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Any recommendations for a 70s/80s looking head unit for a stero? A bells and whistles, LEDs and flashing lights CD player always looks a wee bit naff in an older car, and I'd love something that looked period, but could still take CDs and possibly a USB stick. I welcome any reasonably priced suggestions.  |
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Jun 17, 2008 10:12:35 GMT
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Nakamichi stuff looks well 80s even the more modern stuff. Expensive though. Then theres the MacIntosh CD head unit. Awesome, looks like a 70s radio, costs $2000 or something new and not sold in the UK. Becker do a cool retro head unit. www.mybecker.com/deDE/CAR+INFOTAINMENT-Mexico+7948-Ueberblick.htmlbut its Ex-Pen-Seeev (About £1200 IIRC RRP) Blaupunkt used to do some nice plain black jobbies which looked veryunderstated and the like but seem to have gone wild with the LEDs recently. So I'd go with hiding the head unit as best you can. |
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Jun 17, 2008 10:19:25 GMT
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Converting a head unit with pieces off old head units to look more period you say? Well, it sounds like a challenge, but I might just give it a go. I've seen those really expensive ones before, and whilst they're cool... they're worth a good proportion of the value of my car. Maybe I'll try ebay...
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Tim
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Jun 17, 2008 10:22:29 GMT
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Stick it in the glove box and keep the original radio as a decoy :-)
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Jun 17, 2008 10:26:13 GMT
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There are always loads of old car stereos on eBay - i should know i can stop buying them!! As Tim and Alistairk said, keep the old one on show and hide a new unit
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rysz
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Jun 17, 2008 10:40:44 GMT
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Get a period one and hack the front off it and then set your modern one behind it - then you can just use the old one as a security fascia!
Rysz.
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Jun 17, 2008 17:32:07 GMT
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pick up a cheap amp, you could get a 2 x 50w one off ebay for under a tenner...or if you wanted something better then whatever.
run the RCA in to a 3.5mm jack plug, connect this to an MP3 player or whatever.
then put whatever unit you wanted in the dash.
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Jun 17, 2008 20:38:14 GMT
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 stuff like this is the absolute pinnacle, but command some hefty price tags when they turn up (one one us ebay 6 months ago, start bids of £800). both poineer and clarion did cd tuners in the late 80's. 79's suggestions is a good one, then you can stick a real period peice in the dash.  |
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Ronnie
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Jun 17, 2008 20:48:31 GMT
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Get a period one and hack the front off it and then set your modern one behind it - then you can just use the old one as a security fascia! I've done this - works a treat. Except when I forget to remove the facia before giving it the beans, the magnets holding the facia ping off and I get pranged in the nuts by a large lump of 1980's metal while still trying to head in a straight line.... |
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Jun 17, 2008 21:02:39 GMT
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stuff like this is the absolute pinnacle, but command some hefty price tags when they turn up (one one us ebay 6 months ago, start bids of £800). good lord, i binned one of them about 11 years ago  i robbed the equalizer circuitry for a home-brew flange box...oops |
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Your car is not 'epic', this thread is not 'epic'....the OCEAN is epic, the UNIVERSE is epic.... please stop misusing this word!! It would appear Hotrods are the new VWs - aint fashion funny! '69 BUICK LESABRE 350 |
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Jun 17, 2008 21:23:09 GMT
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I picked up a Blaupunkt unit from eBay a while back for my Scirocco - forget which model number it was but it was the original equipment in the Storm.
Cost me a quid since the tape deck didn't rewind, made the interior look so much better. I'd go for a cheap, maybe even faulty 'period' one and then put a flashy one under the seat, USB extension lead and remote mounted near the steering wheel....
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Never trust a man
Who names himself Trevor.
Or one day you might find
He's not a real drug dealer.
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dandan
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Jun 17, 2008 21:31:49 GMT
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I'm with everyone else I'm trying to source a blaupunkt cambridge tape deck if anyone knows of one? it doesnt have to work as the working head unit will be in the glove box
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'pirates get more booty'
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Jun 17, 2008 21:43:11 GMT
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I have a Blaupunkt unit from a late model Bluebird if that helps. It appears that its very similar to the Cambridge model, if not the same (I can't remember where its gone, I believe its in the garage)
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Jun 17, 2008 22:06:05 GMT
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 I tidied up the other day, this might be about a quarter of them. |
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To get a standard A40 this low, you'd have to dig a hole to put it in |
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Ether
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Jun 17, 2008 22:53:45 GMT
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Ooo, is that a finned 8-track on the bottom of the second column?
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Yahoo Japan is your friend!  Pioneer Lonesome Carboy system from the 70's. Pricey but I just had to have it! |
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I have a ton of old radios. I'll photo them and pop them in the for sale section
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1937 Austin Street Rod - 1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1976 Rover V8 - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Jun 18, 2008 10:59:03 GMT
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Ooo, is that a finned 8-track on the bottom of the second column? no, lol. Its a mondeo ECU that ended up in the wrong pile  |
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To get a standard A40 this low, you'd have to dig a hole to put it in |
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Tim
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Jun 18, 2008 13:12:02 GMT
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Get a period one and hack the front off it and then set your modern one behind it - then you can just use the old one as a security fascia! I've done this - works a treat. Except when I forget to remove the facia before giving it the beans, the magnets holding the facia ping off and I get pranged in the nuts by a large lump of 1980's metal while still trying to head in a straight line.... ;D |
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Period Head Unitretrowagen1234
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Jun 18, 2008 14:27:34 GMT
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blaupunkt cambridge m23 not sure if it works as i don't have the cables  ;D |
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i robbed the equalizer circuitry for a home-brew flange box...oops
