdon's Church street lot a bit when I was a kid in the mid 70's (my father's uncles' owned the business until they made the decision to close it in 1984)and going looking for anything fitted with a radio to listen to. The best ones were often found over in the PD dept and were being fitted by the guys there (Laurie, Gerry etc in the later years).

Regards,

Dave