Hi Billy, 

Good to see that you fixed your big cap issue, took a long time !

Do yourself a good, DON'T cut your dash!

If your radio is in working condition you can easly swap in a bluetooth module and listen to mono music.
If a stereo is prefered, Aurora is very good or you do what I do over here, grab a modern stereo and put it in the stock radio box. 65-66 is a little tricky but doable. For 67-70 I 3d printed a faceplate (which is not visible ones installed) and put a modern stereo behind it. Looks 90% stock till you switch it on.

Mustsed

 

Billy I to almost cut my 65 dash then I discovered Sony. They have Marine decks with massisve amperage built in and patch cords for more amps if needed. I put mine in the trunk and drive the stock remote with a cheap TV remote repeater under the dash. They use these things so you can put all your TV stuff in the closet. Found mine on Amazon for 10 bucks. Also the Sonys use your phone or a old spare one like I do to tune, adjust sound everything the deck does and has a complete listing of all my tunes to scroll thru. Works great. 

Yeah I am coming closer to cutting the dash... it aint no worse than me cutting the core support out to put my new 24 inch radiator in....they look so much better than the dinky factory radiator.

BILLY WALTON from GEORGIA wrote:

Yeah I am coming closer to cutting the dash... it aint no worse than me cutting the core support out to put my new 24 inch radiator in....they look so much better than the dinky factory radiator.

I'm honestly not sure how much this devalues the car, if at all.  The wisdom 20 years ago was that the closer the car was to stock the more desirable, but that really no longer seems the case unless the car is something rare (Boss302, Shelby, etc.).  Nowadays people want to drive these cars so the more driveable they are the more desirable it seems.  I'm also betting that very few of us do things to our car based on what its going to do to the resale value.  My car is mine.  I really don't care what its worth to someone else.  When I die it will go to one of my kids, who I'm betting also won't care what its worth to someone else. 

Last edited by TKOPerformance (4/09/2022 5:05 AM)

If you want to cut your dash, cut it.  The metal could always be restored back in the future if a future owner was so inclined.  Once you have a single DIN hole, I'm sure you would always keep it filled with a single DIN head unit.  So no worries.

TKOPerformance wrote:

BILLY WALTON from GEORGIA wrote:

Yeah I am coming closer to cutting the dash... it aint no worse than me cutting the core support out to put my new 24 inch radiator in....they look so much better than the dinky factory radiator.

I'm honestly not sure how much this devalues the car, if at all.  The wisdom 20 years ago was that the closer the car was to stock the more desirable, but that really no longer seems the case unless the car is something rare (Boss302, Shelby, etc.).  Nowadays people want to drive these cars so the more driveable they are the more desirable it seems.  I'm also betting that very few of us do things to our car based on what its going to do to the resale value.  My car is mine.  I really don't care what its worth to someone else.  When I die it will go to one of my kids, who I'm betting also won't care what its worth to someone else. 

Yeah it would be an easier repair than most other things people cut off/out of cars, the repair panel is cheap/
 

Any other options out there??

BTaylor wrote:

I just ordered a bluetooth amplifier that I am putting in my trunk. Should be in by sunday and I will give an update. Dont get AM FM but I listen to most music from my phone (spotify)
 

How did it go?
 

6sally6 wrote:

Ear buds are your friend IF you have a healthy sounding Mustang........
I'm removing my old radio/mp3 player because I can now use the bluetooth on my phone
6s6

 

I hate Ear buds lol

This is an Alpine unit with Apple Car Play. It wasn’t what I had in mind when we started stereo shopping, but I do enjoy the big screen.

Bolted to Floor wrote:

This is an Alpine unit with Apple Car Play. It wasn’t what I had in mind when we started stereo shopping, but I do enjoy the big screen.

Tell me more about this....where to get it and price.

 

I must be a dinosaur since I can’t see spending a ton of money on an expensive sound system for a noisy car. An old Mustang should be heavily sound proofed to get the benefit of that kind of system.

I’m perfectly happy with the Custom Auto Sound am-fm 50 watt per channel cassette radio I installed over 20 years ago. My system has 4 medium quality 5-6” speakers

I basically put it in to fill the hole that the poor reception o/e am that was in the car.
I mentioned previously that I have rarely turned the thing on since I put it in, perhaps once in a while to listen to a Skynard tape while parked waiting for Lin out shopping.

Last edited by Rudi (9/20/2022 10:00 AM)

Bullet Bob wrote:

RetroSound Model 2.  Has two Aux inputs, two USB inputs, bluetooth capable which lets old deaf me us the phone while driving, or input SeriusXM from my phone.  Cant tell how the power, tone, etc. is 'cause, as I said in the first line....I'm deaf...or close enough.
This unit also has a remoteable head which connects to the body with very common telephone multi-pare and connectors so you can leave the stock radio in there and mount the Retro wherever.
This unit also had far better selectivity and sensitivity than the POS Custom Autosound I had first.

BB you and I took the same road - I had the Custom Autosound unit it crapped the bed on my way home from the Bash in Kalispell. I pulled it and got the same Retrosound model as yours - I can input my iPod or my iPhone into a jack in the front of the radio, or into an auxiliary input module that I installed in my glove box. Great minds think alike.....