YACT: Dad's "New" Car-1967 Dodge Charger 383-Stereo Question

[DuallyX]

http://www.chargerfever.com/eld2003/IM001856.html

Other than color and engine, this is the same exact car my dad had in college. (Had the Hemi then)

When he left town to get his masters in Ill., his brothers sold the car.

We are picking up the car in the link this evening. It is completely restored, with 202 miles on the rebuilt engine. Completely restored interior as well. Looks brand new.

Only thing we are going to have to do is change are the tires, which are show tires and mushy as heck....need to get some radials.

Anyway, as cool as the car is in its "original" condition, we would like to put a modern, yet inconspicuous sound system in. I was thinking a CD changer with just a small contol mounted on the dash...any other ideas?

 

[PG]

LEAVE IT ALONE!
It's perfect as it is, the engine is all the music I'd need.

 

[crisp82]

<homer> ....mmmmmmmmmmm....charged goodness.......</homer>

 

[filmmaker]

Originally posted by: PG
LEAVE IT ALONE!
It's perfect as it is, the engine is all the music I'd need.

 

[NutBucket]

Radio (head unit) mounted in the glove box with a remote. Best way to go.

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: NutBucket
Radio (head unit) mounted in the glove box with a remote. Best way to go.

Agreed . . . keep it original.

I had a 68 RoadRunner with a 383. Got me in WAY too much trouble.

nice car!

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: NutBucket
Radio (head unit) mounted in the glove box with a remote. Best way to go.

Agreed . . . keep it original.

I had a 68 RoadRunner with a 383. Got me in WAY too much trouble.

nice car!

I agree...with everything! To put a modern-day DIN-sized unit in the dash will require you hacking up the dash! :Q Sacrilege!!! :Q Stick a AM/FM/CD-changer HU in the glove box and a CD changer in the trunk. Speakers in the stock locations and a single 10" sub in a sealed box, w/an amp screwed to the box in a corner of the trunk. You'll be amazed at the sound.

 

[thereds]

How much do one of those suckers cost?

 

[EyeMWing]

Carputer based on EPIA. Keep all the electronics in the Glovebox and under the seats, and most importantly, keep the OEM radio in place, if disconnected.

 

[ThaPerculator]

I know theres a company that makes oem-looking radios for classics, but then like pops open and has a cd player and stuff.... might be worth looking into to keep the factory mopar look, but have a bumpin system.

MOPAR OR NO CAR!!

my dad used to have a '69 coronet r/t 383 6-pack that was all set up for the strip... that thing was so much fun...

 

[thebestMAX]

Man, I love those cars.

Was going to buy one in 1975, red and beautiful for about 2k and the idiot owner left it roll off a dock into a lake!!!

Leave it stock and buy a good quality boom box if you must.

 

[AvesPKS]

One of my friends had a 1973 Le Mans with less than 50,000 original miles. He put a new radio in the glovebox, and it worked out pretty well.

 

[radioouman]

I had a 1975 Plymouth Duster that had one of those radios in it that mounts with the knobs. It was an AM radio with a 4"x10" speaker in the dashboard. However, the rear deck had holes for 6x9s, so I found an old Pioneer Supertuner (the original Supertuner) and mounted it in there with a 40 watt amplifier that I hid under the dashboard. With that huge trunk, even $5 6x9s sounded incredible.

 

[Kenazo]

My Dad and I restored his 1967 Dodge Charger. Awesome car. His unfortunately was a 318 automatic, but hey.. who cares? His is the gold/copper color, and it's dang awesome. If you know fo a place to get the front blinker bezels, let me know. His some how broke.

 

[Codewiz]

Damn it. My mom had a 1966 charger with a 383. I wish she had not sold it. I so want one of these cars.

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: DuallyX
http://www.chargerfever.com/eld2003/IM001856.html

Other than color and engine, this is the same exact car my dad had in college. (Had the Hemi then)

When he left town to get his masters in Ill., his brothers sold the car.

We are picking up the car in the link this evening. It is completely restored, with 202 miles on the rebuilt engine. Completely restored interior as well. Looks brand new.

Only thing we are going to have to do is change are the tires, which are show tires and mushy as heck....need to get some radials.

