[R129 SL] Dual Exhaust?

[Peter Shelton]

Hi Eva,

There are a number of 'original' radios installed in the SL 129 and it depends on the specification asked for by the first customer or what was installed in the car at the time!   Mine is an original Blaupunkt CD unit ( the CD goes into a special holder) and it was possibly one of the first CD units installed in a car.  No anti 'jumping' so it skips when on rough roads.  There is the original amplifier located under the floor mats on the passengers side.  

Need to have a look at a lot of 129's and see which one to choose.  I understand that all/most were Blaupunkt brand.

For information, Blaupunkt GmbH (German for "point of blue" or "blue dot") is a German electronic equipment manufacturer, noted for its home and car audio equipment. It is a 100% subsidiary of Robert Bosch GmbH. Founded in 1923 in Berlin as "Ideal", the company changed its name to "Blaupunkt" in 1938, after the blue dot painted onto its headphones. 

For many years, Blaupunkt car audio equipment models often carried the name of a city somewhere in the world, eg "London RDM126". In Blaupunkt model nomenclature, this can be translated as "An RDS CD player capable of controlling a Multichanger, rated at 4x30W RMS (4x30 = 120) from model year 1996". High-end models typically had German place names.

Blaupunkt also used the brand "Velocity" to sell products aimed at a lower cost market. Audi, Volkswagen, Porsche, Mercedes and BMW all fit Blaupunkt products into their cars, often branded with the car manufacturer's own mark (eg The VW Gamma or BMW Symphony lines).

Hope this helps.  
Kind Regards, Peter S (New Zealand). 


----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Eva Esquivel 
  To: 'SL Mailing List' 
  Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 3:03 PM
  Subject: Re: [R129 SL] Dual Exhaust?


  I am interested in installing an original radio on my sl500 1991.  Does anyone know where I can buy one?

   

  Thanks

  Eva

    

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