Has anyone done anything like this?
The previous owner of my '79 quite brutally hacked up the dash where the radio mounts to fit a $30 Pep-boys special aftermarket radio. I'd like to put a stock two post back in. My idea is to find a truck in a junkyard that still has a good dash and, as carefully as possible, cut out the area I need for the radio then place it over the hacked hole in my dash and rivet it on. This is the only way I could think of fixing this other than replacing the whole dash. Does anyone else have any ideas?
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I'm sure plenty of people have repaired radio cut outs. I do think that most weld them in, but riveting will work. It may be a little harder to cover up on the right side with the bezel however, due to the proximity of the bend in the dash
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unless your truck is a 100 point concourse restoration, i'd make a nice single din adapter for it
single din head units will be around for a long time, can be found for cheap and can be bought with all the latest technology |
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I took aircraft aluminum plating. It is thin, but hard. I cut out the shape of the lower area that the radio sits in and then cut the new panel for my radio. I painted the aluminum panel to match the dash paint, since it was black--it was easy. The radio is then mounted into the aluminum panel and then the whole assembly is mounted into the dash with screws.
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just weld a flat plate of steel in and drill/cut the holes for a shaft style. it will be stock but have a horrible oem radio too. that or you can put a new shaft style from retrosound or casmfg and spend 300 bucks. since its cut me id put a good new din radio.
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Was it this bad? I think he must have worked for the road dept and used a jack hammer on it.
http://bigmikeskustoms.com/My_69_C10...ash%20Hole.jpg I just replaced the whole dash, here it is now. http://bigmikeskustoms.com/My_69_C10...View%20all.jpg |
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Yea, mine looks a little similar to that lol. But, thanks to Manimal, I have this to patch in. Thanks, Lance! And I sourced a new/used bezel from eBay. Score.
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I had to remove the lower "lip" but prob cause its a bigger stock CB unit with cass |
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I think yall would like what I am doing to the 1980 Big 10, I love how the 1972 Chevy trucks have the stereo in the middle of the dash so I have been trying to get my Boss Deck to fit right over the ash tray. Only problem is after I have it wired up, I cant hear anything out of my 2 Studio 54 4 way speakers. anyone have the Boss 612ua wire up photo?
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i dont think it would matter once all the trim was on it.
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Mine was almost as bad as BigMikes. That dash bandit must get around! I took some measurements off a friends 67 and welded up flat stock and redrilled the holes.
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