Radio

[72 Blaze]

I need yall's opinion... I just took the radio out of my 72. It was an after market. I scored an original on one e-bay. It does not seem to fit right.. Anyway im going to replace all my vent ducts while i have the dash apart. I'm really wanting to cut the dash and install my cd player. The cd player now is in the console. I know its not factory and I should not cut the factory dash. But! Does it really matter!? My truck is not really factory any way....

 

[AJMBLAZER]

It's your truck, cut the thing and make it how you want it.

That said, as I'm getting older and more nostalgic...at the advanced age of 32...I'd probably try and find a way to not cut it...then again I stopped using CD's a while back and now have no need for a radio that accepts them.

 

[72 Blaze]

Yeah thats what I was thinking! Its not cut now why cut it..... Just wanted to see what some other guys thought! Thanks!

 

[72 Blaze]

Any one ever install a factory radio in a 72..? Mine does not seem to stick out far enought to put the knobs on. I know its the right year..

 

[AJMBLAZER]

No clue really.

Random but Jagged put a twin knob Dual head unit into his '83 Ford last year. Believe it has an ipod/music player plug on it. Fit right in the holes and use modern technology to play music.
I have 8 gigs of songs in my phone and just plug it into the stereo when I want to listen to something other than the radio.

 

[K5_Fla]

that's looks like a real nice Blazer you have there... don't cut it up.

 

[diesel4me]

I would not hack the dash to install a CD player,why do that when they are nearky obsolete??..I'd keep the CD player in the console ..the dash is only "virgin" once!...

If you bought an original Delco AM radio,was it from a truck like yours,in the 67-72 vintage??..some CAR radios look identical,but not all have the "staggered" shfts needed to fit some vehicles--one shaft sticks out more from the case than the other,it is offset some-other radios had both shafts "even" with each other..

I have a Delco AM radio that came out of a 67 Impala that has the offset shafts,and I still have a factory Delco AM/FM/CB in dash unit from an 80's GM car (Caddy I think) that I had on my 82 K2500,I think it would fit older trucks--I replaced it with a later cassette player radio--one channel on it doesn't work,it still plays out of one channel fine,probably just needs an output transistor replaced...its a cool radio,you can monitor CB channels while listening to the AM/FM radio,when a CB signal comes in strong enough it squelches the radio and lets the CB be heard thru the speakers..

 

[bp71k5]

I built a custom radio to fit my 71, but I disabled the CD player inside and just use the radio and iPhone inputs.

You can also find new radios that fit the existing hole. They don't have cd, but they have aux inputs and can control a changer if you really want it.

Check "retro auto sound" or something close to that.

-Brian

 

[72 Blaze]

Done! Well almost, I'm trying to get the new vent ducks ran... Anyone know why the defroster would not switch over... It only seems to blow through the vent. All the cables are attached and working. Guess that's my next project. Also I have replaced the switch, but it will not blow on the highest setting. Anyway all I was going to do was install the factory radio I have had for a year now! And looked what it turned into. Replacing all the ducks and hooking up the dash speakers.