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valley 67 · 10-12-2003, 01:57 AM

WELL AT THE POINT OF FIGURING WEATHER TO CUT DASH FOR RADIO OR INSTALL IN GLOVE BOX. TRUCK SHAVED/BAGGED/ECT... NOT MANY THINGS LEFT ORIGINAL IF I DONT CUT I'LL BUY ORIGINAL RADIO GOOD LOOKING WORKING OR NOT OR INSTALL RADIO DELETE PLATE. LIKE I SAID WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WERE ME?

O'l Buck · 10-12-2003, 02:00 AM

I'd hack it

valley 67 · 10-12-2003, 02:00 AM

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Jim68 · 10-12-2003, 02:34 AM

I'd cut the thing and get your tunes in. Just make sure you get a deck that doesnt look too out of place.

If you really want to you can keep the peices and weld them back in later if you hate the look. Oh and when you cut it if you use a rotozip or dremel or something like that cut a little at a time or it'll get really hot and burn the paint around your cut. I made a surround out of brushed aluminum that goes out to the edge of the radio indent which I think blends the deck better with the rest of the dash. Good Luck.
PS my dash is the same color as yours.

jay-dawg · 10-12-2003, 03:26 AM

I like the radio delete flip down face that slammed67 has. since you went digital on the gauges, I suggest something digital looking there.

jay

jay

lukecp · 10-12-2003, 03:26 AM

Slice it

boraxman · 10-12-2003, 04:09 AM

Cut it, 100 years from now it wont matter.

A.P. · 10-12-2003, 05:19 AM

Cut it.

72MARIO · 10-12-2003, 09:26 AM

Cut it.

barn9 · 10-12-2003, 09:43 AM

Custom Autosound makes radios with CD or casette to fit original hole, and they look similar to original. Don't be a dash hacker!

*racedvl* · 10-12-2003, 09:44 AM

With all the work already done. I say cut it.

krue · 10-12-2003, 10:24 AM

Get a disc changer under the seat and leave that dash alone!

Longhorn Man · 10-12-2003, 10:40 AM

Since you have already made everything else look non-stock, then there is no harm in trimming the hole to accept the din sized stereo.

What color is that bleu? It looks awsome. Do you have a pic of the whole truck?
I keep telling myself that I am not going to paint the longhorn blue, but then I'll see something like that and want to do it anyways.

FRENCHBLUE72 · 10-12-2003, 10:49 AM

cut it..

1970blazin · 10-12-2003, 11:16 AM

I have a blue blazer I was trying to make the same decision as you. I found an origianl AM on ebay delivered for $47- I still havent' put it in, but I found out you can put your radio/CD player in the glovebox and get a infrared repeater so that you can turn it on and change channels with the remote (without the glovebox open) I think that is the way to go. I figure if the dash hasn't been cut yet I'm not gonna do it. Here is a pic of my dash. Not the best pic, but you get the idea.

1970blazin · 10-12-2003, 11:17 AM

Here's a pic of that $47 radio

imdarren · 10-12-2003, 10:12 PM

1970Blazin,
GOOD CHOICE!!!!
You are doing the right thing!!
VERY nice looking AM radio there!
Looks like you got it for a good price too.
I'm doing the same thing.
Original in the dash. CD player elsewhere.
Where do you get (who makes) the RF repeaters anyway?

Darren

cableguy0 · 10-12-2003, 10:19 PM

it would have already been cut if it was mine. the doors woulda been cut too for speakers

lukecp · 10-12-2003, 10:41 PM

I agree cableguy......slice the doors too

Either that or get some $75 cheap plastic kickpanel speaker pods (which i did....and i REALLY wish i would have just cut my doors)

BtnkBndt · 10-12-2003, 10:48 PM

Have you thought about doing a console from the dash to the floor. Maybe bring it back between some buckets. I hate to see it cut, it's lived over thirty years.

