Fitting radio to Series 3

Dan Burdge composed the following;:

There are 'knock-out' panels for old style radio sizes in the S3 dash. IMHO they're useless for a modern radio without a bit of fettling with tinsnips and a file.

Personally, I'd use something like a CB radio mount ... and a separately fused connection ... ;)

Fabby do - what about the speakers? Where to route the cable? Where to mount them?

My radio is imaginativly siting on the parcel shelf, just to the left of the dashbord! Spekers are a problem... if anybody knows of any self contained speaker box which could be fitted to the sides of the hard top behind the doors please let me know! When all the leeks are cured, I'm going to line the doors with hardbord and carpet so there will be a shallow space there... Thanks! Toby

I did fabricate some mounts to hold the speakers above my head, where the roof meets the windscreen top, held a 6" driver each side. Made from MDF and steel support brackets in 3 corners to hold it position. Seemed to work alright, but it was only a tempoary thing for about a year untill I scrapped the landrover. Now I cannot find anywhere to put either the radio or the speakers in my SIIa Soft-top.

Alex

I bought two 90 degree angle brakets and screwed under the dash facing up in front of the gear stick. For speakers i bought some pod ones and mounted them behind the bulkhead thats behind the front seats facing up. sounded fine 8)

Jason Hall

I mounted them just behind the doors, just made a little bracket and box for them. rab the wires up the door pillar and along the roofline.

PS, the knock-outs aren't in the dash, they're in the parcel shelf, and IIRC are about at,or just off, the centre, my bad.

Probably a DIY job, but I suspect an old pair of computer speakers could be modified. You wouldn't need an amplifier, if the speaker impedance matched, which would avoid power problems, and some actually managed to put out some bass.

............... and some actually managed to put out some bass.

So does a V8. And the crescendo's are quite awesome.

Steve SIII V8

So Steve was, like

For real automotive music, try listening to (and watching, if you like) classic bike racing. At Cadwell, they used to pit 4-strokes up to 650cc against the 2-strokes up to 350cc. You had the Nortons and Triumphs as the bass, the Jap fours as the melody in the middle and the Yam twins as a wailing counter-tenor. I remember lying on a grassy bank at the circuit for a whole afternoon of summer sunshine, just listening. Ah, them were't days, lad.

I'm fitting a radio to my 1984 110 quite soon. My intent is to fit it into a cubby box between the seats. I'll run a line to an antenna in the drivers side front wing (automatic uppy-downy thing) and intend to fit a shelf accross from the roof sills just behind the front seats, with 4 speakers pointing down and a clock pointing backwards (for rear passangers).

You can also get plastic mouldings for radios that you can use to mount one in the dash on S3's and defenders, but I don't fancy that idea.

Regards. Mark.(AKA, Mr.Nice.)

Safari roof tops have a trim pannel in this area ripe for fitting speakers into.

Lee D

Our radio is fitted in the 'knock out' space on the long dashboard parcel shelf. It is pretty ugly though because we have left it uncovered. I'll probably make up a section of aluminium to go over it and hide the wires.

Don't bother going anywhere near the dash board electrics. Most of it is unfused right back to the battery. If you load it in the wrong place you risk losing random light configuarations. We took a fused wire from the battery and made a new incab fuse box for radio/gps/interior light.

The speakers we use are from Richer sounds. They are small and come with mounting brackets. Ours were similar to these

mounted them onto the internal roof channel using bolts that hold the topdown. Cable can be easily run through the tub box section, there are lots ofholes where seats attach and exits on corners. David

I've just done the above and for the record those springy wing plasterboard "nut"s (can't remember the proper name) fit nicely to hold it in the vent grill behind the dash tray, two either side = no rattle! from the radio at least.

Alistair

I fitted mine into the cubby box between the seats, hides it very nicely. Speakers are mounted on the roof just behind my head. Bought those speakers that come fully enclosed so you can just stick them anywhere.

Nobody has pointed out that you shouldn't bother fitting a radio, you cannot hear it unless you stop at traffic lights a lot!

Nigel

I only ever heard the one in Percy when I stalled... and I'm not kidding!

:-)

Lee D

On or around Thu, 13 Jan 2005 11:54:58 -0000, "Richard Brookman" enlightened us thusly:

The only thing that saddens me about that is that it's very likely that no=one will ever hear the 6-cylinder 250 honda on full song again. It's apparently banned from almost everywhere for upsetting everyone living within a 10-mile radius.

6 cylinders, 18,000 or somesuch rpm and an open megaphone exhaust. Supposed to be a unique aural experience.

My speakers (not that they are of much use) are affixed to a fibreglass trim panel available from

They also do a replacement for the headlining with space for a radio.