To change the tapes in my cassette player, I have to stop the car and put
the shifter into reverse in order to be able to get the tapes in and out.
Needless to say, I don't play many tapes in the Midget!
Steve Byers
Havelock, NC USA
'73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "OO NINE"
"It is better to remain silent, and be thought a fool
than to speak, and remove all doubt" -- Mark Twain
----- Original Message -----
From Robert Weeks <lists at woozy.com>
To: Spridgets List <spridgets@autox.team.net>; Larry Macy
<macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu>
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2000 12:38 PM
Subject: RE: Midget Stereo
> Hi,
>
> If the unit has a cassette player and you bump it out 3/4 of an inch, you
> may not be able to get cassettes in and out because of how close it is to
> the shifter.
>
> Just something to think about, I know on my stereo it is a really tight
> squeeze getting them in and out as it is.
>
> Robert
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-spridgets@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Greg Gowins
> Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2000 12:04 PM
> To: Spridgets List; Larry Macy
> Subject: RE: Midget Stereo
>
>
> Hi Larry,
>
> It is a pretty short depth. I used to have a Sony in dash CD player in my
> Sprite and it was a pretty tight fit. It was a 6 1/4 inch depth unit.
> Someone gave me a tip to try, although I haven't done it yet. They said
to
> pull the trim piece from the bulkhead and trace it onto a 3/4 inch piece
of
> plywood. Cut it out, cover it in the correct vinyl, and cut a hole for
the
> hood release, and you've bought yourself another 3/4 inch clearance. Hope
> this info helps!
>
> Greg Gowins
> '69 Sprite
> Dublin, CA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-spridgets@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Larry Macy
> Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2000 7:06 AM
> To: MG List; Spridgets
> Subject: Midget Stereo
>
> I got a gift certitficate for a Stereo for the Midget for Xmas. I wanna
> go buy one but I need to know the max depth of the housing before I walk
> into the store. I know it is rather short, like in the vicinity of 6",
> and I remember that Damark or somebody recently had the dimensions in a
> Catalog, I no longer have. (Now that sentence will make an English
> Teacher cringe). I went to the Damark site (www1.damark.com) but could
> not find a measurement chart.
>
> Any suggestions or help, or am I gonna have to go pull the console and
> measure the freaking thing. Not that hard - but not the easiest either.
>
> Thanks
>
> Larry
>
> Larry Macy
> 78 Midget
>
> Keep your top down and your chin up.
>
> Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
> macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
> System Manager/Administrator
> Neuropsychiatry Section
> Department of Psychiatry
> University of Pennsylvania
> 3400 Spruce St. - 10 Gates
> Philadelphia, PA 19104
>
> Ask a question and you're a fool for three minutes; do not ask a
> question and you're a fool for the rest of your life.
>
>
>
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