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On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 19:26:45 -0400, Kevin Guarnotta wrote: >Well I have this old original radio bracket and a modern radio. I posted >about this a while ago-with some suggestions....I think I am going to try to >fab my own, based on this one-so if I ever want to switch to an original >radio, I'll have a bracket for it. > >Anyway, I just made a mock-up bracket out of chipboard, and brought it down >to my car, popped my radio in the space, and it hits the air handling unit >and that funny shaped tube from the drivers side of the air handling unit. > >I can't see how even if I had an original radio and original bracket-how it >fits? The original radio isn't as deep as the modern standard (Yes Petri there is actually an ISO/DIN standard for this). >Only solution I see now is to build on of those central console units.... What I did was to go to Frys (They have the worst staff on the planet but a wide selection when it is in stock) and go through their collection of brackets and pick one. Even with my best choice there still wasn't enough room. I had to drill some extra holes and mount it forward of where it should go. It fit, just barely. Innovations in Fiberglass makes center consoles. I've never bought one but I did buy their one piece hinge cover which is a great place to put speakers. I tried putting them in the rear door panel but if the covers didn't pop off the speakers when I closed the back the panel popped off. Mark Healey 71 FI auto square 71 FI manual square marksvw@healeyonline.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~