Here is what I installed in my ´75 spider after an extensive ebay hunt:
A ´76 Becker Monza Casette Stereo.
Even though the radio was designed for the contemporary Mercedes interior (you can tell by the shape of the knobs), I think that the chrome and pinstripes match well with the gauges.
The radio itself isn´t working, but the tapedeck is functional. I still have some old tapes, but you can also put an adapter in and listen to music from your ipod hidden in the glove compartment, if the need arises.
I am planning to mount a Bluetooth compatible head unit in the glovebox (which will enable streaming from iPhone/Android/etc). I feel like this gives me the best of all worlds - infinite music options (and nav audio instructions from Google Maps) plus I can keep the beautifully scripted Pininfarina badge on my dash.
gm 6 disk in dash changer, 2 nd photo..infinity amps, and crossover. and speakers, this is just the head unit ritting, need to trim some aluiumn,, then do a faceplate.. the goal here is to make it look 'stock' not after market, fit..
Hi guys!
I love driving while listening music, but I never had a chance to get both classic looks and decent sound quality. But (quoting Jeremy Clarkson) I went on the internets and I found this:
That´s a Custom Autosound stereo, model USA4-DIN. It has a classic 60´s/70´s stereo look, but has an inbuilt CD player, USB port and SD card port. I hid four pioneer coaxials on period correct speaker covers and voilà! Classic looks and decent stereo to listen to some good ol´rock and roll. Obviously is not a audiophile system, but it fulfiled my need to listen to some music when the sound of the engine was not the better soundtrack (if you know what I mean...) Anyway, here is another picture of it:
This particular model is suitable for cars with a cut out dash. But the guys at Custom autosound offer options for cars that have only the spacefor the radio knobs, and even thos cars that originally don´t have a stereo. They offer a solution much like Sandy´s suggestion, that goes inside the glove compartment and plays bluetooth, SD cards and USB pen drives. Guys, I don´t work for them but my family has a fair amount of old geezers in the garage and, little by little, we are migrating to those pieces of equipment. Their website is worth a look. http://www.casmfg.com Like I said before, having a decent stereo and great looks together is to good to let it pass!
Man, ain´t Minidisc completely nineties?!? I have in the Tigra a headunit that has a tape deck and a cd changer, all to compose for the nineties atmosphere. I´m going to look for one of those!
Subbed for ideas. Getting ready to purchase a new HU/Speakers/Amp. Trying to keep it retro-looking but still relatively economically priced
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