Great idea! My question is.... where can you hide speakers? I have been wondering for years where to put some! Don. glenn barratt wrote: > "Also, I think this conversion is a good idea since there is not much > of a market for AM radio & it's unlikely someone will bother to > steal that AM from your '62 - '65 Mopar." > > Hmmmm.....interesting, but how about this idea: > Leave your original radio just how it is...original. > Buy a new tape cassette stereo, with CD capability, and REMOTE CONTROL > capability, and stow it in the trunk up under the parcel tray, out of > sight. > Install next to this unit, a "remote control extender", with one end of > the unit going to the new stereo, and the other end, the receiver end, > going to somewhere VERY inconspicuous in the dash, such as inside above > the ashtray or up inside the glovebox. (The receiver end is the size of > a match-head, is black, and is connected via a length of wire to the > transmitter which is directed at the infra-red receiver component of > your new stereo in the trunk.) > When you want to listen to quality stereo production, just aim your > remote control at your hidden receiver, and do what you want...change > stations, skip, search, play, change CD's...whatever, and your original > radio is still original and there is no new "Made In China" crap to be > seen. > With dual rear antennaes, you can have the original radio operating off > of one antennae, utilising the original long wire from one antennae, and > have your new stereo under the parcel shelf operating off the shorter > wire from the second antennae. > These remote control extenders are DIRT CHEAP and very simple! Around > US$30-00 (Thirty Dollars), and run off 12 volts DC. > Just another idea........... > Glenn.
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