Monday, February 14 2005, @ 10:01 AM (-0800 GMT)

Hi Ken,

I've only seen Sapphire IV and Sapphire VI "ALL TRANSISTOR," made by
Bendix, here in the U.S. I suppose, like you say, the Sapphire V is
here also, it has to be, but I've never seen one. Both the IV and the
VI are EXACTLY as you describe below. Both have fake "chrome" buttons
and knobs. Judging by what I've seen over many years, the "IV," which
is AM only, was the most popular. Only a small percentage of Bugs had
the "VI," which was AM/FM. The reason for that, I suspect, (other than
a higher price), was that in 1966/67, there were relatively few FM
radio stations here.

The window crank knobs you show on your web page "look" original,
certainly more original than the smaller diameter black plastic after
market types I had. I've never seen the originals. I've just been told
they are "rubbery" and large diameter just like the dash knobs. I
assumed they were all black. I'm surprised to see yours
are/silver/black.

Jim

http://www.ClassicVWBug4Sale.info

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On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 15:11:10 GMT, "veedub1967" >
wrote:

>Thanks for that. Sapphire was only available to the US market, while UK and
>Asia were offered Blaupunkts and Beckers. I'm rather confused, I thought
>67's in the US used Sapphire V, which had chrome buttons and chrome knobs.
>
>As for the door knobs, were the ones I have on the site orignal? I had those
>on my car when I bought them, and I managed to find another pair at a swap
>meet when I was in the US for a holiday. They have a tendency to bend over
>time, but I got spares!
>
>Thanks again, and please clarify if you can..
>
>Ken
>
>"Jim" > wrote in message
.. .
>> Monday, February 14 2005, @ 6:28 AM (-0800 GMT)
>>
>> I've seen pics of the black knobs. My '67, which I just sold, had the
>> original black knobs on the radio, but "after market" types on the
>> doors. The original door knobs were rather large in diameter, about an
>> inch I believe. Finding these original door knobs is virtually
>> impossible in the U.S.. I tried with no success. I did manage to find
>> an original Sapphire VI AM/FM radio but it took quite a while and cost
>> a pretty penny.
>>
>>
>> On 13 Feb 2005 19:54:17 -0800, "bill may" > wrote:
>>
>>>dont forget 1967 one year only generater(push on terminals),3 differant
>>>inside door lock knobs.
>>
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