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blazerparts · 12-29-2005, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Frizzle Fry

One word: Remote

bingo

jhwkns · 12-29-2005, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Bowtiefreak

How does that MP3 cig lighter set-up perform? Does it sound good ?

I'm happy with it. I didn't expect much for thirty bucks. Before I was using a mini-disc player through a casette adapter. This sounds better, and is much more convenient.

kelsfine69 · 12-29-2005, 11:19 PM

I think you guys know my opinion

BowTieMan · 12-29-2005, 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by cflvulcan

but this is coming from a guy who relocated the gas tank, lowered it, and i dont have much money for new trim and marker lights so i shaved them off.

tom

Thats a hot rodders way of "fixing up" an old truck. lol I was going to do the same thing with my lights but got some new ones for x-mas.

Chrome8 · 12-29-2005, 11:33 PM

I have a vision for you guys...how about a GM touch screen nav system? I want to remove the ashtray. Cut a big chunk out as wide as the indent on the factory location and weld in a filler panel smooth it all out....cut it again to the size needed for the nav. Install the radio with stuff from the junkyard and fabed. Polished trim ring all the way around the radio with allen bolts countersunk. XM and gps pucks where the stock speaker would go under the dash. Should work through the windshield. Anyone done a double din size?

Green Machine · 12-29-2005, 11:59 PM

My Son and I have been discussing this one. I have seen the butchered ones just to install a cassette or an old F**D radio in there and that sucks. I think that to properly "modify" the dash to install a modern standard sized DIN unit would be acceptable, I don't like it but, many of us make modifications to improve the truck. My son does not want to modify the dash and I see his point also, but what better place to put the new unit than where it is easiest to use ??? The debate goes on......

matthufham · 12-30-2005, 12:27 AM

i just remembered jayspot.com, forgot the owner, he took a radio delete, and hinged it, hiding a new radio.

http://www.jayspot.com/pages/67gmc-int.html

cflvulcan · 12-30-2005, 03:25 AM

i like that hinge idea but with my luck id break it.

blazerparts · 12-30-2005, 11:10 AM

need to put cupholders on the inside of the delete plate.

Frizzle Fry · 12-30-2005, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Chrome8

I have a vision for you guys...how about a GM touch screen nav system? I want to remove the ashtray. Cut a big chunk out as wide as the indent on the factory location and weld in a filler panel smooth it all out....cut it again to the size needed for the nav. Install the radio with stuff from the junkyard and fabed. Polished trim ring all the way around the radio with allen bolts countersunk. XM and gps pucks where the stock speaker would go under the dash. Should work through the windshield. Anyone done a double din size?

I guess I am in two camps. I like the nostalgic look with unseen technology, and I also like ultra-modified stuff. The first style is what I'm doing with my Burb, thus my previous post. The second is where I'm taking the '61. It's smoothed and I'm going to put an LCD in there. It has to be one extreme or the other for me.

Here's the '61 dash:

matthufham · 12-30-2005, 01:44 PM

is that all metal? it looks super duper none the less.

Frizzle Fry · 12-30-2005, 07:21 PM

All metal and a skim coat of filler. There used to be holes next to the column too.

Bowtie67 · 12-30-2005, 08:05 PM

I see a few comments I highly agree with, First I would cut my dash mainly because I have dealt with radios under the seat, in the glove box, laying in the middle of the floor. My opinion is as someone else stated these trucks will never be worth anything like a 68 Comaro RS or 56 thunderbird etc unless you happen to be the original owner and your name is Prince Charles. Installing an aftermarket player in the dash so that it looks clean looks every bit as good as an original but sounds 10X better. I have seen on this post guys who would not cut their dash to put the CD there but instead they welded a plate in the glove box and installed the player there. I would buy the truck with the modified dash before buying the one who just made the glove box useless so now I have to put everything under the seat or take the $hit out of the mail box. My truck is far from stock but other than seeing a rake to it, different wheels/Tires and engine noise nobody except a person knowing these trucks and is a fanatic about it being totally stock knows the difference, and the fanatic isnt going to like that late model truck seat or Grand Prix buckets in their either. I personally think that the Blazer gas tanks in the rear or these trucks look rediculas, you see this big ass bulge hanging down in the rear(kinda reminds me of my kids when they where babies and filled their diapers full of $hit), it looks far more unnatural than cutting up a dash to install a nice radio or DVD setup.

