[tcb] Re: Murray's radio

  • From: Eric Woodall <ericthomaswoodall@xxxxxxx>
  • To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:35:56 -0500

Seems kinda obvious to me.  My dash was cut (badly) when I bought my bus and I 
cry myself to sleep about it every night.
I bought a block off plate from Way Out with some nice patina that covers up 
the cuts pretty well.
I'll weld the dash at some point.

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On Oct 28, 2010, at 1:03 PM, Mike Hayes <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Get a modern radio and mount it on the shelf like in this picture.
> 
> http://public.fotki.com/AircoolerMike/random-photos/bus-radio-option.html
> 
> DON'T CUT THE DASH!
> 
> That is all.
> 
> .
> 
> 
> On 10/28/2010 11:18 AM, Denis Dodson wrote:
>> 
>> I have tried to keep from cutting Murray’s dash and have been using shaft 
>> mounted radios. Just using them as head units, but they are mostly junk 
>> anymore and don’t last more than a couple of years. The one I have now came 
>> from a boat store and has lasted longer than most, but now is falling apart. 
>> They make some modern radios that have been configured to shaft mount but 
>> they are expensive with no real assurance that they will be any better.
>>  
>> So, do I cut the dash and put in a decent modern radio or do I put on a 
>> blocking plate and put the modern radio in a different place?
> 

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