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Could any of you post a pic of the above radio installed in a coupe?I just can't figure out how the face plate should be installed on the black front panel of the radio holder.

thx!
 
Bela,

Which model number or a picture would help. There are several coupe owners who have Beckers of the early 70's type including the seperate cassette in the glove box. But the Grand Prix went through several changes, for instance Mercedes with a full face DIN; rather than the earlier versions.

That type radio would be difficult to install.


The biggest issue seems to me is the depth with the a/c if you have that, the angle of the face plate, trans hump, and how may connections for external amps, etc you're dealing with. It can get crowded in a hurry whereby the radio won't sit flush. I usally take off a side panel to make sure everything is as compact as possible.

I'm sure someone here on the board can help you as I now use an Alpine head but could easily change back to a period type as I saved my Nakamichi. But I'm sure something new might catch my eye as it constantly changes even now.

There are several posts on Beckers found by a simple search.
 
Per Jerry a pic of your particular model Mexico and face plate would be a good starting point. I have a Europa which is a small radio with the remote amp in the top of the passenger footwell and it's tight in there.
 
Do you already have a radio holder for non A/C console? I did not so I had one made. Later on I saw originals on Ebay.

Mine looks like:
http://home.earthlink.net/~b_jamin/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/radio.jpg

Once you have the radio holder you remove the knobs and faceplate from your radio, present your radio from the inside of the holder, the faceplate and knobs from the outside and button them up again. Depending on the holder you may have means for supporting the weight of the radio along its body.
 
My car is in a workshop right now,so I need couple of days to take some pic of the holder and the console.The console is the original.
 
 
oh,and I was told that the faceplate on this model is not removable.could this be?
 
That extra box is the power supply and there should be a shielded cable that goes to the radio itself. Faceplates do come off but they are designed for a DIN sized opening to mount. I used a similar mount to yours for my Blaupunkt to mount in the 2002 console.
 
Stevehose posted the installation manual recently from the archives of the CS Registry. A simple search of Becker will bring it up. The reason I say this beyond the parts, etc. is there is instructions on where to mount some things like the power supply if you're going for that factory look and how they did it back when.

This will help too.. disregard the Bav and look for coupe console pictures.

http://www.e9-driven.com/Public/Library/BMW-E9-Manual/pages/en/65110000.html#refertoc
 
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Looks quite similar ! Same source ? I have mine from Gerhard R. / Germany....:)
 
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