*Billla* · 12-30-2005, 08:24 PM

It certainly hurts the originality, which affects the value if the truck is otherwise stock. If the truck is custom all over, no one's going to worry about a cut dash. If it's a very stock truck like a Cheyenne, then IMHO cutting the dash is a *bad plan*.

I plan to leave my stock radio in place but upgrade the speaker a bit. Long live AM radio!!!

Bill Lattimer
billla@warbird.org
1972 C10 LWB

*Billla* · 12-30-2005, 08:26 PM

This is really cool!!!

I'm working on something similar for for my plane. I'll have an original radio panel in the bird that pulls out to reveal a modern radio stack. At a show, it all looks correct and I get the benefit of modern radios in the air.

raidermanny · 12-30-2005, 11:57 PM

My truck isn't anywhere near stock but for some reason I just couldn't cut the dash. I decided to go with the custom autosound deck with a 10 disc cd changer. So far I'm glad I went this way but it isn't finished yet.

70 net440 · 12-31-2005, 12:09 AM

I've cut the dash on both of my Chevy's. I'm not worried about resale value, these trucks won't be leaving our family. As a weird side note, when I removed the plastic trim from my 70 Coronet, the hole in the dash was a perfect fit for my din mount stereo.

Chrome8 · 12-31-2005, 02:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Frizzle Fry

I guess I am in two camps. I like the nostalgic look with unseen technology, and I also like ultra-modified stuff. The first style is what I'm doing with my Burb, thus my previous post. The second is where I'm taking the '61. It's smoothed and I'm going to put an LCD in there. It has to be one extreme or the other for me.

Here's the '61 dash:

Nice work on that dash, let me know how your install goes. I'd like to see how it mouts in there.

Mongo · 12-31-2005, 10:31 AM

OK where did you get the killer looking dash and glove box door?

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raidermanny · 12-31-2005, 06:14 PM

I got them from no limit. Heres another pic.

chevymaz · 12-31-2005, 08:20 PM

do you have a link to their website?

**53burb** · 12-31-2005, 08:27 PM

This is it...they advertise alot in Classic Trucks & Custom Classic Trucks Magazines...they also have alot of tech articles in them from this shop...http://www.nolimit.net/

longhorn70gmc · 01-01-2006, 11:43 PM

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Originally Posted by chevymaz

Do those of you who refuse to cut the dash also refuse to relocate your gas tanks, lower your truck, or other major modification?

You bet ya! ORIGINAL is where it is at for me. By all means this is not slamming anyone, I still respect other peoples choices to do what they need to get it done or look good. I love ORIGINAL but I like it when people change it too.

kaycee · 01-01-2006, 11:56 PM

matthufman : I dig that idea of the hidden HU using the radio delete but can not figure out what he used for the hinge part of it any ideas.I would dod this mod in a HEARBEAT CHevy HEARTBEAT NO DOUBT

cstanley · 01-02-2006, 03:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Chrome8

I have a vision for you guys...how about a GM touch screen nav system? I want to remove the ashtray. Cut a big chunk out as wide as the indent on the factory location and weld in a filler panel smooth it all out....cut it again to the size needed for the nav. Install the radio with stuff from the junkyard and fabed. Polished trim ring all the way around the radio with allen bolts countersunk. XM and gps pucks where the stock speaker would go under the dash. Should work through the windshield. Anyone done a double din size?

that's the way i was going. i wanted that original indent to stretch on down to the a/c controls, gently slanting back out at the bottom. if the po hadn't cut the dash, i'd say leave it stock, but since it's already done, what the hell. it seems it would be just as easy to repair the hole no matter which one was done. i just can't decide whether to use a salvaged (or new) system from gm, or whether i should just build my own our of a computer. more possibilities with the computer, and probably less expensive. anyone have any idea what a unit from gm would cost, new or salvage?

on that note, i understand microsoft may be working on an automotive comp. system, called the "t-box" since so many guys have been building their own out of pcs and mac minis. that's microsoft for you, wrecking everyone's homemade fun...

the tough part is convincing the wife. she's a purist, and wants the original radio. it'll be a hard sell...

