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A modern radio with out the modern look #447798
08/24/09 12:44 AM 08/24/09 12:44 AM
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I want a FM radio but dont want to fork out big buck for a original one. I also dont want to go and put some modern radio in the center of my dash. any suggestions?
Re: A modern radio with out the modern look [Re: kieron_kohlmann] #447799
08/24/09 12:57 AM 08/24/09 12:57 AM
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I've had the idea in my head of taking an old under-dash aftermarket 8-track player and gutting it and sliding my CD player inside it. Then make a door with a clip or spring so the 'face' of the 8-track player can flip up and down to reveal my cd player behind it. I already have an old pioneer 8-track player sitting around and its dimensions are big enough to hold a modern cd deck inside it. Would have that period correct look with a modern deck stuffed inside it. It's on my todo list, whenever I get around to that....
Re: A modern radio with out the modern look [Re: kieron_kohlmann] #447800
08/24/09 01:02 AM 08/24/09 01:02 AM
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I want a FM radio but dont want to fork out big buck for a original one. I also dont want to go and put some modern radio in the center of my dash. any suggestions?



Keep an older radio in the dash, and install a modern radio under the driver's seat. You can get new ones with a remote so you don't have to 'see' it to operate it.

Re: A modern radio with out the modern look [Re: In_The_Pink] #447801
08/24/09 01:05 AM 08/24/09 01:05 AM
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yeah i was either going to get just some plain am radio and not hook it up or a delete plate and cover up the hole. I like the idea of under the seat or in the glove box. what about speakers? i dont want them to be noticable on the package tray like the people that get some big huge thing sticking up bacvk there.

Re: A modern radio with out the modern look [Re: kieron_kohlmann] #447802
08/24/09 01:15 AM 08/24/09 01:15 AM
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What make/model/year are we talking about?

If it has a package shelf, you can mount the speakers under the shelf and use a factory type perforated package tray so you don't see the speaker or the ugly speaker grilles.

Dash speakers gets harder, but there are solutions.
Re: A modern radio with out the modern look [Re: In_The_Pink] #447803
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ive got a 69 superbee and i ordered the package tray with the speaker grills in them. who makes speakers that will fit under them?
Re: A modern radio with out the modern look [Re: kieron_kohlmann] #447804
08/24/09 01:33 AM 08/24/09 01:33 AM
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Any standard 6x9 speaker will work in the back package tray.

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Re: A modern radio with out the modern look [Re: 70gtx440dana] #447805
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Re: A modern radio with out the modern look [Re: BergmanAutoCraft] #447806
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How about sending your radio in and having it reworked with modern AM/FM internal stuff. Looks like an OEM unit from the outside with tadays technology. I think it's something around $350.00 of so to do it, and they can install a mp3 jack too....
Re: A modern radio with out the modern look [Re: 6pkaar] #447807
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How about sending your radio in and having it reworked with modern AM/FM internal stuff. Looks like an OEM unit from the outside with tadays technology. I think it's something around $350.00 of so to do it, and they can install a mp3 jack too....



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Re: A modern radio with out the modern look [Re: kieron_kohlmann] #447808
08/24/09 03:21 PM 08/24/09 03:21 PM
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Something like this?


The story of this radio mod

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Re: A modern radio with out the modern look [Re: 72roadrunnergtx] #447809
08/24/09 03:26 PM 08/24/09 03:26 PM
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Something like this?




I likes. Who done it and how much? Did you get a mp3 player input jack on it somewhere?
Re: A modern radio with out the modern look [Re: DaytonaTurbo] #447810
08/24/09 03:30 PM 08/24/09 03:30 PM
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I added a link to the details at the bottom of the above post.

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Re: A modern radio with out the modern look [Re: 72roadrunnergtx] #447811
08/24/09 03:50 PM 08/24/09 03:50 PM
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Nice job on it. Looks like a great result but a lot of effort.

Re: A modern radio with out the modern look [Re: DaytonaTurbo] #447812
08/24/09 05:07 PM 08/24/09 05:07 PM
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Thanks, “a lot of effort”, granted, maybe, relative to the total effort that went into this restoration, a drop in the bucket. As well, it may not be for the electronically faint-of-heart.

1972 Road Runner GTX 440 6bbl 5-speed
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Re: A modern radio with out the modern look [Re: kieron_kohlmann] #447813
08/24/09 05:10 PM 08/24/09 05:10 PM
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Re: A modern radio with out the modern look [Re: kieron_kohlmann] #447814
08/24/09 08:42 PM 08/24/09 08:42 PM
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Maybe more trouble than you want but I made a console and dropped a stereo in it with the 5 1/4" speakers. 6x9s went under the package tray. The console is removable and you'd never know it was there.

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Re: A modern radio with out the modern look [Re: 6pkaar] #447815
08/24/09 09:36 PM 08/24/09 09:36 PM
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How about sending your radio in and having it reworked with modern AM/FM internal stuff. Looks like an OEM unit from the outside with tadays technology. I think it's something around $350.00 of so to do it, and they can install a mp3 jack too....



I had this done to the AM radio in my 69 GTX so that it now has AM and FM. Looks stock from the outside but modern electronics inside to include an MP3 jack. Then I installed modern speakers front and back.

I then downloaded 400 classic rock hits from the 60s and 70s to my MP3 player and can cruise all day long to REAL music.

Re: A modern radio with out the modern look [Re: moparcanuk] #447816
08/24/09 10:20 PM 08/24/09 10:20 PM
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Hunt down an old FM convertor and put it in the glove box.Hook it up to your factory AM radio.
Yard sales,flea markets,etc.
Both of my C's have them.

Some are on E bay,too
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/AUDIOVOX-...sQ5fAccessories

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Re: A modern radio with out the modern look [Re: dfsmopars] #447817
08/24/09 11:53 PM 08/24/09 11:53 PM
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Maybe more trouble than you want but I made a console and dropped a stereo in it with the 5 1/4" speakers. 6x9s went under the package tray. The console is removable and you'd never know it was there.



Looks like a nice job on it. I always wanted an armrest and cupholders in my car...

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