What was the type of the original radio in Murena? And where were the original speakers fitted?
Any photo would be appreciated.
Thanks.
The car was not originally fitted with a radio at all. It had a blank cover over the hole and the cover was maked with a Blue Spot (Blaupunkt style)
The car had all the wiring, aerial, speakers and suppression required and all you needed to do was to fit the radio of your choice. It had a 'standard' plug on the loom ready to plug straight into your radio. Although I say standard plug, some sets were still using their own proprietry plugs, so it didn't necessarily fit all sets, but it did fit most German models like Blaupunkt.
The speakers were fitted in the front kick panels, the one on the drivers side behind the foot rest and the passenger side one behind the adjustable foot rest (if fitted). They were Italian speakers and actually were quite good. I know someone who bought some supposedly better Pioneer ones at great cost and they were actually worse.
Later cars (83 models) had the speakers moved to the door panels but in my opinion these are worse since the sound is directed straight into the sides of the seat bases! The originals in the kick panels are fine and better if you add a pair of tweeters directed at the screen. The higher frequencies from the large kick panel speakers get absorbed by the carpet etc. but a pair of small tweeters sited properly bounce the high frequencies off the screen back towards the occupants complementing the bass from below and making listening to speach particularly clearer.
Roy
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