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Thanks guys! I have been driving the truck more and am thoroughly enjoying it. But I cannot manage to go anywhere without somebody commenting on the truck or by telling me a (sometimes) breif story about their connection to a 60-66 truck.

One thing I have missed driving the truck was the lack of a radio. Even if the terrestrial radio stations don't play your preferred tunes, the sound is nice to have. So, I set out to install a non intrusive radio.

There was a metal plate riveted over the radio opening in the dash. I didn't think there was any damage to the dash behind the plate so I bought a factory AM radio to install. Unfortunately when I removed the plate I was greeted with a 70's era dash cut out. Since it will be some time before I am ready to weld/paint on the interior (I plan to go back to fawn), I went to eBay to find a radio and scored big time. Picked up a Medallion AM/FM/CB radio manufactured in 1976 that looked like new. It included 2 sets of knobs, owners manual and the stripped ends of the wires were straight. To top it off, the radio fit the hole in the dash perfect and would drive two 4Ω speakers!

The speaker gave me trouble. This cab had none of the factory brackets and I did not want to do anything extreme, so I studied the factory speaker configuration and those silly aftermarket speaker brackets and built my own. The speakers are two 4" Rockford Fosgates mounted on a left over piece of work bench top with foam cups, some bent up metal and FatMat left over from a Jeep project. I styled the design off the factory set up utilizing two rubber stoppers that fit into the dash lip and a j-hook/wing nut under the windshield. I finished it off with some weather stripping around the edges for a tight fit against the dash. Tip: remove the glove box for easy access to the speaker area under the dash.

I won't win any audio competitions with this set up, but it doesn't sound half bad... especially being installed in a tin can, er cab.

In keeping with the woodgrain of the new radio, I wanted to share the key 'chain' for the truck. My mother bought the keychain for my father at the state fair in '85 for his show truck. Luckily he kept it when that truck was sold and put it in this one a few years later where it has since remained.