12-29-2005, 11:19 PM	#53
kelsfine69 18 Till I Die Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 1,522	Re: cutting the dash I think you guys know my opinion __________________ 2011 GMC Acadia 1969 GMC BBC LS7 2007 GMC Crew Duramax 1987 Camaro Iroc 350 Tuned Port Injection 42000Km 1987 Chevrolet Silverado 350 TBI 1987 Chevrolet Silverado 350 TBI(yes 2) Take me drunk, I'm too home...

12-29-2005, 11:33 PM	#55
Chrome8 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Park Rapids, MN Posts: 288	Re: cutting the dash I have a vision for you guys...how about a GM touch screen nav system? I want to remove the ashtray. Cut a big chunk out as wide as the indent on the factory location and weld in a filler panel smooth it all out....cut it again to the size needed for the nav. Install the radio with stuff from the junkyard and fabed. Polished trim ring all the way around the radio with allen bolts countersunk. XM and gps pucks where the stock speaker would go under the dash. Should work through the windshield. Anyone done a double din size? __________________ 1969 K20 not running, complete but rusty with wrecker boom and push bumper 1969 GMC C20 un-molested rust free original paint "a 4 eyed girl named 'Tina" 1971 Chev K20 4X4 Box Delete Commercial Truck Flatbed "Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life." Confucius

12-29-2005, 11:59 PM	#56
Green Machine Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Estherville, Iowa Posts: 3,371	Re: cutting the dash My Son and I have been discussing this one. I have seen the butchered ones just to install a cassette or an old FD radio in there and that sucks. I think that to properly "modify" the dash to install a modern standard sized DIN unit would be acceptable, I don't like it but, many of us make modifications to improve the truck. My son does not want to modify the dash and I see his point also, but what better place to put the new unit than where it is easiest to use ??? The debate goes on...... __________________ 1968 C10 307 3spd Long Fleet ------ http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=201103 1970 C10 305 Super T10 Long Fleet --- http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=202285 1971 C20 383 TH350 Dana Posi -----** http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=206894 2001 GMC Sierra 1500 C3 6.0

12-30-2005, 12:27 AM	#57
matthufham Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Carl Junction, Missouri Posts: 2,061	Re: cutting the dash i just remembered jayspot.com, forgot the owner, he took a radio delete, and hinged it, hiding a new radio. http://www.jayspot.com/pages/67gmc-int.html

12-30-2005, 03:25 AM	#58
cflvulcan Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Utica, NY Posts: 315	Re: cutting the dash i like that hinge idea but with my luck id break it.

12-30-2005, 11:10 AM	#59
blazerparts No,I DON'T have Tourett's Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 556	Re: cutting the dash need to put cupholders on the inside of the delete plate. __________________ '72 K5 CST 350/350 Daily Driver '69 GMC3500 Camper Special CST Flatbed 396/400 Upgraded to show truck '69 GMC 2500 L6292, 3spd beater

12-30-2005, 01:44 PM	#61
matthufham Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Carl Junction, Missouri Posts: 2,061	Re: cutting the dash is that all metal? it looks super duper none the less.

12-30-2005, 07:21 PM	#62
Frizzle Fry Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Hillsboro Oregon Posts: 6,449	Re: cutting the dash All metal and a skim coat of filler. There used to be holes next to the column too.