1970blazin · 10-12-2003, 10:51 PM

Here is one of the company that sells the repeater. I haven't gotten to putting in my radio yet, but when I do I will be getting on of these:
http://www.xantech.com

valley 67 · 10-12-2003, 11:33 PM

I ALREADY HAVE CUSTOM AUDIO SOUND KICK PANELS AND STERO SYSTEM PUT TOGETHER 1000 WATT ZAPCO AMP PUSHING 2 JL AUDIO 10W6S ECLIPSE TUNER/CD JL AUDIO COMPONENT W/CROSSOVERS ZAPCO COMP 150 FOR THEM JUST NOT SURE ABOUT CUTTING DASH AS I SAID BEFORE EVERTHING ELSE SHAVED CHANGED AS FAR AS CUTTING DOORS NEVER HERE GUYS ONE OF MY PET PEEVES JUST FIXED MINE I WOULD HAVE BOUGHT A DECK TO FIT ORIGINAL BUT MOST ARE JUNK COMPARED TO DECK I BOUGHT.

Nova_Cobra64 · 10-12-2003, 11:47 PM

Will you be putting in a bench seat or buckets? If you are going the bucket route, you could consider building a custom consol and putting a cd player in there.

Otherwise, I am just another vote for hack it.......

The way I look at things, virtually nobody will buy a truck that is modded and put it back to original. And if they do, then making the dash factory again will be just another small thing they have to do amoungst a bunch of other work.....

JERZROD · 10-12-2003, 11:50 PM

heres what i did i got this plastic case thing that i bolted to bottom of dash works looks great most audio stores can get them for ya

valley 67 · 10-13-2003, 12:03 AM

HAVE ORIGINAL BENCH AND ALSO LEATHER BUCKETS OUT OF 2000 SS CAMARO POWER BUCKETS NOT SURE WHICH IM GOING TO USE OS JUST BUY LEATHER STEEL HORSE 40/20/40 SEAT CANT MAKE UP MY MIND. IF I GO WITH BUCKETS I'LL MAKE CENTER CONSOLE THAT IS INTEGRATED TO DASH AND REAR BOX ALL MOLDED.

10-12-2003, 01:57 AM	#1
valley 67 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: calif. central valley Posts: 175	What Would You Do? WELL AT THE POINT OF FIGURING WEATHER TO CUT DASH FOR RADIO OR INSTALL IN GLOVE BOX. TRUCK SHAVED/BAGGED/ECT... NOT MANY THINGS LEFT ORIGINAL IF I DONT CUT I'LL BUY ORIGINAL RADIO GOOD LOOKING WORKING OR NOT OR INSTALL RADIO DELETE PLATE. LIKE I SAID WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WERE ME? Attached Images

10-12-2003, 02:00 AM	#2
O'l Buck Recovering Truck Driver Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Orleans, NE USA Posts: 1,883	I'd hack it __________________ 67 K-20 350, SM465, Eaton rear, 4.56 no spin option 00 Dodge 2500 4x4, 24V cummins, 5 speed Chad South Central Nebraska

10-12-2003, 02:00 AM	#3
valley 67 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: calif. central valley Posts: 175	2 Attached Images

10-12-2003, 02:34 AM	#4
Jim68 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 135	I'd cut the thing and get your tunes in. Just make sure you get a deck that doesnt look too out of place. If you really want to you can keep the peices and weld them back in later if you hate the look. Oh and when you cut it if you use a rotozip or dremel or something like that cut a little at a time or it'll get really hot and burn the paint around your cut. I made a surround out of brushed aluminum that goes out to the edge of the radio indent which I think blends the deck better with the rest of the dash. Good Luck. PS my dash is the same color as yours. __________________ 68 long fleetside C-10, '74 350, CH465 4-speed, Edelbrock Performer 1406 Carb, Hedman Hedders, 50 Series Flowmasters Mesa, AZ

10-12-2003, 03:26 AM	#5
jay-dawg chevelito Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Honolulu, HI USA Posts: 1,609	I like the radio delete flip down face that slammed67 has. since you went digital on the gauges, I suggest something digital looking there. jay jay __________________ New deadline...when my son can drive. Aloha from Honolulu, HI

10-12-2003, 03:26 AM	#6
lukecp Formerly yellow72custom Join Date: May 2001 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 7,531	Slice it __________________ '72 Chevy C10 Mild 350/TH350/3.07. Ochre/White. Old high school ride. '70 GMC C2500 '62 327 4bbl/SM465/4.56-geared Dana 60. White/White. Project or parts truck. '97 Saturn SL DD. 1.9/5-speed. 40+ highway mpg

10-12-2003, 04:09 AM	#7
boraxman Keepin an eye out Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: So.Cal Posts: 3,920	Cut it, 100 years from now it wont matter. __________________ 1970 Chevy C10 SWB 5.3 1996 Toyota Tacoma SR5 4x4 2007 Vespa GTS 250 Scooter ZIP 91351

10-12-2003, 05:19 AM	#8
A.P. Black 72 Chevy Join Date: May 2002 Location: Los Angeles, California Posts: 662	Cut it.

