Radio Delete plate needed

There is one at ebay right now.
Radio delete plate

Wow $350.00 for a radio delete plate.

Prices for good ones have been going for around $300 in the last year or so, so this isn't totally out of line. They are getting rarer and rarer.

I need that! I have a big open hole and no need for a radio.

Heck Its probably cheaper than buying a good sound system for the car and a lot easier of an install

I have a radio delete plate in my Pantera, its the original Blaupunkt radio. Fills the hole just fine. Hell, it still works too.

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Wow $350.00 for a radio delete plate.

For that price, why not have the best of both World's! I recently got one of Larry Stock's flip face Kenwood CD's with the modified face that looks like a radio delete when switched off.

What's special about the radio delete plate, and are there aftermarket copies? If so, how to tell as I have the one that came out of my car, but it's plastic, not great condition, with one pin missing on the back. I just can't see how even a decent one would be worth $350, but then I keep being amazed at how much some of this stuff sells for....supply & demand I guess, must be great if you're in the Pantera supply business

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What's special about the radio delete plate, and are there aftermarket copies?

The real ones are in 3D relief to match the rest of the gauge console, including the raised edge and panther stripe in chrome and the textured black background. They haven't been available from the vendors for some time now. Finding one with good chrome is very rare. Even one with less than good chrome has value.

The cars were delivered without any radios, dealers added them with whatever was laying around or whatever they could sell for the most money, eg, a Becker or Blaupunkt. So, you would need one of these for a correct restoration. That's why I mounted my radio under the Delete Plate.

The auction on Ebay is still going on and someone has bid on it. It ends tonight.