Does anyone know if the 3 Radio models shown above were the only Ford approved Radios fitted to all Capris 69 to 72 when ordered by buyers, as I gather the Capris , Escorts, & Cortinas never came std with radios by default; it was an optional extra, yeah ?

Radios were optional, there was a woodgrain blanking plate to go over the holes in no radio was ordered.
 
I have a capri push button radio as per the top picture, but no knobs, ill have to dig it out

Makes sense now, they were basic weren't they.

70GTCapri
Makes sense now, they were basic weren't they.

You've got to remember that back in 1969-72, we only had AM radio and you'd even be hard pressed to find a compact cassette player for your car as well! They were just trickling into the market around that time, normally as a separate unit from the likes of Pioneer from Dynamic Auto Accessories in Dandenong!

At one stage i did a bit of research about original Capri am radios , i have always known them to be the same as Spuds picture and 70gtcapri photo , they have 4 lines of numbers and letters, and also have the oval ford symbol either in the center of  facia or to the right ( perhaps depending on the manufacturing year ) the ones depicted on Terry's accesories catalogue i have only ever seen fitted to escorts and cortinas .
My original one also has a factory part number and " Capri"  stamped on the metal casing , id you look carefully at tge dealers catalogues you can see the radio that is fitted to be the 5 push button with 5 lines of numbers and letters in fascia  ,if anyone has a spare set of knobs for the above radio i would be interested in buying  a set , condition is not important .
If anyone remembers the article featuring "the wild Plum" the owner goes on explaning how he finally found and "original" radio cassette for his capri, i actually tracked him down and quizzed him as to how and where he got this information from , he then explained that there was a Phillips radii casette that was optional fitting for the early ford falcons and that some dealers where offering them as optional , im not sure how true ir accurate tge katter may be, but when u get back from my stay in Tassie i will post up some photos as i have 2 x units of the exact  radio casette as fitted to the wild plum capri

Not sure if any of your have seen these Capri radio related booklets before, these came with my Capri I recently purchased.

I'm in the same boat searching for a replacement to fit my Reproduction woodgrain facia, thinking of a US Retrosound, all the Mustang guys use, modern usb, stuff etc.
 
https://www.retromanufacturing.com/

$350 each - no guarantee. (never fired them up - but still in the cars...)
 
 
or swap for 1 x 13x7 rebel wheel

Benny
I'm in the same boat searching for a replacement to fit my Reproduction woodgrain facia, thinking of a US Retrosound, all the Mustang guys use, modern usb, stuff etc.
 
https://www.retromanufacturing.com/

I haven't heard the best things about Retro Sound

RE: Retro sound
Bought the knobs for my Mk1 Cortina radio through them, massive selection, prompt postage, nice turned, heavy, stainless items that were pretty close to the originals.
One problem though, I asked him what type of post they fitted, I have the D shaped type and he said yes thats what they were.
When they arrived they were the circular type and too small. Not an issue to drill them out to a tight fit but I didn't appreciate being BS'd. I'd have bought and adapted them anyway.
Cheers Drew