my NOS hirschmann antenna

[deQuincey]

today cleaned radio, and replaced inner sponges that cover light in open áreas to avoid light dispersing all around, 40 year old sponges were destroyed or in process, so i replaced them with new felt

tested it, cristal clear reception, this tiny radio is a hit, better sound than the radio in my 2008 AUDI A4, and very nice and smart MP3 connection

Mike is willing to solve a small problem that has arised, very helpful guy, and an amazing online shop in which you can hear and see a video of the radio you want to purchase

I strongly reccomend him and his radios, based in London, obviously speaks perfect english ;-)

www.chromelondon.com




i will use an infinity loudspeaker that fits in the dash hole

 

[Nicad]

Looks like a very nice setup you have there.

 

[loloe13]

look great DQ!
and thanks for the details on the shop, can come in handy one day.

 

[deQuincey]

bob, gary, thanks for the compliments

lets go to the final preparation.

painted in satin black, and placed a piece of felt to avoid squeaks, and some neopren pads to fit in the console walls






















and now the speaker hole and grille cloth, must do something ,...,..

 

[adawil2002]

That looks great, looking forward to seeing it installed.

 

[deQuincey]

That looks great, looking forward to seeing it installed.

thank you andrew

 

[deQuincey]

trial in its place:

 

[Peter Coomaraswamy]

Superior!!!

 

[adawil2002]

Looks fantastic, great job.

 

[alanmcg]

flush?

q,
did you try bringing the radio forward a little so that its bracket is flush with the plate your gauges are mounted on? seems like it might look cleaner that way.

 

[aearch]

oftopic

what happened to the rear window switches

 

[deQuincey]

q,
did you try bringing the radio forward a little so that its bracket is flush with the plate your gauges are mounted on? seems like it might look cleaner that way.

hi alan, it is a good point, but it is very difficult to flush two panels

i started working for GM-opel in the nineties as head of abstimung/matching, the only way to solve a matching between two panels is that one has to go behind/below the other, usually the one that goes down the visual line must go inside

more in my case two different materials, finishes, and so on, impossible

but i mostly agree with you, i must continue the job, it is asking for an unique panel that holds the gauges and the radio in an only continuous wrap, but with an angle change in the middle from gauges to radio

thank you for your valuable opinion

 

[rsporsche]

what happened to the rear window switches

you are looking at the rear window switches. deQ has manual rollup front windows

 

[Arde]

Great project, when I had mine somehow fitted in the console I realized what I am doing is period correct bastardization.

Are the electronics original or this is the guy that puts a modern receiver inside a retro radio?

Did the "negative on body" sticker come from an online dating site asks my new year spleen.

 

[deQuincey]

Great project, when I had mine somehow fitted in the console I realized what I am doing is period correct bastardization.

Are the electronics original or this is the guy that puts a modern receiver inside a retro radio?

Did the "negative on body" sticker come from an online dating site asks my new year spleen.

only can say, internal elements are original
the only odd modern thing is the aux input for MP3

 

[deQuincey]

new cloth for the grille



a slight modification of the Wood to be able to accommodate a bigger loudspeaker

 

[e9luka]

Great job. deQuincey, every of your topic is inspiration for own project.

I'd like to ask is stereo radio was available in any factory configuration of E9?

BR,
Lukasz

 

[adawil2002]

Great job. deQuincey, every of your topic is inspiration for own project.

I'd like to ask is stereo radio was available in any factory configuration of E9?

BR,
Lukasz

As far as I know, radios were a dealer installed option.

 

[deQuincey]

Great job. deQuincey, every of your topic is inspiration for own project.

I'd like to ask is stereo radio was available in any factory configuration of E9?

BR,
Lukasz

Luka, the radio i am installing is not an stereo, it is period correct (1973), but it is a MONO radio, it might have been installed in its day

 

[e9luka]

deQuincey I know that you installing mono.
I asked because of idea of stereo radio in my e9. I'm wondering about correct localization for additional stereo speakers. I know that the easiest way is do it on the rear shelf but I'm not certain about it.
I decided to use Blaupunkt Bamberg in BMW configuration set from 1971-1973

What do you think about it?

BR,
Lukasz