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After market radio
I am looking at getting a stereo but do not want to hack up my dash so far not much luck finding a new radio with the shaft knobs --- what are you guys using ???
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Re: After market radio
My stock am is boxed and ready to be sent off for a state of the art fm upgrade. The best of both worlds, original stock look, modern sound
Www.garytayman.com
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Re: After market radio
got one of the custom autosound units....think it was under 200 at the time...wouldnt brag about the sound but i think the kickpanel speakers are more to blame than the radio
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Re: After market radio
custom autosound sucks , retrosound is the way to go , it costs more but is worth it , fits stock location
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Re: After market radio
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little pricey, but man nothing looks better than a stock radio in my opinion. And who would want to steal a stock radio system. ![]()
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Re: After market radio
Just search ebay, there still alot of new "NOS" shaft radios out there. You can add the modern abilities to these radios by using in-line devices so you can play off your iphone or other equipment. Do your reserch because the new modern stuff is IMO chinese Junk.
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Re: After market radio
I stuck an old (NOS) Clarion casette AM FM in mine. Used the Brothers aluminum adapter plate with it. Looks really nice-sounds great with stereo speaker in the dash and singles in each door since they had cut-outs already. No cutting of dash involved BTW.
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Re: After market radio
I'm thinking about doing the same, found a decent one on eBay I'm going to pick up.
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Re: After market radio
I had a local radio repair guy add an FM tuner module and AUX input to my AM radio.
Only visible change is a red LED that lights briefly when you switch bands.
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Re: After market radio
I was looking at these from retro sound
https://www.retromanufacturing.com/c...k-series-truck
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Re: After market radio
I will also recommend the Retrosound. No problems with mine. I bought it thru jegs or summitt (don't remember which) but I do remember it was much cheaper than directly from Retrosound. My dash had been butchered so I used a black face plate to cover the butchering,
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Re: After market radio
my sons both have retro sound stereos in their old trucks, they are great
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Re: After market radio
I have had Mike Hagan do stock radios to 180w with all the new features...and no, it isn't cheap.
www.mikehaganantiqueautoradio.com But what I use on my drivers these days are old stereos made for these trucks that people were either throwing away or giving away. I plan to use the Alpine AM/FM/Cassette with component amp I kept from another truck. I also have a nice Kenwood Stereo. These are what I ran in my trucks all these years.and they always looked perfectly normal. In fact, it wasn't cool to have a hokey factory radio. If I was doing finer restorations on higher end trucks like I used to I'd go with one from Mike Hagan. But these days I just drive and enjoy them and I enjoy listening to my radio more than looking at it. All these guys who have to look at the correct factory radio, is that how your engine compartment is...all factory stock? How about the rest of the truck, all factory stock? Then, why does the one component that was common place to be replaced, like adding radial tires, need to look factory?
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Re: After market radio
I'm NOT trying to stir the pot but... AM is about the only place to find REAL country music these days! I find myself on the AM side more than the FM lately.
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