Anyway, as cool as the car is in its "original" condition, we would like to put a modern, yet inconspicuous sound system in. I was thinking a CD changer with just a small contol mounted on the dash...any other ideas?

Considering I am one of the biggest Mopar guys here:

There is a company (you could probably find it with google) that will take your original radio and update it to what ever specs you need, ie: AM/FM cd changer control, etc. When they are done it looks like the stock radio but it is all new inside.

 

[Led Zeppelin]

Leave it stock, I'm sure you can go without the booming system the one or two days a week you probably take it out for a drive.

 

[thraxes]

If a radio then only in the glovebox. Stealth the speakers... in short DO NOT RUIN THE LOOKS! That is in fact rule number one with old cars!

Edit: Seen the pics... wait a sec, wiping the drool off my keyboard, there we go... yes I know what Snoopy means when he says "Happiness is a high performance Hemi"

 

[DuallyX]

Originally posted by: LedZeppelin
Leave it stock, I'm sure you can go without the booming system the one or two days a week you probably take it out for a drive.

Ha Ha...you don't know my dad. This is his new daily driver...no seperate garage and padded cover for this baby--cars are for driving!

To all those that said "leave it stock"...I believe our solution will be a hidden stereo/changer under the passenger seat with a wireless remote. I forget the manufacturer of the unit, but it should work out quite well.

Speakers-wise, it'd be plenty easy to stick stuff back behind the pass-through, but I'll have to see what suggestions there are on front speakers...my guess is probably: none.

On another note- took the car out for a spin last night--wow....330 horses and it needs every one of them. Awesome power though...unlike any car I'd driven to date. As expected, cornering sucked on the show tires, but as of this afternoon the Charger will be sporting goodyears.

If anyone is interested, I can provide some more pics...just lmk.

 

[cavemanmoron]

Originally posted by: DuallyX

Originally posted by: LedZeppelin
Leave it stock, I'm sure you can go without the booming system the one or two days a week you probably take it out for a drive.

Ha Ha...you don't know my dad. This is his new daily driver...no seperate garage and padded cover for this baby--cars are for driving!

To all those that said "leave it stock"...I believe our solution will be a hidden stereo/changer under the passenger seat with a wireless remote. I forget the manufacturer of the unit, but it should work out quite well.

Speakers-wise, it'd be plenty easy to stick stuff back behind the pass-through, but I'll have to see what suggestions there are on front speakers...my guess is probably: none.

On another note- took the car out for a spin last night--wow....330 horses and it needs every one of them. Awesome power though...unlike any car I'd driven to date. As expected, cornering sucked on the show tires, but as of this afternoon the Charger will be sporting goodyears.

If anyone is interested, I can provide some more pics...just lmk.

More Pics!,which engine?? etc.

Nice car,your Dad has,what are you driving?



My 1967 Camaro has No radio,and I don't need one.

I like the Big Block 427,sound with the Flowmaster American Thunder duals.

I have even gone on a few Long drives,Like Albany,NY to Carlisle,PA and only wished i had a local weather report.

 

[Ornery]

"...no seperate garage and padded cover for this baby--cars are for driving!"

I'm with your dad on that. People think nothing of driving their $40,000.00 SUV through salt and mud, but God forbid you drive your $10,000.00 muscle car through the same stuff.

After browsing the Web for a while, I haven't found any decent solution for tunes. How about just throwing a good boom box in the back seat or rear deck?

 

[DuallyX]

Aight....I'll try to get some new pics up this morning.

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: Ornery
"...no seperate garage and padded cover for this baby--cars are for driving!"

I'm with your dad on that. People think nothing of driving their $40,000.00 SUV through salt and mud, but God forbid you drive your $10,000.00 muscle car through the same stuff.

After browsing the Web for a while, I haven't found any decent solution for tunes. How about just throwing a good boom box in the back seat or rear deck?

You can always buy another SUV, but there are no new 1967 Chargers and very damn few still around.

Baby that car for goodness sakes.

 

[Ornery]

If I ever go down the muscle car road again, it will be a complete turn key, close to original, that I will drive like it was originallly meant to be driven. And it's going to have a functioning air conditioner, whether that's original or not!