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    Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing: My recollection of '60s and '70s era Benz dashboards is that they were protected like Fort Knox: under-dash and center-console partitions held in plac... more »
    Elhigh: That makes Friday's spotless Subaru-branded (Matsushita aka Panasonic-made) CD player look pretty tame. Nice find! more »
    .357: That's awesome, and for $10, I'd get it in a heartbeat. more »
    jjdaddyo: My 68 280s had an even sweeter Becker radio- it was AM/FM/MW/SW, but it also had an auto seek function. You would push a chrome bar under the dial an... more »
    PDQ2: Not to be difficult, but it's a Becker radio, not a Blaupunkt. more »
    Novaload: Murilee, did you get any pix of the rest of the interior? Exterior? That's pretty amazing. Assuming, of course, that your story of finding this beast ... more »
    scroggzilla raids again: Hmmm....I thought Mercs of that vintage only used Becker radios. more »
    BRAWNDO_POWERED: Murilee, you have no clue how valuable all of those little interior switches are. That little black knob that controls the lights? $88.00 [cgi.ebay.com] more »
    MushyHeirloom: And it's a standard-sized DIN bay, isn't it. See, That's What's Wrong With Cars Today. more »
    1991Brougham: Great find! Looking at what US makers were doing with their optional radios at the time shows we had the AM/8-track in FoMoCo vehicles. You could get ... more »
    Mobius: If it were me, I'd probably have bought the whole Benz. :) Nice find, I mean, that looks just so damn cool, simple and clean, an Apple badge wouldn't ... more »
  • #junkyardfind

    Intact 1968 Blaupunkt Köln 4-Band Radio, Just There For The Pickin'

    As you read this, I'm punishing miscreants at the Goin' For Broken 24 Hours Of LeMons. You can be sure, however, that I'm still gloating over this $10 junkyard prize. More »
  • #jalopnikreviews

    2008 Pontiac G8 GT

    Yesterday, we saddled up in the General's new Oz-import RWD V8 hotness, the 2008 Pontiac G8 GT, and went for a nice long spin skirting the Mexican border and up through the wildfire-scarred hills east of San Diego. Here's what you need to know: This is one dang fine automobile but it's not without its issues. But at just south of $30K, what are you gonna do? Be a whiny little punk all day long? Just stab it and steer baby. More »