12-30-2005, 08:05 PM	#63
Bowtie67 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: NH Posts: 2,266	Re: cutting the dash I see a few comments I highly agree with, First I would cut my dash mainly because I have dealt with radios under the seat, in the glove box, laying in the middle of the floor. My opinion is as someone else stated these trucks will never be worth anything like a 68 Comaro RS or 56 thunderbird etc unless you happen to be the original owner and your name is Prince Charles. Installing an aftermarket player in the dash so that it looks clean looks every bit as good as an original but sounds 10X better. I have seen on this post guys who would not cut their dash to put the CD there but instead they welded a plate in the glove box and installed the player there. I would buy the truck with the modified dash before buying the one who just made the glove box useless so now I have to put everything under the seat or take the $hit out of the mail box. My truck is far from stock but other than seeing a rake to it, different wheels/Tires and engine noise nobody except a person knowing these trucks and is a fanatic about it being totally stock knows the difference, and the fanatic isnt going to like that late model truck seat or Grand Prix buckets in their either. I personally think that the Blazer gas tanks in the rear or these trucks look rediculas, you see this big ass bulge hanging down in the rear(kinda reminds me of my kids when they where babies and filled their diapers full of $hit), it looks far more unnatural than cutting up a dash to install a nice radio or DVD setup. Attached Images __________________ 1967 C10 - SWBSS Pro Street 427sbc, 700R4 & 4.10 Gears 1948 Chevy FleetMaster Coupe, LS1, (almost done) 1950 Chevy StyleLine Coupe 250/6 3x2 Dueces 2009 Toyota Tundra 1996 Harley RoadKing "I maybe getting old, but I can still burn rubber with the best of them"

12-30-2005, 08:24 PM	#64
Billla Account Suspended Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Monroe, WA Posts: 3,814	Re: cutting the dash It certainly hurts the originality, which affects the value if the truck is otherwise stock. If the truck is custom all over, no one's going to worry about a cut dash. If it's a very stock truck like a Cheyenne, then IMHO cutting the dash is a bad plan. I plan to leave my stock radio in place but upgrade the speaker a bit. Long live AM radio!!! Bill Lattimer billla@warbird.org 1972 C10 LWB

12-30-2005, 08:26 PM	#65
Billla Account Suspended Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Monroe, WA Posts: 3,814	Re: cutting the dash This is really cool!!! I'm working on something similar for for my plane. I'll have an original radio panel in the bird that pulls out to reveal a modern radio stack. At a show, it all looks correct and I get the benefit of modern radios in the air.

12-30-2005, 11:57 PM	#66
raidermanny Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Fremont, Ca Posts: 260	Re: cutting the dash My truck isn't anywhere near stock but for some reason I just couldn't cut the dash. I decided to go with the custom autosound deck with a 10 disc cd changer. So far I'm glad I went this way but it isn't finished yet.

12-31-2005, 12:09 AM	#67
70 net440 Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: yreka, ca Posts: 270	Re: cutting the dash I've cut the dash on both of my Chevy's. I'm not worried about resale value, these trucks won't be leaving our family. As a weird side note, when I removed the plastic trim from my 70 Coronet, the hole in the dash was a perfect fit for my din mount stereo. __________________ 63 C10 70 Coronet R/T 67 C10 70 Dart Swinger 71 K10

12-31-2005, 10:31 AM	#69
Mongo YES_____NO Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: Somewhere in the vicinity of betelgeuse Posts: 7,351	Re: cutting the dash OK where did you get the killer looking dash and glove box door? [/QUOTE] __________________ People many not remember what you said or what you did, but they will remember the way you made them feel. - unknown Cause, remember: no matter where you go... there you are. - Buckaroo Banzai 1984 Help support the board

12-31-2005, 06:14 PM	#70
raidermanny Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Fremont, Ca Posts: 260	Re: cutting the dash I got them from no limit. Heres another pic.



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12-31-2005, 08:20 PM	#71
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12-31-2005, 08:27 PM	#72
53burb Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Queen Creek, AZ Posts: 1,010	Re: cutting the dash This is it...they advertise alot in Classic Trucks & Custom Classic Trucks Magazines...they also have alot of tech articles in them from this shop...http://www.nolimit.net/

01-01-2006, 11:56 PM	#74
kaycee Registered User Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Wyoming USA Posts: 2,454	Re: cutting the dash matthufman : I dig that idea of the hidden HU using the radio delete but can not figure out what he used for the hinge part of it any ideas.I would dod this mod in a HEARBEAT CHevy HEARTBEAT NO DOUBT __________________ 2001 Silverado K-1500 2005 FXDWG stage3 69 CHEVY Short/Step 327/4L60 373 posi 63 IMPALA 327/4L60 Last edited by kaycee; 01-01-2006 at 11:58 PM.

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