Stereo tape in 280z (Clarion Radio Connector)

[MH77280Z]

Guys, i am planning to throw away this Ken wood stereo tape. Probably will install a more latest model. Just want to make sure it is not factory cassette player? the way it was hooked up is definitely aftermarket but just wanted to check before i discard.

Edited December 27, 2023 by MH77280Z

[Yarb]

Aftermarket 

[siteunseen]

When I bought my orange 240 it had a Jensen cassette radio. 

When I got it home and went through every nook and cranny I found the OE Hitachi under the driver's seat. Oh how happy that made me. 

Don't throw the metal thing away in these pictures if you have one. It holds the OE radio in place.

 

 

[dutchzcarguy]

Hitachi was the brand of the original radio in the USA, In europe we had Clarion. They only had AM in Europe.

That was original for the 240z. My 280zx first edition has a mono Clarion and a stereo Hitachi cassette!  It has 1 single speaker on top of the dash for the mono radio and two speakers in the back sides!  So you could play them at the same time as they were completely separate units! Funny but original!

[MH77280Z]

I bought this from a guy in CA pretty cheap $25. Is this the right 280z radio?

[dutchzcarguy]

10 hours ago, MH77280Z said:

Is this the right 280z radio?

Hihi.. Your gonna be surprised.. The answer is sadly.. no.. 

I believe that it would have had the Hitachi radio.. but that Hitachi radio looks a lot like yours so you are close ( enough.. if i would have to choose!)  

But then you could think, hey.. what radio had the 280z in Europe and the answer is: we didn't ... didn't have the 280z!  It was a car special for the USA! We had the 260z till the 280zx came in 1979. So that's why it is possible that you see 260z from 1974-1978 overhere!  And yes they had Clarion radios ..  (And i think but don't know for sure that by that time they also had FM besides AM.)  So they would have looked a lot like yours!

[Patcon]

14 hours ago, MH77280Z said:

I bought this from a guy in CA pretty cheap $25. Is this the right 280z radio?

I don't believe that is a 280z radio. I believe its for a 240z.

Btw if it works, its quite valuable!

It even has value if it doesn't work.  Look on Ebay to see what I mean

[CanTechZ]

Looks like this AM-FM one shown in the 1976 Euro parts book, found in the downloads section. It has the early switch for the auto antenna that only came on the early AM only radios (Hitachi) here in North America.

[Mark Maras]

1st gen had the antenna switch on the right side of the radio like the one pictured but they were AM radios.

[MH77280Z]

I recall it was from a 1976 280z 2+2. I was not sure whether 2+2 radio will fit 77 280z but still got it. His post is still there on craigslist. It was from this car

 

https://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/pts/d/gardena-datsun-280z-22-part-out/7697141600.html

 

Edited December 17, 2023 by MH77280Z

[Yarb]

Not sure why it wouldn’t fit.

[dutchzcarguy]

21 hours ago, Patcon said:

I believe its for a 240z.

I'm confused now.. I was always told that in a 240z there was a Hitachi..  The people that told me that were always from the USA.. Then i always said: We overhere in the Netherlands (EU) have had always the Clarion brand,  So there were also Clarions in old datsuns in the USA?  That's a first! 👍