Yup, this is a pain in the butt.
My radio with tape deck stuck out about a centimeter too far, so I got nylon
spacers (just cut pieces of hard tubing) from Sears Hardware to go around
the screws that attach the radio console to the body. The screws on the top
of the console now don't lign up, but I'll probably screw a hook into the
old screw-hole, and just attach it to the hole in the console with some
trusty cable ties. Right now, the top of the console isn't attached, so it
bobbs up and down.
John
'75 Midget
> Good morning list:
>
> Yesterday evening I was browsing through the Crutchfield car stereo
catalog,
> and called up the company to see what would be included in their generic
> intallation kit. Upon indicating that the radio would be installed in a
'74
> Midget, the salesman (who claimed he once owned one) told me that I would
> have a problem. There is only a clearance of between 5.5" and 5 7/8" in
the
> center console, yet the shortest radios that virtually all manufacturers
> make is 6". How do you folks solve this problem?
>
> Since the one currently in the car isn't original (and doesn't work
anyway),
> I don't mind putting in a modern system. How do the rest of you mount
> yours? Dashboard? Glove Compartment? RF based CD player in the trunk?
> Any ideas, input, and vendor referrals would be appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> Charles
> '74 Midget
> cdsorkin@ix.netcom.com
> Bloomfield, NJ
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