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Old Feb 29, 2016 | 07:54 PM
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Hey everyone. I just bout a 2 owner 75 orange vert with 50K miles in excellent condition. I'm looking to put a new radio/stereo in it. Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
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Old Mar 1, 2016 | 07:54 AM
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I just installed a radio from Retro Sound. It is very small and fits into the already crowded console very nice. Sounds great also.
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Old Mar 1, 2016 | 08:01 AM
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Originally Posted by scott.johnson57
...Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!...
My advice would be not to cut an original bezel for an aftermarket stereo. Have you considered using a factory stereo?
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Old Mar 1, 2016 | 09:36 AM
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If you do intend to cut the bezel for an aftermarket stereo I will trade my already cut bezel for yours.

If you aren't going to cut the bezel you are pretty much limited to the retro sound line of radios to my knowledge.
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I just am in the process of putting a factory radio back in my car with new speakers...thing is I dont know if the radio i picked up works. If it works or not, I am still going to install a Out Of Sight Audio device which will work on anything with speakers. It is a Bluetooth device which allows you to stream from your phone. That way I can keep the original look and still have good sound....if my am/fm work too....then thats just a bonus!
here is a link.... http://www.outofsightaudio.com/mark-i.html

Steve
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I have one of these Retrosound radio, bluetooth, iPod players and it works great. Fits without any change to dash.

https://www.retromanufacturing.com/p...-classic-radio

Also get a sound bar for the rear:

http://api.viglink.com/api/click?for...e%20Forum&txt=

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Wow! on the sound bar!!
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