Great idea! My question is.... where can you hide speakers? I have been
wondering for years where to put some!
Don.
glenn barratt wrote:
> "Also, I think this conversion is a good idea since there is not much
> of a market for AM radio & it's unlikely someone will bother to
> steal that AM from your '62 - '65 Mopar."
>
> Hmmmm.....interesting, but how about this idea:
> Leave your original radio just how it is...original.
> Buy a new tape cassette stereo, with CD capability, and REMOTE CONTROL
> capability, and stow it in the trunk up under the parcel tray, out of
> sight.
> Install next to this unit, a "remote control extender", with one end of
> the unit going to the new stereo, and the other end, the receiver end,
> going to somewhere VERY inconspicuous in the dash, such as inside above
> the ashtray or up inside the glovebox. (The receiver end is the size of
> a match-head, is black, and is connected via a length of wire to the
> transmitter which is directed at the infra-red receiver component of
> your new stereo in the trunk.)
> When you want to listen to quality stereo production, just aim your
> remote control at your hidden receiver, and do what you want...change
> stations, skip, search, play, change CD's...whatever, and your original
> radio is still original and there is no new "Made In China" crap to be
> seen.
> With dual rear antennaes, you can have the original radio operating off
> of one antennae, utilising the original long wire from one antennae, and
> have your new stereo under the parcel shelf operating off the shorter
> wire from the second antennae.
> These remote control extenders are DIRT CHEAP and very simple! Around
> US$30-00 (Thirty Dollars), and run off 12 volts DC.
> Just another idea...........
> Glenn.
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