Overhead stereo - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

shuttermutt · 12-26-2003, 08:08 PM

Okay, does anybody still make those universal overhead things that you could fit a stereo and a couple of speakers in? Did anyone here ever have one? It's getting about time to install a stereo, but I absolutely refuse to hack the dash. The USA-1 stuff is okay, but it's damned expensive. I don't want to hang anything below the dash if I can avoid it and I'm not too crazy about a glove box install since I'd like to actually use the stereo once in a while.

Anyone?

cwilli84 · 12-26-2003, 08:28 PM

JC whitney still has them I think.

ol skool 68 · 12-26-2003, 08:36 PM

yeah jc whitney still has them, saw it in the catalog the other day

BBB

**old Rusty C10** · 12-26-2003, 09:36 PM

i had one years ago i bought at a speed shop and it was basically garbage. you could make one out of 1/8 plywood and some moulding and some scrap wood. it was justtwo sides and had to be trimmed anyway so might as well make the whole thing yourself

nitor · 12-27-2003, 09:27 AM

shuttermutt,

You can still buy stereos that will fit in the holes in the dash. They aren't top of the line, but they do fit into the dash. I found a panasonic at the salvage yard that I'm installing today. It seemed like the only stereos in this yard were the kind with the two knobs anyway. This place sells any stereo without cassette or CD for $10. $20 if it has the cassette or CD, and that's only if you can find one. They've been pretty much picked over.

Jim

74bowtie · 12-27-2003, 10:18 AM

RodDoors makes a cool one for the street rodders heres a link

http://www.roddoors.com/mapconetc.html#oheadcons

shuttermutt · 12-27-2003, 03:04 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by 74bowtie
RodDoors makes a cool one for the street rodders heres a link

http://www.roddoors.com/mapconetc.html#oheadcons

Sweet! That' overhead console of theirs looks perfect. Much better than the big thing I've seen in JC Whitney. I think I'll give one of those a try. Yes, pics will follow when the time comes.

Longhorn Man · 12-28-2003, 03:33 AM

I think i've read that the one in the JC whitney catalog has been discontinued. (Are we talkin the same one as in the LMC??)
You could run a cheap 2 knob as said before, and run an EQ and small booster in the glove box to improve the sound, and get an FM modulator CD chainger under the seat.

12-26-2003, 08:08 PM	#1
shuttermutt Don't say "Oops!", Doctor Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 677	Overhead stereo Okay, does anybody still make those universal overhead things that you could fit a stereo and a couple of speakers in? Did anyone here ever have one? It's getting about time to install a stereo, but I absolutely refuse to hack the dash. The USA-1 stuff is okay, but it's damned expensive. I don't want to hang anything below the dash if I can avoid it and I'm not too crazy about a glove box install since I'd like to actually use the stereo once in a while. Anyone? __________________ 'Mutt 1968 CST LWB: R.I.P. 1967 Chevelle: TPI 454 beast 1967 C10 SWB: Claimed when Bumpster didn't put it on his list

12-26-2003, 08:28 PM	#2
cwilli84 1FINE69 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Detroit, Michigan Posts: 239	JC whitney still has them I think. __________________ Had a 69 swb fleetside 350zz3 w 400turbo trans oak lined bed with rhino coated sides red exterior. SOLD

12-26-2003, 08:36 PM	#3
ol skool 68 turnin wrenches Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: my garage Posts: 260	yeah jc whitney still has them, saw it in the catalog the other day BBB __________________ "three can keep a secret if two are dead" -unknown hell's angel- D.M.C. -FF- 68 SWB full frame off (project ol skool) 2000 s-10 formally bagged but now my daily driver...

12-26-2003, 09:36 PM	#4
old Rusty C10 Robert Olson Transport Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: recent transplant to NC USA Posts: 20,316	i had one years ago i bought at a speed shop and it was basically garbage. you could make one out of 1/8 plywood and some moulding and some scrap wood. it was justtwo sides and had to be trimmed anyway so might as well make the whole thing yourself __________________ Bob 1951 International running on a squarebody chassis "If a man's worth is judged by the people he associates himself with, then i am the richest man in the world knowing some of the fine people of this board" http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...t.php?f=25&a=9 (you can review the site rules here!) PM Me for your vehicle/parts hauling needs in the North East US or see my Facebook page Robert Olson Transport Live each day to the fullest.. you never know when fate is going to pull the rug out from under you... I hate cancer!!

12-27-2003, 09:27 AM	#5
nitor Too many projects Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Morrow, OH Posts: 344	shuttermutt, You can still buy stereos that will fit in the holes in the dash. They aren't top of the line, but they do fit into the dash. I found a panasonic at the salvage yard that I'm installing today. It seemed like the only stereos in this yard were the kind with the two knobs anyway. This place sells any stereo without cassette or CD for $10. $20 if it has the cassette or CD, and that's only if you can find one. They've been pretty much picked over. Jim __________________ Jim '55 Chevrolet Pickup '56 Chevrolet Belair '04 Chevrolet Astro '95 Chevrolet Blazer

12-27-2003, 10:18 AM	#6
74bowtie Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Central NY Posts: 93	RodDoors makes a cool one for the street rodders heres a link http://www.roddoors.com/mapconetc.html#oheadcons __________________ 69 Chevelle (Summer only ride, love to drive this) 72 Chevy Shortbox 4x2 (newest addition) 83 Chevy Shortbox 4x2 (project but its clean) 2001 S10 Ext. Cab 4x4 (daily driver)

12-28-2003, 03:33 AM	#8
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	I think i've read that the one in the JC whitney catalog has been discontinued. (Are we talkin the same one as in the LMC??) You could run a cheap 2 knob as said before, and run an EQ and small booster in the glove box to improve the sound, and get an FM modulator CD chainger under the seat.

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