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Title: Center-Hump mounted Stereo
Post by: timthescarrd on February 26, 2012, 11:40:54 am

Posted about this in another thread and someone asked for some pics so here we are. 

Wife didn't want me to cut the dash for a DIN stereo so i decided to get one of the universal mount boxes, after trying it all over the dash I decided to mount it upside down in front of the 4x4 selector, came out pretty well.

(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/timthescarred/IMG043.jpg)

(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/timthescarred/IMG042-1.jpg)

Still need to clean up the wiring behind and add two more speakers, also had to extend the antenna wire out

Title: Re: Center-Hump mounted Stereo
Post by: bake74 on February 26, 2012, 01:05:55 pm

     I hope there is a remote for it, don't want to be bending over when driving trying to mess with it.   ;)

Title: Re: Center-Hump mounted Stereo
Post by: frotosride on February 26, 2012, 02:24:04 pm

Where in the world did you get that. This truck is sentimental to my wife and I fully understand and thus I couldn't cut up my dash either nor did I really want to. I made mine out of 1/2 ply wood. Despite the fact that I started the project months ago I haven't completed it by fiberglassing it and painting it. I didn't know they had a universal box out there. Then again I never searched for one because i just like making stuff.

Title: Re: Center-Hump mounted Stereo
Post by: zieg85 on February 26, 2012, 03:28:12 pm

That mount was in my buddies 71 Newport Custom, I don't know where he got it from.  I wonder how it would look on top of the dash over the center speaker.

Title: Re: Center-Hump mounted Stereo
Post by: frotosride on February 26, 2012, 03:51:22 pm

thanks, come to think of it I could have just bought one for a CB. I know they r out there somewhere.

Title: Re: Center-Hump mounted Stereo
Post by: timthescarrd on February 26, 2012, 09:38:17 pm

I got it from BestBuy, I had to ask the guy that does their audio-installation and he grabbed one out of the back for me but it was only 20 bucks

Title: Re: Center-Hump mounted Stereo
Post by: 4x4x4x on February 28, 2012, 08:51:26 am

looks like the same mount is available at west marine stores

http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?productId=17846&catalogId=10001&langId=-1&storeId=11151&storeNum=50157&subdeptNum=50197&classNum=50204

about 20 bucks

Title: Re: Center-Hump mounted Stereo
Post by: gto109 on February 28, 2012, 04:50:12 pm

I may have to do this with mine.  Who ever cut the hole in my dash cut it way to big.  I was going to try and add some metal to the radio hole but this looks easier.