10-12-2003, 09:26 AM	#9
72MARIO Registered User Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Huntsville Ontario Canada Posts: 4,051	Cut it. __________________ 1968 Suburban numbers matching all original truck now equipped with 6.0/4L80 on Accuair http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=625017 1967 C/20 6.0/4L80 Roofing Truck 1990 V2500 Suburban "Plow Truck" 2005 TAHOE DD

10-12-2003, 09:43 AM	#10
barn9 Half a bubble off! Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Winfield, Ks, USA Posts: 5,588	Custom Autosound makes radios with CD or casette to fit original hole, and they look similar to original. Don't be a dash hacker! __________________ Just call me LB. '71 Cheyenne, 402BB, hauls blondes, brunettes, or redheads.

10-12-2003, 09:44 AM	#11
racedvl Account Suspended Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Woodstock, IL Posts: 7,020	With all the work already done. I say cut it.

10-12-2003, 10:24 AM	#12
krue Designated A-hole! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: South Mississippi Posts: 36,448	Get a disc changer under the seat and leave that dash alone! __________________ "If it ain't broke, fix it 'til it is!" Being stupid ain't illegal. We're Still Debt Free Except for the House!!! www.daveramsey.com 70 GMC SWB Stepside project "Green Booger" soon to be 6.0l/4l80e 93 S-10 "Poppaw's Truck"

10-12-2003, 10:40 AM	#13
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	Since you have already made everything else look non-stock, then there is no harm in trimming the hole to accept the din sized stereo. What color is that bleu? It looks awsome. Do you have a pic of the whole truck? I keep telling myself that I am not going to paint the longhorn blue, but then I'll see something like that and want to do it anyways.

10-12-2003, 10:49 AM	#14
FRENCHBLUE72 PROJECT 7DEUCE Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: GRANTS PASS OR Posts: 21,606	cut it.. __________________ GO BIG GREEN GO DUCKS MEMBER #6377 72 k-5 daily driver 6'' lift 35'' 350-350-205 slowly getting rust free. Project "7DEUCE" check out my build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=267665 Tim Powell..R.I.P EastSideLowlife..... R.I.P..

10-12-2003, 11:16 AM	#15
1970blazin Blazerless:-( Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Olympia WA Posts: 1,612	I have a blue blazer I was trying to make the same decision as you. I found an origianl AM on ebay delivered for $47- I still havent' put it in, but I found out you can put your radio/CD player in the glovebox and get a infrared repeater so that you can turn it on and change channels with the remote (without the glovebox open) I think that is the way to go. I figure if the dash hasn't been cut yet I'm not gonna do it. Here is a pic of my dash. Not the best pic, but you get the idea. Attached Images __________________ 1970blazin 1970 CST Blazer-Orig. Dark Blue-SOLD Progress Pics of Blazer for sale



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10-12-2003, 11:17 AM	#16
1970blazin Blazerless:-( Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Olympia WA Posts: 1,612	Here's a pic of that $47 radio Attached Images __________________ 1970blazin 1970 CST Blazer-Orig. Dark Blue-SOLD Progress Pics of Blazer for sale

10-12-2003, 10:12 PM	#17
imdarren Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: SW Washington Posts: 1,006	1970Blazin, GOOD CHOICE!!!! You are doing the right thing!! VERY nice looking AM radio there! Looks like you got it for a good price too. I'm doing the same thing. Original in the dash. CD player elsewhere. Where do you get (who makes) the RF repeaters anyway? Darren __________________ Washington State 1967 Chevy C10 LWB Rodstoration In Progress. 1972 K20 Cheyenne Super

10-12-2003, 10:19 PM	#18
cableguy0 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Delta,Pa Posts: 14,948	it would have already been cut if it was mine. the doors woulda been cut too for speakers __________________ Owner of North Point Car Care in Dundalk Md. We specialize in custom exhaust on both modern and classic vehicles. We are a full service auto shop from classics to modern vehicles. Feel free to contact me with questions. I will give a 10% discount to any board member.

