Fitting radio to Series 3

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Dan Burdge

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Anyone have any advice on fitting a radio to an early Series 3 109
Stationwagon?

Several landie books mention one improvement of S3 over S2 as "for the
first time provision was made for fitting a radio in the dashboard".
What provision?

I need to do a neat job as I don't actually own the vehicle!
 
Dan Burdge composed the following;:
> Anyone have any advice on fitting a radio to an early Series 3 109
> Stationwagon?
>
> Several landie books mention one improvement of S3 over S2 as "for the
> first time provision was made for fitting a radio in the dashboard".
> What provision?
>
> I need to do a neat job as I don't actually own the vehicle!

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 ... ;)


--
Paul ...
http://www.4x4prejudice.org/index.php
(8(!) Homer Rules ... ;)
"A tosser is a tosser, no matter what mode of transport they're using."

 
Paul - xxx wrote:
> Dan Burdge composed the following;:
>
>> Anyone have any advice on fitting a radio to an early Series 3 109
>> Stationwagon?
>>
>> Several landie books mention one improvement of S3 over S2 as "for the
>> first time provision was made for fitting a radio in the dashboard".
>> What provision?
>>
>> I need to do a neat job as I don't actually own the vehicle!
>
>
> 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?
 
> 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


 
On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 22:25:30 -0000, "TVS" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>> 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

"Alex" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 22:25:30 -0000, "TVS" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>> 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


 
Dan Burdge composed the following;:
> Paul - xxx wrote:
>> Dan Burdge composed the following;:
>>
>>> Anyone have any advice on fitting a radio to an early Series 3 109
>>> Stationwagon?
>>>
>>> Several landie books mention one improvement of S3 over S2 as "for
>>> the first time provision was made for fitting a radio in the
>>> dashboard". What provision?
>>>
>>> I need to do a neat job as I don't actually own the vehicle!
>>
>>
>> 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?

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.


--
Paul ...
http://www.4x4prejudice.org/index.php
(8(!) Homer Rules ... ;)
"A tosser is a tosser, no matter what mode of transport they're using."

 
On Wednesday, in article <[email protected]>
[email protected] "TVS" wrote:

> > 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

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.

--
David G. Bell -- SF Fan, Filker, and Punslinger.

Wrought under license granted by Her Majesty's Apostropher Royal AD MMIV
 
So Steve was, like

> ""David G. Bell"" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>
> <snip> ............... and some actually managed to put out some bass.
>>
>
> So does a V8. And the crescendo's are quite awesome.
>
> Steve
> SIII V8

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.

--

Rich

Pas d'elle yeux Rhone que nous


 
"TVS" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>> 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

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

Lee D



 
"Dan Burdge" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Anyone have any advice on fitting a radio to an early Series 3 109
> Stationwagon?
>
> Several landie books mention one improvement of S3 over S2 as "for the
> first time provision was made for fitting a radio in the dashboard".
> What provision?
>
> I need to do a neat job as I don't actually own the vehicle!

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
http://ws4.richersounds.com/showproduct.php?cda=showproduct&pid=ARIS-MSXM-SIL.
I mounted them onto the internal roof channel using bolts that hold the top
down. Cable can be easily run through the tub box section, there are lots of
holes where seats attach and exits on corners.

David

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Mr.Nice. wrote:
> 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.

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

--
200Tdi Defender 90, 1990
 
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

"Mr.Nice." <markvarleyphoto@*nospam*softhome.net> wrote in message
news:eek:[email protected]...
> On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 19:43:22 +0000 (UTC), Dan Burdge
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Anyone have any advice on fitting a radio to an early Series 3 109
>>Stationwagon?
>>
>>Several landie books mention one improvement of S3 over S2 as "for the
>>first time provision was made for fitting a radio in the dashboard".
>>What provision?
>>
>>I need to do a neat job as I don't actually own the vehicle!
>
> 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.)
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"Nigel" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

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

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"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>So Steve was, like
>
>> ""David G. Bell"" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>>
>> <snip> ............... and some actually managed to put out some bass.
>>>
>>
>> So does a V8. And the crescendo's are quite awesome.
>>
>> Steve
>> SIII V8
>
>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.

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.

--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.fsnet.co.uk my opinions are just that
Confidence: Before important work meetings, boost your confidence by
reading a few pages from "The Tibetan Book of the Dead"
from the Little Book of Complete B***ocks by Alistair Beaton.
 
My speakers (not that they are of much use) are affixed to a fibreglass trim
panel available from

http://freespace.virgin.net/lasalle.trim/

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



--
Larry
Series 3 rust and holes


"TVS" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> > 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
>
>


 
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