Pat (and any other roadster owners who may be
intereted):
This info is proving invaluable... thanks! I ordered a
new custom stereo from Absolute Classics in
California... it has old style control knobs and won't
require any additional console cutting, which is good.
It has a very simple design and no name brand which
(hopefully) will reduce the theft risk. Based on your
description, I think it will fit the console. Here's a
photo... mine is black with black knobs and a Datsun
logo on the cassette face plate. $189... not bad.
http://www.absoluteclassics.com/index2.htm
I plan to duplicate your speaker setup now that I know
about the holes behind the seats.
Thanks again for your help!
- Greg Wolff
1967.5 1600
--- "Patrick J. Horne" <horne@cs.utexas.edu> wrote:
> The stock radio was a mono radio. The speaker was
> down behind the triangle brace, under the
> dash on the passanger's side in a box bolted to the
> firewall.
>
> I have a 67.5 and the PO had butchered the dash
> putting in a manual tune radio, so I didn't
> have any problems with the idea of cutting the dash
> out some more. I found a Sony, removable
> face stereo/CD player at the local Sony outlet for
> $120. It is a DIN size unit, 45 Watts x 4.
> If you leave the mounting sleeve off the radio the
> radio will JUST fit in the location of the
> original. I fabricated a couple of triangular
> shaped brackets that screwed into the sides of
> the stereo and into the rear edges of the dash to
> hold the rear of the unit. It works great
> and have not had any skips, even on rough roads.
>
> I mounted some 4.5" speakers in the triangles under
> the dash, and a pair of 5.5" speakers in
> the holes just behind the doors. The front set is 2
> way and the rear set are 3 way. Sound
> is better than I expected whit wind and engine
> noise.
>
> Peace,
> Pat
>
>
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