Radio Ideas

[61_FL_Apache]

This may not be what your looking for, but this was my idea..



No radio at all.

[ncoonen]

Originally Posted by 61_FL_Apache

This may not be what your looking for, but this was my idea..

No radio at all.

I like it and have looked at a small gauge panel for my '63. Truth be told, I don't use my truck as a daily driver so I really wouldn't miss the tunes much. I just didn't like the 80's vintage cassette player it came with and the now empty hole-in-the-dash isn't working for me either.

Did you have to enlarge the radio cut-out for the gauge panel?

...ned.

[61_FL_Apache]

There was a crappy radio when I got it. I just decided not to replace it. This is a daily driver and I don't miss the radio.

[raylube]

Just got some pictures of mine.

[Desert.Chevy]

Originally Posted by Mad Rods

I like the ideas that Drtyrat30 and Dino63 did. Aux Cord straight to amp (I think) you can run off of IPod or phone that has aux port. if anyone has any diagrams or more info for that setup please chime in.
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Anyone have any info on how to do this setup?

Originally Posted by willyp

had the radio I scored from the junk yard converted to am/fm stereo. It also has mp3/iPod jacks in the back. also figured out that while listening to pandora on my iPhone and getting a phone call i can talk on speaker phone and the audio comes through the speakers in the cab. While installing it I realized that my dash was cut so I made a little trim piece to go around the face to cover up the hack job. It works well and sounds great. get a ton on compliments on it....my dad just got his done on his corvette. he loves it.

So you have done this twice now, do you know the radio's model name? sounds like a great setup. Thanks

[short&wide65]

Originally Posted by Desert.Chevy

Anyone have any info on how to do this setup?

I am curious as well. My truck is a former work truck with radio delete so I am keeping that theme and plan to hide the audio system. I'd thought about hiding a modern CD player in the glovebox and really like the idea of hiding an iPod in the ash tray.

[corvettejim1968]

i installed a new head unit so here are some pics of my system.

[LostMy65]

Originally Posted by woodscavenger

I always wanted to use an old radio but cut the face off and make it hinged and hide a modern system behind it.

I like this idea also.

[LostMy65]

Originally Posted by raylube

I dont have any photos but what i did with my 63 gmc with the original radio was take off the knobs and face plate and then took a aftermarket cassette deck circa 1990 and took it apart and moved the volume knob over and intalled the original to the cassette fase plate. the display is digital and will glow behind the original face plate and you can still see the stations. however you cant switch to am and I had to remove the tape deck portion but now days everyone has there music on an I-pod and for that you can just get a rf thing that will broadcast a signal from your ipod to the radio on whatever station. they go for around $10 and it is wireless. I already had the tape deck from a nother car and so the cost was nothing except some time. I even used the same knobs adn then make a twin 4 inch speaker for the original speaker grille in the dash. I can try and get photos later of the installed unit. the radio I used was similat to this.

I've been thinking of doing something similar.

[Sick5]

Originally Posted by chevy_man5

In my son's truck he had the radio delete, and wanted to keep it, so we installed a jamming new 8-track under the dash.

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Just kidding! The volume knob rotates and latches the face shut.

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now that is smart!

[Metalaroundstone]

Originally Posted by willyp

had the radio I scored from the junk yard converted to am/fm stereo. It also has mp3/iPod jacks in the back. also figured out that while listening to pandora on my iPhone and getting a phone call i can talk on speaker phone and the audio comes through the speakers in the cab. While installing it I realized that my dash was cut so I made a little trim piece to go around the face to cover up the hack job. It works well and sounds great. get a ton on compliments on it....my dad just got his done on his corvette. he loves it.

This looks great. Who did the conversion and how much did it cost?
Thanks

[chevy_man5]

Originally Posted by Sick5

now that is smart!

I cant take the credit for it though! Losthope posted about it here.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...5&postcount=15

I wanted to get an old CB and make it out of that for my GMC, but couldn't find one big enough. Close, but not quite.

[61_FL_Apache]

Mine is probably not the most popular radio selection, but this was my answer to the burnt out radio that use to be in my truck.



oops!! I guess I already answered this one!! sorry!

[Smittie]

I've been working on the problem of audio for my current truck project. I found this:

http://www.crutchfield.com/p_136CLSE...io-CL-SES.html

It provides three inputs which it then auto-switches to one output. Inputs are prioritized such that A supercedes B supercedes C.

I found this:

http://www.crutchfield.com/p_822BTRE...MIL-BTREC.html

I can attach it to one of the three inputs and it will provide a bluetooth connection to the stereo that is headless.

My plan is to connect the factory radio in the truck to input A, an 1/8th inch stereo line in plug to input B, and the MIL-BTREC Bluetooth transceiver to input C. Most of the time I listen to music and podcasts on my smartphone which I can do through bluetooth. On long trips I take an iPod that holds my entire music library. At car shows I like to run the stock radio. And I can do all of this through a completely headless sound system.

Just two cents from the new guy...

-- Smittie