New tunes
Thread Starter
Burning Brakes
Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 891
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From: Oswego IL
New tunes
This all started because the left speaker of my father's 75 coupe didn't work, and I told him I would take a look at it for him. Well, one thing led to another and before long I had most of the dash out so that I could replace the speakers as one of the originals was blown.
Of course as things go, one thing led to another, and then I thought, hey I should see if I can get that clock working again. Then I thought well since I am at maybe now would be a good time to replace the factory radio with some modern tunes. I went with an Aiwa CD player with the front auxillary that will allow the direct hookup of an MP3 player or ipod, and a pair of Polk/Momo 4 x 6 plate speakers under the dash.
The stock radio/gauge bezel had to be cut to allow the rectangular modern stereo, and I purchased an adapter plate through millionbuy.com to give it that "from the factory" look. Lastly, I resprayed the bezel with some Krylon semi flat paint. The install went well and the new stereo sounds great. Attached are some during and after photos.
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Of course as things go, one thing led to another, and then I thought, hey I should see if I can get that clock working again. Then I thought well since I am at maybe now would be a good time to replace the factory radio with some modern tunes. I went with an Aiwa CD player with the front auxillary that will allow the direct hookup of an MP3 player or ipod, and a pair of Polk/Momo 4 x 6 plate speakers under the dash.
The stock radio/gauge bezel had to be cut to allow the rectangular modern stereo, and I purchased an adapter plate through millionbuy.com to give it that "from the factory" look. Lastly, I resprayed the bezel with some Krylon semi flat paint. The install went well and the new stereo sounds great. Attached are some during and after photos.
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Last edited by Ron71; Nov 15, 2005 at 10:15 AM.
Thread Starter
Burning Brakes
Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 891
Likes: 165
From: Oswego IL
Originally Posted by fotyfobravo
Very nice....Can you post the part # for the adaptor plate that you got from millionbuy.com ?
Sure. Here you go. The part number is FP-306. The cost is only about $12 including shipping.
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