For those who like to cruise with tunes, does anyone have any familiarity with this brand. Looks great. Hands free phone. Bluetooth. Looks pretty nice. Modern digital look stereo in my IM really looks out of place.
http://www.vintagecarradio.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=20_43_477&products_id=1579
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I just put one in my 1969 912. Looks and sounds great. Has a lot of functions that I will have to re read the book on every time I drive it. Nice thing is you get all the new stereo functions with the looks of an old unit.
Thanks for the quick reply. That looks great. That interior really makes me miss my old 914. Hope Jake Raby is enjoying it. I only stream music and make phone calls. Hopefully I can just set it and forget it. Would like to install before Carlisle. Will start saving my pennies.
What I think is really nice is it looks like an old AM radio, and nobody would even bother stealing it. Great feature right there!
It comes with stickers of numbers for the face. I have not decided if I want to put those on or not. It is nice to bluetooth with. I have an Alpine deck in the Speedster. I installed the mic for the phone at the steering column.
Stephen
We use a lot of the Retro Sound stuff in our cars, as well as in some restorations.
My only complaint is that the knobs are remote and attach to the head unit via a telephone jack. While this is handy for placement, they are not very secure and we've have had several come loose over time. Fortunately, the radio defaults to "volume down" when this happens, so anything you do (try to change station, change volume, etc) just turn the volume down. I guess that is a good default vs blaring a radio you can't control until you get behind the dash. LOL Anyway, a small piece of butyl tape will rectify this, just something to know.
I also like that they have so many different faces, bezels and knobs so you can replicate anything from the 50's Becker to a 70/80's Blaupunkt.
We also recently started using an Indiana made product that is an amplifier and a bluetooth unit all hidden in one remote mounted box (Out of Sight Audio). No visible head unit and it connects to your iPhone or other Bluetooth device when you get into the car.
Hey Carey, please send me some info on that out-of-sight unit. Thanks!
I have not had the problem of them coming loose yet, but thought that was kind of cheesy when I opened the box. I did use locktite on all the screws and nuts. Will be taping hte plug ins now.....Thank you.
Stephen
10% discount at Out Of Sight Audio!
I would like to extend a promotional discount to all the readers / members of the speedsterowners family. Receive a 10% refund back after checkout on my sight until the end of the month. Just check out then send me a message through the web sight with your name and mention speedsterowners discount.
Thank you, Matt McClurg
Carey
Do you order the 68-85 VW Retro Sound unit for your Beck's? I have an IM but if it fits in a Beck hopefully it will fit an IM. Thanks.
We have had clients spec the 68+ VW, the 356, the early VW, the Mercedes, and the Ghia styles all in Model 2. I have not had a problem fitting any of them, although we have had to mill custom spacers to make a few of themm more secure... although I couldn't tell you which ones needed more custom work than others. I just don't recall.
Matt, good to see you here and thanks for the group discount offer. I just received 2 more of the 4 channel version and they are going into cars now.
March 10% spring discount at Out Of Sight Audio!
Plus I would like to extend the promotional discount to all the readers / members of the speedsterowners family. Receive a aditional 10% refund back after checkout on my sight until the end of March.
Just check out then send me a message through the web sight with your name and mention speedsterowners discount.
Thats a total of 20% off!
If you have been thinking about trying one out. Now is the time.
Thank you, Matt McClurg
