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trudysduster

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Is there somewhere that you can buy a factory looking radio to put in a 1973 Dart Sport that has a CD player in it without cutting the dash panel. would like to have one with the radio knobs that fits the original holes. I thought there was a place that made these. thanks,Bill
 
Your bezel has 2 little windows at the radio opening. A cd doesn't fit through either of them. You can get custom head units that will connect to remote cd drives, USB devices, etc..
Others will chime in with sources, experience, and feedback
 
Bill,

I sent my stock radio to Retro Radio Repair, they gutted it and installed all new moderen parts. Now my AM Radio is an AM/FM, 4 speaker radio with hidden jacks for CD player, Ipod ect.. Best of all it looks like a brand new stock AM Radio that came in the car from the factory but Sounds Great!!. I replaced the front speaker with their 4" x 10" dual voice coil speaker ( it mounted right where the stock one was with no mods needed ) and mounted 2 JVC 3 way speakers in the rear and wow does it sound great.
 
Thanks Mr. FT. I will check this out. where are they located. Is it the one in Ga.
 
Sorry the link won't post just do a search for Retro Radio Restoration.
 
Shows 1963-75 Mopar radio $160
Add $100 for FM or FM stereo
Add $100 for 8track
Does not include shipping

Did not say anything about cd/ipod jack
 
The Ipod/CD jack may be only on the conversions, that is what I did.
 
I have been looking into the same thing. I just want a modern head unit that will fit without cutting up the dash.

So far I have found:
http://www.classiccarstereos.com/category/Custom-Classic-Car-Radio.html
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http://www.retrosoundusa.com/products/category/id/9

The retro-sound unit looks like a little more bang for the buck to me and I have found them for around $135 shipped from distributors. Probably going that route. (Wish I could afford their Model 2 that just came out but it is just not worth triple the price ($400) for Bluetooth).

Would love to hear from others on other option or if anyone has used either of these units and how well they worked.
 
Will soon be sending a 68 Charger thumbwheel AM Radio out to Taymanelectrical.com
All needed info is on their site
For an AM/FM Conversion
 
Just got this email from Retro Radio:

The price you were looking at, i.e. $160, is for a restoration which would take your radio back to the original AM.


A conversion, that is changing out the old electronics and installing a specially designed computer board, gives your radio AM/FM digital stereo and includes jacks in the back into which you can plug your iPod, MP3, satellite radio, etc. With a conversion, your radio retains the original AM look, but when you turn it on it comes on as FM. A standard conversion runs $395. If you look at the bottom of the homepage, you’ll see where you can click to get more info about conversions.
 
I have also been researching making a radio change. My '72 scamp has AM only radio. Dashes in this time frame have a divider bar between the dial and the push buttons. I think the only option that doesn't involve cutting out that divider bar is to have the radio rebuilt by one of the companys metioned above. My interior is near perfect and I hate to cut the dash, but I'm staring to lean that way and go with a retrosound stereo with modern technology and multiple inputs. Can someone please post picutres of their modern stereo in the '72 and up cars?

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Why not just add the auxiliary input yourself, and keep the stocker as stock, for about three bucks and some soldering time.
The modern guts live on in your mp3 player or CD player, and you'd effectively be hacking into the amplification and speaker circuit. Lemme know if you're interested in this.
 
Yes, I'm interested. I didn't know this was possible. I can solder, can you give me more information?
 
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