On this dreary day in Philadelphia, indulge my not so technical questions. I want to install a good sound system in my mid year roadster. I have loads of cassettes and cds. I dont need amplifers, just a good rear compartment, rear speaker modern system without cutting holes or removing my old radio. I dont want to spend hours programming an ipod. Have any of you found a versatile system which fits these criteria? Are there remote controlled units which contain cassette,cd and radio all together? thanks,,,brad
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Brad, You might want to check out: www.retroradio.biz (site under construction), phone number (717)367-1428, owner is Mike Frenchek, 5524 Ridge Rd., Elizabethtown, Pa. 17022. He has look alikes (C1) that fit into the same location without any mods. They come with newer technology inners. Hope you find what your looking for :-)) -
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Brad, I recently installed a Pioneer DEH-P3800MP in my 66 roadster. It plays cds and is an am-fm radio as well. I installed it under the rear deck lid with a home made bracket, and attached it to the deck lid handle area using a couple of the handle mounting screw holes, thus no new holes or butchering of the car. It faces forward and the remote control works very well by bouncing the signal off the clock face. I installed a couple of 6" square box speakers in the very rear on the floor. These were hard to hear on those rare top down days so I installed a couple of moulded kick-panel speakers in the front. I bought these from Corvette America. I also re-routed my antenna lead to the unit and can enjoy fade-free fm stereo. Hope this gives you some ideas, BillComment
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thanks bill, sounds close to what I had in mind. I had hoped the rear mounted surface boxes would be enough sound since I am always top down. Still looking for a unit which has both cds and cassettes. Any more suggestions from any of you?Comment
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I have installed a am/fm/ cassette player in the glove box and a cd changer controlled by the cassette player in the back of the car-works well. I also fabricate a board that extends from the top of the luggage stop back to the floor, essentially making a platform over the jack well area. I cover this with carpet and install 6x9 speakers in it and hang the cd changer below it. This works well on convertibles because the sound if right behind you instead of back behind the folded down conv top. If you are not offended by seeing the cassette player you can hang it under the glove box with a homemade bracket. Non a/c cars only.Comment
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Why Discount IPod?
Don't underestimate new technology. This IPod Shuffle holds 120 tunes and I don't need to carry around CD and cassette cases. I have a Kenwood dual-cone speaker in front and a speaker bar in back, giving me four channels. The head unit is a KHE-200, 50W x 4. Not boombox territory but it sounds great to me.
I have about 40 tunes on the IPod now and it took about two hours to transfer them from my CDs.
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these are exactly the kinds of responses I hoped for . Seems like there are a few options any of which are far superior to the original radios without butchering the interior. keep the suggestions coming...bradComment
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Brad,
The rear speaker bar is just a press fit into the rug. No cutting or whatever. It can be taken out in two minutes and you wouldn't know it had been there..
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Very nice.
KevinComment
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Paul,
How is your I Pod Shuffle wired....or is it??Comment
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Both Corvette Fever and Vette Magazine have had great articles on installing an aftermarket system without cutting up your car. Some of the sysyems from California were really nice. From posts a year ago or so,there are also several places that will change your mid year radio to CD/cassette/radio. I'm sure some of our other members know who these radio converters are. You can pick up a non working mid year radio shell and have it converted to modern technology.Comment
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Brad,
I have a AM/FM cassette player that fit into the dash of my 68 without any modification and now I insert a cassette adaptor that hooks up to my iPod and I have the ability to carry up to 5,000 tunes with me wihtout carrying cassettes or cds. Takes up no room in my factory original interior, required no modifications, and is the size of a deck of cards that lays on the seat or clips to my belt. It was my 14 year old son's idea.
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Rick,
The IPod is hard-wired. That head unit has AUX jacks at the back designed by Ken Harrison Enterprises (KHE) for the addition of a CD player. This was designed as a compromise between the vertical design of a C2 tuner and the need for more modern CD technology. Compromise because a single CD player and its works could not be squeezed into that small head unit area. Thus a remote CD was seen as a viable option; if you could find a place to put it.
What I have done is set up the IPod as a proxy for the remote CD. The head unit is fooled and I am happy. Here are the various components. Quite simple actually.
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I installed the Secret Audio system in my 57. You don't even know it's there, and it has a remote to control everything.
www.customautosound.com/SecretAudio.htmComment
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Go i-pod. Buy one and buy the charger/transmitter. Plug it into your lighter, tune to an low F.M. station (88 on the dial) and play thru your original radio and speakers. Put the i-pod on shuffel and you have about 24 hours of non repeat music that you picked out. have your kids load the music on to it, if you can't. You can move it from car to car.
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