Rich
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 6,313
Club RR Member Number: 160
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.Rich
@foxmcintyre
Club Retro Rides Member 160
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Nov 18, 2009 10:31:36 GMT
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.popuptoaster
@popuptoaster
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Nov 18, 2009 10:54:54 GMT
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lots cheaper to fit a decent stereo and then either hide it away or mount if further in and hide it behind a face plate made from an old twin knob job.
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Volvo back as my main squeeze, more boost and some interior goodies on the way.
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Nov 18, 2009 10:56:55 GMT
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Holy cow, I don't own a car THAT expensive! Interested in the other one, though......
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Rover Metro - The TARDIS - brake problems.....Stored Rover 75 - Barge MGZTT Cdti 160+ - Winter Hack and Audi botherer... MGF - The Golden Shot...Stored Project Minion........ Can you see the theme?
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Nov 18, 2009 11:20:50 GMT
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Those Becker units are gorgeous. They do a range which would really suit 80s cars too. Nice plain matt black with minimal displays.
The Nakamichi stuff was also minimalist and looks right in older car. Not sure if they are still doign it, I know they lost their UK distributor a while back. A bunch of hi-fi people have pulled out of the car audio market entirely, like KEF and Denon.
The McIntosh stuff is also superb, and very retro looking.
Depends what you want. I generally leave the stock AM radio in place and tuck a modern "mid price" head unit under the dash. Some of them I've just gone with a suitably styled head unit in the dash.
Whats this retro sound retro fit thing from Moss?
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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 - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Nov 18, 2009 11:27:29 GMT
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OK. I get it, its the American one. Presumably with the tuning steps converted for UK/Euro use.
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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 - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Nov 18, 2009 11:31:29 GMT
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I've got a mate who used to make adapter cables that linked into the removable facia socket on the front of the head unit, which allowed you to mount the fascia anywhere you wanted. His favourite place was either in the sun visor, or the sunglasses holder in more modern cars. Mount the HU under the seat
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Nov 18, 2009 11:46:44 GMT
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.devilishdesigner
@devilishdesigner
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I've got a mate who used to make adapter cables that linked into the removable facia socket on the front of the head unit, which allowed you to mount the fascia anywhere you wanted. His favourite place was either in the sun visor, or the sunglasses holder in more modern cars. Mount the HU under the seat OOh, I very much like that idea. any idea how easy/hard it is to do the cable and attach it securely?
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Remade In Australia thereimaginarium.com.au
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thats a really good idea I've got an incar mp3 player (1999 vintage !) which has a remote wired control/display
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75 Range Rover 2 door 82 Range Rover 4 door 84 Range Rover 4 door 78 Datsun 120Y 2 door 78 Datsun 620 Pickup 81 Datsun Urvan E23 86 Datsun Vanette van 98 Electric Citroen Berlingo 00 Electric Peugeot Partner 02 Electric Citroen Berlingo 04 Berlingo Multispace petrol 07 Land Rover 130 15 Nissan E-NV200 15 Fiat Ducato
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Nov 19, 2009 17:33:58 GMT
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cant see remote facia cabling being hard. A length of computer ribbon cable and a soldering iron, just solder direct to the contacts (could bypass the contacts and solder to teh PCB instead, more reversable).
Not sure if you could get clip on connectors as i doubt its a standard plug and the contact area doesnt 'clip together' anyway.
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