dash cutting rant.
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I also HATE it when people hack dashes out, but I realize that it is their car and their choice and I don't "preach" to them about it. Honestly, it is beyond obnoxious to go to a car show and see a pristine classic with an untasteful stereo system. I have a CD player in my 69. It looks terrible against the classic beauty of the truck, but it is my daily driver, and I like music. However, I was able to simply bend the ears back which resulted in no modifications to the truck. I live with the comfort of knowing that my truck is original, and the process of installing my CD player is (and WILL be) completely irreversable. I would NEVER have considered hacking the dash.
Then again, I HATE almost all custom body work. It destroys what is left of classic cars, but once again, I realize that it is their car and their choice.
Overall, I am just glad that there are people who are saving these vehicles from rusting in some field.
Then again, I HATE almost all custom body work. It destroys what is left of classic cars, but once again, I realize that it is their car and their choice.
Overall, I am just glad that there are people who are saving these vehicles from rusting in some field.
Laughing Gas
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From: New England
I have a CD changer in my Caddy. I somehow managed to do this without cutting the dash at all. It has the OEM Delco AM/FM/8-track, with modern guts. There is a company in Florida that can do this to almost any radio.
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From: northern ca
boy, I wish my life was so good that all I had to complain about was what other people do to their own dashboard.
If you really think that old AM radio looks better, more power to you, but to me it just looks like the driver hates good sound.
I think the Alpine looks good in my 74, even matches the green dash lights.
If you really think that old AM radio looks better, more power to you, but to me it just looks like the driver hates good sound.
I think the Alpine looks good in my 74, even matches the green dash lights.
Fleet Owner
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From: Blue Hill Township
I just wish people would realize that you can do whatever you want to a classic car, if it is YOURS. Nobody can tell you that you can't cut the dash your your car. What is the point of owning a vehicle like that if you can't customize it to fit your tastes. Like I said before, there will always be a way to fix it if thats what you want. But otherwise, cut the dash, and install the radio if you want to.
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One thing i've noticed is nobody really complains when you throw a bigger engine, or 4 speed auto trans into the car. But if you screw with the interior a lot of people will give you dirty looks.
I could care less, i know what i like and i stick too it. Thats why i stopped going to car shows, every genius there feels the need to inform you on how you ruined your vehicle.
I've seen people do retarted things with perfectly good dash pads. Usually mounting an aftermarket tach or whatever on there just by screwing it into the pad. I think thats kind of ignorant, but it's THEIR dash pad man...
If someone does a nice looking job i'm all for it though. What really upsets me is when people obviously have no idea what their doing try to hack into stuff. You ever get a vehicle thats been through 3 or 4 of these braniacs? Thats an adventure...
I could care less, i know what i like and i stick too it. Thats why i stopped going to car shows, every genius there feels the need to inform you on how you ruined your vehicle.
I've seen people do retarted things with perfectly good dash pads. Usually mounting an aftermarket tach or whatever on there just by screwing it into the pad. I think thats kind of ignorant, but it's THEIR dash pad man...
If someone does a nice looking job i'm all for it though. What really upsets me is when people obviously have no idea what their doing try to hack into stuff. You ever get a vehicle thats been through 3 or 4 of these braniacs? Thats an adventure...
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From: Des Moines, Iowa
i love the way my alpine looks. silver to go with the silver trim of the dash and blue lighting to go with blue truck. i installed it and it looks like it belongs. great sound quality. modern cd player technology.
Laughing Gas
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From: New England
A DIN head unit sticks out like a sore thumb in an older car. There are shaft-type head units available, including some that, when turned off, look like the old AM-only radio, but are actually AM/FM/cassette players--I've seen several in vintage Mustangs, & they sound good without spoining the look. The modified Delco in my Caddy sounds as good as any aftermerket stereo I've heard (with the obvious exception of the zilion-dollar stuff). My Gremlin has a shaft-type head unit, & my wrecker (1986 F-350) will probably get one soon.
Short of major welding work, most mechanical changes done to cars are reversible without major fabrication...hacking a perfectly good dash isn't.
Short of major welding work, most mechanical changes done to cars are reversible without major fabrication...hacking a perfectly good dash isn't.
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From: Des Moines, Iowa
does no one like cd players here? everyone is like, "i got a good tape player". i'm sorry but tape players suck. get with the times. haha, but hey everyone has the right to do what they want.
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From: northern ca
tape decks SUCK, all that rewinding and fast forwarding to distract you from driving, with the advent of CDR, cassette is truly dead thank god.the tape deck isn't original anyhow so what's the point.
yeah I put a CD in my truck, and had to cut a little, but I doubt some future owner is going to want to go back to 2 shaft.I like CD in the dash
yeah I put a CD in my truck, and had to cut a little, but I doubt some future owner is going to want to go back to 2 shaft.I like CD in the dash
Laughing Gas
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From: New England
Player? No, actually, I have a CD CHANGER in my Caddy, in addition to the tape adaptor. The wrecker is getting a tape player because:
1) I have one.
2) With the Discman & adaptor I have, I can play CD's with it. I can't play casettes with a CD player.
3) I have CDs and casettes.
The Custom Autosound vintage-looking head units will run a CD changer.
1) I have one.
2) With the Discman & adaptor I have, I can play CD's with it. I can't play casettes with a CD player.
3) I have CDs and casettes.
The Custom Autosound vintage-looking head units will run a CD changer.
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