Radio in glove box

[xghobo]

Who has put a new radio inside there glove box?  I am thinking this might be a project for me this winter. I want to leave the factory in the dash. Any pics or ideas? How did you wire it up to the old harness?

Thanx All

[resq302]

I did it but then removed it once I started the AACA route.  I just cut out the back of the glove box and then slide the radio in there.  Held it in place with two bolts and nuts with two flat metal brackets holding it from top and bottom to prevent it from sliding around.  All I did for the wiring was tap into the speaker wiring and then found a constant hot wire and a switched hot wire and spliced into it.  Fairly easy to do, just kind of cramped due to the lack of space behind the dash.

[41husk]

That souinds like a good idea, I would imagine most of the stereo instalation places could do it as well.

[Charger-Bodie]

i also did at one time i simply built a metal copy of a glove box insert and mounted theradio right in

[John_Kunkel]

Here's a pic of the radio in my '57 NY, it's a Sony with a wired remote. I tried the wireless remote but it won't work with the door closed or even slightly open.

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

Nice job John...I was wondering about the remote thing.   I guess a wired one is the only way to go then.

Would like to clean up my under dash area where I currently have mine mounted now...

[gnrl01]

I have plans to do the same thing, I have a trunk mount cd changer and plan on buying a new stereo and have it mounted in my glove box. I like the look of the old school am in the dash. It would be cool to see more pics of this, would like to see how it looks in some chargers.

[472 R/T SE]

Mine's in the glove box with a hard wire plug-in MP3 player.  I want to put the player on the top of the glove box so I can partially close box and get it off my wheelchair.  It's leaving a mark on the lid.  It's wired into the back of the fuse box to a key on point IIRC.

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

Mike does the remote work with the door closed?   If so whats the brand?

[440mag]

Mine is in the glove box and I have to have to door open for the remote to work.  I would like to change it ti a wired unit and put the controls in my console.  They sell wired stereos for boats at Circut City and Best Buy.

[472 R/T SE]

No that's why I want to put the deck up on the top side of the glove box so I can partially close the lid to get it off my chair and be able to run the remote shooting the beam thru the opening.  I'll need to rig something to catch the hook and lid to keep it partially open.  Plus with the lid hanging down it seems that it's covering the sound of one of the mids that are down on the floor.  Yeah it's not stock looking but I've let my hair down with this car.
To be honest, I've never tried runnin' it with the door closed. 

My MP3 player yes, it's got the hard wire.  But with it all I do is change songs.

[2Gunz]

Solution to the remote problem.

http://store.mp3car.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=COM-010


Or just buy a one of them stealth head unit jobs.

http://www.vintagevibes.net/Stereos/secretaudio.htm

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

cool idea....however I did find this on their site.....


http://www.pac-audio.com/faqs/faqs.asp?mmSeach=IR-X

[472 R/T SE]

For $24.99 + the cost of a filter seems to be worth a shot.  My head unit is not one of the one's mentioned as not being compatible either.  I think I'll give it a try.  Thanks for the heads-up. 

[2Gunz]

cool idea....however I did find this on their site.....


http://www.pac-audio.com/faqs/faqs.asp?mmSeach=IR-X

Good Catch!

A simple DC/DC voltage regulator will fix that.

http://www.batteryspace.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=2494


You can also build your own.

http://www.batteryspace.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=2967

You could also try finding a cell phone/ laptop car charger with a 12 volt output.
That should clean up the power enough to make it work.


If you plan on adding more electronics to you car you might just want to invest in a
bigger and better regulator to power it all.


http://store.mp3car.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=11