Beautiful Becker Europa 2 Radio - My Stupid Questions Options

[friethmiller]

Bought this from @914Sixer 4 years ago and I'm thinking about installing it in the LE. I'm sure it's not the exact radio for an LE but it might be the one I go with for now. Question: what are all these pieces, I forget. The metal tabs look like hanger-type hardware. How does it install? I'm wondering if I'm missing anything. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) What about these weird looking connections? Speaker inputs I assume. Is this other wire a ground? Sorry, not a radio expert. TIA. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[914Sixer]

Plug and play. You have to pull knobs and face off radio. Drop radio in hole. Slot the locking bars and tighten them up. Put a back strap on to support the radio. Ground for radio is back strap. Single black wire is for 12V + to switched source. Other two wires are for R & L speakers, they are marked on the case.
Yes it is a correct available radio for 1974 LE. Radio was introduced in 1972.

[friethmiller]

Plug and play. You have to pull knobs and face off radio. Drop radio in hole. Slot the locking bars and tighten them up. Put a back strap on to support the radio. Ground for radio is back strap. Single black wire is for 12V + to switched source. Other two wires are for R & L speakers, they are marked on the case.
Yes it is a correct available radio for 1974 LE. Radio was introduced in 1972.

Excellent! Thanks Mark. I sure hope I can get to it this weekend - if not very soon. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif)

[Shivers]

Plug and play. You have to pull knobs and face off radio. Drop radio in hole. Slot the locking bars and tighten them up. Put a back strap on to support the radio. Ground for radio is back strap. Single black wire is for 12V + to switched source. Other two wires are for R & L speakers, they are marked on the case.
Yes it is a correct available radio for 1974 LE. Radio was introduced in 1972.

Excellent! Thanks Mark. I sure hope I can get to it this weekend - if not very soon. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxgI29vM0YE

[friethmiller]

Plug and play. You have to pull knobs and face off radio. Drop radio in hole. Slot the locking bars and tighten them up. Put a back strap on to support the radio. Ground for radio is back strap. Single black wire is for 12V + to switched source. Other two wires are for R & L speakers, they are marked on the case.
Yes it is a correct available radio for 1974 LE. Radio was introduced in 1972.

Excellent! Thanks Mark. I sure hope I can get to it this weekend - if not very soon. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxgI29vM0YE

That helps! Thank you

[gulf908]

fm

I have one of these but 6 button - a little extravagance from a later year - 1978
what year code is yours ?
these are worth a good detailed installation
mine takes a minute or two to warm up properly
also make sure you have a good aerial and good speakers - mine are from Konigs autoradio in Haan Germany

HTH
Dennis (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[Shivers]

Plug and play. You have to pull knobs and face off radio. Drop radio in hole. Slot the locking bars and tighten them up. Put a back strap on to support the radio. Ground for radio is back strap. Single black wire is for 12V + to switched source. Other two wires are for R & L speakers, they are marked on the case.
Yes it is a correct available radio for 1974 LE. Radio was introduced in 1972.

Excellent! Thanks Mark. I sure hope I can get to it this weekend - if not very soon. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxgI29vM0YE

That helps! Thank you

You are welcome Sir

[scallyk9]

I have the exact same Becker installed in my restored LE (Bumblebee) and it is period correct and would have been available from your local Porsche dealer in 1974. All radios were dealer installed and you chose from a rack. As I recall, Beckers on top, some Blaupunkts below them, and a Motorola or two on the bottom. The Becker Mexico FM Cassette deck was the most expensive.

A knowledgeable PCA Concours judge once told me that I had the Mercedes version with the chrome ring knobs and I should have plain black soft-touch knobs in a vintage Porsche, but a photo of the chrome ring version is in Dr. B. Johnson's 914 "A Restorer's Guide to Authenticity III" as a dealer option or owner installed.

[Superhawk996]

A knowledgeable PCA Concours judge once told me that I had the Mercedes version with the chrome ring knobs and I should have plain black soft-touch knobs in a vintage Porsche, but a photo of the chrome ring version is in Dr. B. Johnson's 914 "A Restorer's Guide to Authenticity III" as a dealer option or owner installed.

Funny how that works.

A bunch of snobs that never wanted to acknowledge the 914 as a Porsche are now suddenly experts on 914’s.
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NARP forever (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif)

[friethmiller]

I have the exact same Becker installed in my restored LE (Bumblebee) and it is period correct and would have been available from your local Porsche dealer in 1974. All radios were dealer installed and you chose from a rack. As I recall, Beckers on top, some Blaupunkts below them, and a Motorola or two on the bottom. The Becker Mexico FM Cassette deck was the most expensive.

A knowledgeable PCA Concours judge once told me that I had the Mercedes version with the chrome ring knobs and I should have plain black soft-touch knobs in a vintage Porsche, but a photo of the chrome ring version is in Dr. B. Johnson's 914 "A Restorer's Guide to Authenticity III" as a dealer option or owner installed.

Good to hear this. I ordered a 2 din radio plate from 914 rubber thinking this would be the correct opening for this radio install. I don’t fully understand how to mount a face plate to the dash yet but I can’t see how it would work with the plate that has separate holes for the knobs. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif)

[friethmiller]

fm

I have one of these but 6 button - a little extravagance from a later year - 1978
what year code is yours ?
these are worth a good detailed installation
mine takes a minute or two to warm up properly
also make sure you have a good aerial and good speakers - mine are from Konigs autoradio in Haan Germany

HTH
Dennis (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Dennis,

First off, I think Aussies & Kiwis who own 914s are the best! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/first.gif)

Not sure on the date code. Stickers are all gone. Any stampings are hard to read. Is there a place to look for this date? The speakers I want for this radio are a bit pricey and would come from Germany. Going to wait... just bought the final 3 tires for the LE. Trying to keep the expenditures under the wife's radar (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)

[Ninja]

Trying to keep the expenditures under the wife's radar (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)

I've been married for four decades...
Trust me, SHE KNOWS!
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[Ninja]

What I really want to know is how are you going to fix the chrome "pops" on that surround?

You've been able to fix everything else...

[friethmiller]

What I really want to know is how are you going to fix the chrome "pops" on that surround?

You've been able to fix everything else...

Nothing more than #0000 steel wool on that item. It should make the "pops" less noticeable. Ninja, you sound like a "concourse weenie" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif)

[Ninja]

What I really want to know is how are you going to fix the chrome "pops" on that surround?

You've been able to fix everything else...

Nothing more than #0000 steel wool on that item. It should make the "pops" less noticeable. Ninja, you sound like a "concourse weenie" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif)

But, you RESTORE like a concours weenie! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/first.gif)