I'm Having trouble finding a shasft mount radio for my 67. I'm looking for a good am/fm casette. I don't want any Custom Audiosound crap.

Around here (NY) the stereo places who can still get then want a fortune for one. I don't want to cut my dash up to put in one of theose new syle radios, I NEED TUNES.

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67 Malibu Conv (always under construction)
mirabile95@earthlink.net

Custom Auto Sounds is the only place that I know of that will sell the wide shaft radios like the ones in our cars. You can find shaft radios just about everywhere (in California anyway) but the shafts are too close together. If I remember right the newer shaft radios are spaced out 4 3/4in, while the older cars (pre 1973) use a 5 1/4 in wide shaft. You could put the factory radio in the dash but have a new stereo with a remote under your seat. I plan on doing this once I get some other things taken care of first. Well good luck in your search

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1970 Chevelle Malibu dark blue 350/TH350
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Gary Tayman does a great job converting the older radios to new electronics while keeping the old look.

http://www.gate.net/~gtayman

Hope this helps,

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Bill Koustenis
Advanced Automotive Machine
Waldorf Md

1971 Heavy Chevy - original owner
Team Chevelle #100

Does Gary Tayman take only an AM/FM mono and convert to AM/FM stereo? Does he need an AM/FM to start with or can he use an AM and convert to an AM/FM? The first major abstacle is to find an original FM radio for a price less than $200 - $300 and then pay for the conversion too. Big money for tunes.
I bought the Secret Audio System mentioned above and will maintain my original AM in the dash.

TC#413

CustomAutosound (http://www.customautosound.com) does sell a Kenwood version of their radios. I'm sure that the internals are better than the base models.

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Rick
72 El Camino (http://members.home.net/jimmy4/rick1972elky.html)
TPI350/700r4
TC#00038
ACES#00140

For those who want a different approach, I offer my own "radio retrofit" where I keep the radio ALL stock, and the process is totally reversible unlike the other guys who throw-away the well made original components and install modern cheapo parts. All you need is a walkman or portable CD player.

http://home.netcom.com/~radiojoe/rr2.html

Joe

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"Yes, I'm still workin' on those Chevelle radio pages!"

Kenwood makes a shaft style radio that can control a CD changer (model KRC-2007). The shafts should be adjustable to fit a 67.

Strohm,

2 days ago I bought a Kenwood KRC-2007 from CrutchField for my 71 Chevelle Malibu for only $99. It looks just like the Kenwood 501 & 601 units that Custom Autosound sells for ALOT more money. I will post whether or not it fits in my dash. Look for a reply on monday.

JP

Radio hasn't come yet...they must have sent it by pack mule.

The Kenwood KRC 2007 does NOT fit in a 71 malibu dash. The shafts needs to be another 1/2" apart to fit. They don't look to be adjustable like some radios I have seen.

Bummer !

The KRC-2007 does not have adjustable shafts. They are closer together than the original OEM radios. I put one in my '70 Blazer, and it had large holes (~1") in the dash with washers that the shafts stick through. I was able to modify the washers to make it work. It is a clean installation, but nowhere near original looking with the Kenwood bezel. Not sure if Chevelles have the washers.

I've Had It,

The Radios that fit are too much money for too little radio. I think I'll put the original AM back in the dash, and wire the light to come on with my dash guage lights(so it dosn't look like a broken radio).

Then, I'll mount a new radio under the dash with one of those kits, they look like a black housing that mounts under the dash and then you mount the radio in them. I figure I could get alot more radio for the money this way.(and have alot more models to choose from)

Has anyone done this? How did it work out?

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67 Malibu Conv (always under construction)
mirabile95@earthlink.net

onabudget,

I agree with you on the in-dash radios.

As far as the underdash DIN mount, that's exactly what I did in my 67. I put the DIN mount under the glovebox and put a nice Sony CD player in it. Looks and works great. Its a bit of a reach, so under the dash in the middle would be better, but that's where my guages are. You could also get a head unit with a remote of some sort too.

Are the custom autosound decks that bad? I have a usa-5 that I bought last year. I havent had a chance to put it in yet. Is it poor quality or something?

Chris R.

Hey guys I put in a Custom Auto Sound USA-1 in my '67 and it fits perfect and it sounds great. For 209.00 it was worth the money to me at this point. Have any of you who have called this stuff crap bought one and had a problem with it and if you have what happened? If you haven't why do you say it's crap? Just wondering whats up? Dave.

I didn't buy one, it came in the car when I bought it (USA-1). It had terrible ignition static that I could not get rid of. Put a Sony deck in (hooked up to teh same power and ground points) and no more ignition static.

In an upcoming "techref", I'll cover how I mounted an Alpine unit in the glove box of my 64.

I had to fabricate a "replacement" box out of metal for various reasons, but one could also be build out of fiberglass.

The Alpine unit is a CD unit that will work a changer if you want and has an infrared remote controller. What is cool about all this, and what makes it worth note, is that I used a remote infrared "link" unit from a company called Xantech so that I can control the stereo while the glove box door is closed! The "reciever" for the link is a small unit about 3/8" diameter and is out of view under the dash.

If you can't wait for the techref, e-mail me and I'll give any information that you may need.

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Wes. Vann
Technical Reference section
Gold Member #5

You might wanna try the JVC radio that National Parts Depot sells for $200. It's got nice styling and puts out some good wattage. I bought it myself and it really works well. Now all I need are some decent speakers to go with it..

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1970 Chevy El Camino
Green Mist & Silver w/Green Vinyl Top
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Non-SS with Factory Rallies!
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