I just finished my installation of my stereo in my 69 sprite. I cruised
down to a local stereo car show with it to see how it compares to
professional installations. Next thing I know they were giving me the award
of "Cleanest Classic Install". I was shocked. What I did was get one of
those detachable faceplate radios, and mount the faceplate in a different
place than the CD unit. In my case, the Trunk separator was built by me,
cause the old one was rotten, and the board houses the Speakers and has a
thin slot where you shove CDs in and eject em. The Faceplate is nicely
installed in the Sun Visor. One flip and you would never tell this car had a
CD player. They are really ugly in a classic car IMHO. The worst part about
this solution is the wire you have to use between the faceplate and the
actual unit. Over by the windshield, it gets tight. Another solution would
be to put it in the center console where it is easier to hide. I guess I
will take some pictures and put em up on the web someplace... I will let you
know.
Good luck..
Toby
BTW, my stereo is a Blupunkt (sp?) not the cheapest, not the most
expensive... its held up to my tinkering, it must be good.
>Good morning list:
>
>Yesterday evening I was browsing through the Crutchfield car stereo
catalog,
>and called up the company to see what would be included in their generic
>intallation kit. Upon indicating that the radio would be installed in a
'74
>Midget, the salesman (who claimed he once owned one) told me that I would
>have a problem. There is only a clearance of between 5.5" and 5 7/8" in
the
>center console, yet the shortest radios that virtually all manufacturers
>make is 6". How do you folks solve this problem?
>
>Since the one currently in the car isn't original (and doesn't work
anyway),
>I don't mind putting in a modern system. How do the rest of you mount
>yours? Dashboard? Glove Compartment? RF based CD player in the trunk?
>Any ideas, input, and vendor referrals would be appreciated.
>
>Regards,
>
>Charles
>'74 Midget
>cdsorkin@ix.netcom.com
>Bloomfield, NJ
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