47-55.1 stereo install in AD cab, my ideas

[leegreen]

and final result

[Klorne]

Awesome, thanks for all the pictures and write up. I have an old delete plate and piece of dash, so I'm going to play with it and see if I can make something work. I'm thinking that finding the right pivot point might be the key.

[leegreen]

yes, the pivot is the key so the door rotates around the edge of the head unit and is flush when closed. I only showed the final stage of CAD model, there were a few iterations thumbtacked to a mock up drawing until the pivot was right.

I should mention that my head unit is mounted on top of a flat platform I built behind the dash. Held down with zip ties. It only weighs about as much as a pack of cards. This leaves the sides open so my hinges work. If you need to side mount your head unit the inner hinge will need to be a skinny C shaped thing like the ashtray picture.

[dsraven]

Some more modern cars use a little shock absorber to help with slow open and close of glove box doors. Maybe you can use something like that. Plastic non gas charged thingies

[leegreen]

....I'd planned a little knob to pull the door open, but it wasn't needed. if you push near the top edge with first finger it will open enough to flip up the bottom edge with your thumb

[leegreen]

Originally Posted by dsraven

Some more modern cars use a little shock absorber to help with slow open and close of glove box doors. Maybe you can use something like that. Plastic non gas charged thingies

if you were doing something larger you might need that. This works quite nicely with a smooth action with just metal on metal. I could see this wearing out eventually and getting loose but it has several months use now over 2 summers with no issue. Plan A if it gets loose is to bend the inner hinge a tad for more interference.

[Klorne]

My plan is to put a little cubby in the stereo hole and have the flip up door on it. Not going to have a stereo. Well, not a head unit anyways. Going with a Bluetooth amp under the seat, so nothing in the dash.

[leegreen]

wow, looks like you should be able to cnc some goodness to fit!

[Klorne]

If I only had a cnc machine, lol. By the way, that's not my dash. From a company called lsfab, they make a bunch of knick knacks for these old trucks.