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Re: Hello, radios for MGBs?

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Subject: Re: Hello, radios for MGBs?
From: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>
Date: 28 Jul 1995 10:05:07 -0500
In <v01510103ac3dfae63cba@[192.0.2.1]>, F. Todd Wilson wrote:

>  I'm about to try to get my '74 MGB back on the road, and would like to
>replace the non-functioning factory installed radio with something new,
>with at least a cassette player.  But I get the impression from Crutchfield
>(catalog electronics) that few current radios will fit.  Has anyone
>installed something current in their MGB, maybe even with a removable
>face-plate (or am I dreaming)?
>

The hole in the console is approximately the size of a standard DIN
mount.  I installed a Rat Shack DIN radio/cassette in my '73 with no
trouble (assuming that it would be ripped off, sooner or later).  The
hole needed just a hair of enlarging on the sides.  There is a little
concern with depth because there is a steel bulkhead in front of the
console, but smaller cheap radios seem to fit.  You can in fact
connect a strap to the back of the radio and screw it into the
bulkhead for security.
                                A. B. Bonds

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