How are the original AM radios mounted - do I need a brace
 

I have an original GM Delco AM radio I am going to put in my truck. Do I need the mounting bracket / brace for the back or will it be ok using just the front cups and shaft bolts and nuts.

Right now the radio I am wanting to put in just has one straight metal tab on the back. I can probably take a piece of metal strap and fab one up if needed or even pipe strap?

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Not a great image, but this is all there is to it. IIRC that's just an L bracket mounting the strap to the dash. I might be able to snag a shot of the thing if I can find it on the Bench of Chaos

Re: How are the original AM radios mounted - do I need a brace
 

I think mine just had a strip of hardware store metal strap when I got it.

Re: How are the original AM radios mounted - do I need a brace
 

If you're old enough to remember Erector sets, you'll know what I saw the first time I looked ;-)

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That helps thank you. Right now my radio just has the single tab bracket like by the green wire in your pic. I can fab up an L bracket from scrap and then swear a lot when trying to bolt it it. I though i have seen a pre-installed top bracket mount in some trucks.

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If you can tack weld a nut on the front of the L-bracked, you could secure the bracket to dash first and then bolt the radio in with one hand
Maybe pull a duct or two first

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I have some of those slide on nut clips that should slide right on and tighten down. I also have some gorilla tape (kidding - gorilla tape is only for visible areas)

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They call it ''Plumbers Tape'' but it's not like sticky tapes. It's steel strap with perforations about every half inch. Available at any hardware store. Comes in roll form.
That's what I've used when the OEM rear radio mounting bracket gets lost.
And YES, you will need it, especially if you run your truck in rough places. The original AM/FM [or AM] Delco radios were really tail- heavy. Some more modern tuners and cassette radios were lighter, more solid state, but reinforcement in the back of the unit is a good idea in any case.

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Thats a good idea. Its such a weird name for something that isnt like any tape a person would normally think of.

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Don't we live in a weird but fascinating world?
:uhmk:

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Prolly just because you unroll it off a spool, but plumbers do have their own language, as do mechanics

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I just always called it pipe strap. Flex Seal is plumbers tape - :haha:

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Just remember, plumber's crack isn't a cocaine derivative

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Either way, ain't no snortin' of it goin' on, around here. :uhmk: