I bought my first MG (midget) about a month ago now, and will probably also
be installing a
radio in the near future. It has already had a radio in at sometime, since
it has an arial
and speakerholes. This should at least save me tha hastle of having to drill
any holes.
My arial is mounted in the back RH wing, which doesn't look too bad, and
there are two speaker
holes in the piece of trim between the boot and where the hood folds too.
I have also been looking at the various options for where to house the radio
itself, and moss
do a midget centre console for about =A360 that claims to not get in the way
of gear changes,
however the best place I've seen a radio mounted is on the drivers side,
facing up on the side=20
of the gearbox housing, I don't know how this affects leg room, or if all
radios work in this
orientation, but if anyone has any experience of this...
Jeremy Baxter 72 Midget
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At 14:21 16/08/96 +1000, you wrote:
>I would like to start off by thanking the regular contributors to this=20
>forum. The information I have accumulated from reading the posts over the=
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>past few week has been invaluable in addressing a number of problems I=20
>have encountered relating to the '69 Midget I use as a daily driver.
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>Secondly, as the car is used on a daily basis, I am considering the=20
>installation of a radio cassette (not that the exhaust isn't music to my=20
>ears) in order to make the longer trips to university or weekends away,=20
>even more pleasurable. As the car is, there is no sign of any previous=20
>radio etc and therefore no previous mounting points or aerial holes in=20
>the bodywork. I would really like to place the radio under the centre of=20
>the dash behind the gear lever to save reaching for the unit in the=20
>passenger footwell. However, there is not a great deal of space to work=20
>with in this area and I am concerned about the unit sticking out too far=20
>and affecting gear changes (and my knuckles!!!)
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>I am also concerned about security and have considered installing a=20
>centre console to house the unit but there doesn't seem to be much=20
>available as the consoles from an MGB look large and out of place in a=20
>Midget. I would love any feedback people have on a "from scratch" =20
>radio/cassette installation in a Midget including aerial positioning, =20
>security, consoles, front speaker size and positioning etc.
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>I am also considering the aerials which run along the edge of the=20
>windscreen as a wire to save cutting a hole in the bodywork. Has any body=
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>used these aerials and if so are they worthwhile?
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>Thankyou =20
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>Stephen Mirams =20
>RMIT Business
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