A modern radio for an old car

[Andrew Tempest]

On Saturday I fitted one of these to my 2.4S to replace an old, but nowhere near original, radio-cassette.

It's described as retro style and does a passable impression of the old two knob radios but it plays CDs with WMAs and MP3s, supports an IPOD interface and can even control a DAB or TV tuner.

More details here: http://www.pioneer.co.uk/uk/product_detail.jsp?product_id=3176&taxonomy_id=25-121

I got it from here http://caraudiosecurity.com/shop/home.html for £210 because that's about the cheapest I've seen it for and they've got a shop in London on Tottenham Court Road.

Be careful because its a modern DIN sized radio and won't fit into the original sized hole in the dashboard. I'd expanded the original hole some years ago when I had the car in bits.

Here's some before and after pictures.

 

[early 911]

Andrew . . . that looks sweet.

John Styles - the guy with the 'light red' (Salmon pink) 911 on the register display at Brands had this stereo that had a flippy down front when in operation. When it wasn't in use it looked like a black place of plastic (i.e. subtle). He also had very nice home made speaker units on the rear shelf and a subtle sub woofer thing in the front compartment (cleverly connected to the heater system [8|]).

All this beats my one speaker original unit[].

 

[Andrew Tempest]

Phil,

I spotted a Panasonic radio a year or so ago, which had no buttons just a touch screen (and a remote control). When it was turned off it was just a plain black panel - the front flipped to insert the CD. May be this is the same one as John's.

When I bought the car it had some speakers on the back shelf but I didn't refit them after the restoration. I replaced them with a pair of 4" speakers mounted under the original dash cut-out - so not much different to yours. Obviously the speakers being so small are a bit light on bass.

Is this the heater connected sub http://www.subsolutions.com/2subwoofer-porsche-installation.htm ?.

To be honest I've got out of the habit of listening to the radio when driving but now and again on a long journey it can be nice. So I might try a small Alpine sub., that's been mentioned in a couple of other posts (Boxster & 993), which might just fit under the seat: http://www.alpine-electronics.co.uk/content/cms/index.php?p=694&details=1&sid=542b5e360faba1576dafaf090e3b529e.

Cheers

 

[early 911]

Wow . . . you fitted 4 speakers in the original dash cut out . . . must have double jointed fingers.

Yes that's the sub woofer box fitted to John's car. Like the way you don't have to cut anything.

Phil

 

[Andrew Tempest]

Phil,

...four candles/fork handles...

No, only two speakers and there was practically nothing else in the car at the time - no heating, wipers, instruments, fuel tank, etc. etc.

 

[pete barrett]

I have the same unit in my 911 as well, i looked around for quite some time
before i found car audiodirect its the best looking retro player out there i think
and a very good price for the functions you get. [8D]

 

[early 911]

http://vwcaddyforum.com/showthread.php?t=7427

2nd hand one (not used) for £120. Contact Jon on 07843 618709.

Spotted on VWCaddy forum (yes I drive one) . . . don't know Jon, just passing the details on.