10-12-2003, 10:41 PM	#19
lukecp Formerly yellow72custom Join Date: May 2001 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 7,531	I agree cableguy......slice the doors too Either that or get some $75 cheap plastic kickpanel speaker pods (which i did....and i REALLY wish i would have just cut my doors) __________________ '72 Chevy C10 Mild 350/TH350/3.07. Ochre/White. Old high school ride. '70 GMC C2500 '62 327 4bbl/SM465/4.56-geared Dana 60. White/White. Project or parts truck. '97 Saturn SL DD. 1.9/5-speed. 40+ highway mpg

10-12-2003, 10:48 PM	#20
BtnkBndt Pennyless Fool Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Forney,Tx Posts: 439	Have you thought about doing a console from the dash to the floor. Maybe bring it back between some buckets. I hate to see it cut, it's lived over thirty years.

10-12-2003, 10:51 PM	#21
1970blazin Blazerless:-( Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Olympia WA Posts: 1,612	Here is one of the company that sells the repeater. I haven't gotten to putting in my radio yet, but when I do I will be getting on of these: http://www.xantech.com __________________ 1970blazin 1970 CST Blazer-Orig. Dark Blue-SOLD Progress Pics of Blazer for sale

10-12-2003, 11:33 PM	#22
valley 67 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: calif. central valley Posts: 175	THANKS GUYS I ALREADY HAVE CUSTOM AUDIO SOUND KICK PANELS AND STERO SYSTEM PUT TOGETHER 1000 WATT ZAPCO AMP PUSHING 2 JL AUDIO 10W6S ECLIPSE TUNER/CD JL AUDIO COMPONENT W/CROSSOVERS ZAPCO COMP 150 FOR THEM JUST NOT SURE ABOUT CUTTING DASH AS I SAID BEFORE EVERTHING ELSE SHAVED CHANGED AS FAR AS CUTTING DOORS NEVER HERE GUYS ONE OF MY PET PEEVES JUST FIXED MINE I WOULD HAVE BOUGHT A DECK TO FIT ORIGINAL BUT MOST ARE JUNK COMPARED TO DECK I BOUGHT.

10-12-2003, 11:47 PM	#23
Nova_Cobra64 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Melville, SK Posts: 1,144	Will you be putting in a bench seat or buckets? If you are going the bucket route, you could consider building a custom consol and putting a cd player in there. Otherwise, I am just another vote for hack it....... The way I look at things, virtually nobody will buy a truck that is modded and put it back to original. And if they do, then making the dash factory again will be just another small thing they have to do amoungst a bunch of other work..... __________________ 2004 Silverado - Beater 1969 GMC - In progress http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=441683 2011 Aveo - Work commuter 2013 Crestliner Fish Hawk 1650 - The reason no work gets done on the project truck.

10-12-2003, 11:50 PM	#24
JERZROD Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Burbank, Wa. Posts: 123	what i did heres what i did i got this plastic case thing that i bolted to bottom of dash works looks great most audio stores can get them for ya Attached Images __________________ 67 LWB frenched in antenna capped stake posts, relocated 85 blazer gas tank, gas door from 91, custom grill, seats from 95 chevy, working on smoothed tailgate and tonnue cover 350 bored 30 over 280 cam eddlebrock performer intake 650 edlebrock carb.

10-13-2003, 12:03 AM	#25
valley 67 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: calif. central valley Posts: 175	SEATS HAVE ORIGINAL BENCH AND ALSO LEATHER BUCKETS OUT OF 2000 SS CAMARO POWER BUCKETS NOT SURE WHICH IM GOING TO USE OS JUST BUY LEATHER STEEL HORSE 40/20/40 SEAT CANT MAKE UP MY MIND. IF I GO WITH BUCKETS I'LL MAKE CENTER CONSOLE THAT IS INTEGRATED TO DASH AND REAR BOX ALL MOLDED. Last edited by valley 67; 10-13-2003 at 12:09 AM.

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