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stereo install with delete panel?
MSEE
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From: Austin, TX
If you want to install an aftermarket DIN-style radio in the factory location, you do need to build a bracket and open up the dash panel (see my gallery for how I did mine).
However, the panel you have is pretty rare and it's a shame to cut it up as it would be worth some cash to someone else. Instead, you can get a panel for a truck that came with a radio which already is partially opened up, and just cut it as needed. These are fairly common and cheap, and there's no shame in hacking one up.
However, the panel you have is pretty rare and it's a shame to cut it up as it would be worth some cash to someone else. Instead, you can get a panel for a truck that came with a radio which already is partially opened up, and just cut it as needed. These are fairly common and cheap, and there's no shame in hacking one up.
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If you want to install an aftermarket DIN-style radio in the factory location, you do need to build a bracket and open up the dash panel (see my gallery for how I did mine).
However, the panel you have is pretty rare and it's a shame to cut it up as it would be worth some cash ,to someone else. Instead, you can get a panel for a truck that came with a radio which already is partially opened up, and just cut it as needed. These are fairly common and cheap, and there's no shame in hacking one up.
However, the panel you have is pretty rare and it's a shame to cut it up as it would be worth some cash ,to someone else. Instead, you can get a panel for a truck that came with a radio which already is partially opened up, and just cut it as needed. These are fairly common and cheap, and there's no shame in hacking one up.
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From: Simi Valley, CA
No such thing. The dash bezel either has a cut-out for the radio (stereo or not), or it doesn't.
1976/79 F100/350 & 1978/79 Bronco only: AM, AM/Clock, AM/FM monaural, AM/FM Multiplex stereo, AM/FM Quadraphonic Stereo.
Passenger Car & Econoline radio chassis will not fit F100/350's or 1978/79 Bronco's.
No radio that included a cassette or 8 track was available for F100/350's & Bronco's until 1980, won't fit prior years.
Carpenter has reproduced the dash bezels used with a radio.
1976/79 F100/350 & 1978/79 Bronco only: AM, AM/Clock, AM/FM monaural, AM/FM Multiplex stereo, AM/FM Quadraphonic Stereo.
Passenger Car & Econoline radio chassis will not fit F100/350's or 1978/79 Bronco's.
No radio that included a cassette or 8 track was available for F100/350's & Bronco's until 1980, won't fit prior years.
Carpenter has reproduced the dash bezels used with a radio.
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MSEE
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From: Austin, TX
I don't think he was saying the delete is a separate piece (because it isn't); he just meant that he has the panel with no opening that says "F O R D" where the radio would be. At least that's how I interpreted it.
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From: Simi Valley, CA
OP said stereo delete, what the heck does this refer to? I said bezel either has a cut-out for the radio (stereo or not), or it doesn't.
Tuned
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From: Irvington USA
However, the panel you have is pretty rare and it's a shame to cut it up as it would be worth some cash to someone else. Instead, you can get a panel for a truck that came with a radio which already is partially opened up, and just cut it as needed. These are fairly common and cheap, and there's no shame in hacking one up.
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From: The Lone Star State
I found a slick metal bracket that is designed to fit single DIN radios in these trucks. They guy (Trent) sells em on ebay.
Here's his installation write up on another forum:
78-79 bronco or 73-79 truck DIN radio CD player install - FSB Forums
and here:
NORTH COUNTRY SPECIALTIES ®
I have the p/n on my other computer somewhere. Anyway I sent him an email asking if he had any more for sale or would sell the plans. He said he had some build but was in the middle of moving and could not ship them right now. His website says mid to late summer before he's back and ready to ship.
Looks like a nice setup.
Here's another review and write up of the same :
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...dio-mount.html
Eventhough the OP's truck does never had a radio, I would think this setup would work.
Here's his installation write up on another forum:
78-79 bronco or 73-79 truck DIN radio CD player install - FSB Forums
and here:
NORTH COUNTRY SPECIALTIES ®
I have the p/n on my other computer somewhere. Anyway I sent him an email asking if he had any more for sale or would sell the plans. He said he had some build but was in the middle of moving and could not ship them right now. His website says mid to late summer before he's back and ready to ship.
Looks like a nice setup.
Here's another review and write up of the same :
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...dio-mount.html
Eventhough the OP's truck does never had a radio, I would think this setup would work.
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From: S/W Missouri, Polk county
ItStillRuns I am sure in Oklahoma you can find a 73-79 dash bezel in a JY with a place for the radio. Do not cut your old one up, put it on the FTE classifieds instead??
PM me if you can't find one, I have a bunch of spares next door to you.
PM me if you can't find one, I have a bunch of spares next door to you.
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From: Lingle, Wyoming
DON'T CUT IT!!!! I have one I'll give you, you pay shipping. if it's unmolested it will be worth more to someone who doesn't want the stereo. Also look into putting the stereo elsewhere. Glove box, console, heck under the seat (during my jeep years
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