I recently purchased a 1970 OTS in apparently pretty much original condition. Previous owner mentioned the car has original paint, never restored other than having the seats re-upholstered about 30 years ago.

I'm wondering if the radio is original, and looking at pictures of radios in the "factory original e-type" book by Simon Clay, states that US e-types after 1969 should be carring Philips radios. As you can see in the picture, this has "BC". Can anyone confirm this?

Thanks

Submitted by SE98-32482CJ on Sun, 10/06/2013 - 21:05

Cliff those wacky dealers! The Phillips is cited in several bulletins as the radio for the series 2. One reason for the uniformity was the frequent addition of AC--the AC brackets were set up for the Phillips and the Phillips only. The BL radios of the Period were used for MGs and Triumphs etc. No doubt the dealer sold all of these.

Submitted by cburk@kiva.net on Sun, 10/06/2013 - 21:01

FWIW, my 70 OTS with 155 miles on the clock came with a British Leyland logo on the long-gone AM/FM radio. Like the Phillips pictured above it also had the AFC lock on the bottom of the tuning knob.

I would NOT be surprised to learn that the original radio had been pulled out by the dealer and used to aid a previous customer having a radio issue. (Can't really sue him though as no radio was listed on the window sticker.) Similarly, the electric clock had been replaced with an earlier battery-powered one and the fiber shroud on the sparkplug wires was missing when I got it.

Submitted by SE98-32482CJ on Sun, 10/06/2013 - 15:31

Gents the Phillips was the factory radio for series 2. There is no discussion on this. Dealers may have done other things but they were instructed to use only the 5 button Phillips.