Shared Rite Of Passage
12-23-2012, 07:15 PM
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Burning Brakes
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Shared Rite Of Passage
I finally did the deed but not without first coming back to this forum a couple of times to convince myself it could be done. Reading and rereading tips on the stock, Delco radio installation for my '66, I was able, with much effort, a few words I'm glad my mother didn't hear, a little gnashing of teeth, more than few sore back muscles, cut hands and pinched fingers it's done!
At first you are convinced it is just not humanly possible. That big, bulky, impossibly humongous radio is just not going to fit in that little iddy, biddy space, no way- no how, it can't be done and to say otherwise is just plain crazy talk and then suddenly..........
...bang- it's done. The radio is in. Turns out it can fit after all, You slowly realize you aren't really all that incompetent. Euphoria reigns over the shop, a cheer goes up, church bells ring out and celebrations start across the land. Can world peace be far behind?
Only those who have done the impossible, dared to stare failure eyeball to eyeball and not blink, who have tread where grown men have been known to openly weep out of utter, shear frustration, only those of us who have re-installed that radio back from whence it came will truly understand the swelling pride and enormous sense of accomplishment at such a Herculean task, for we now have indeed, a shared rite of passage!
Thomas
At first you are convinced it is just not humanly possible. That big, bulky, impossibly humongous radio is just not going to fit in that little iddy, biddy space, no way- no how, it can't be done and to say otherwise is just plain crazy talk and then suddenly..........
...bang- it's done. The radio is in. Turns out it can fit after all, You slowly realize you aren't really all that incompetent. Euphoria reigns over the shop, a cheer goes up, church bells ring out and celebrations start across the land. Can world peace be far behind?
Only those who have done the impossible, dared to stare failure eyeball to eyeball and not blink, who have tread where grown men have been known to openly weep out of utter, shear frustration, only those of us who have re-installed that radio back from whence it came will truly understand the swelling pride and enormous sense of accomplishment at such a Herculean task, for we now have indeed, a shared rite of passage!
Thomas
12-23-2012, 08:05 PM
#2
Instructor
Welcome to the club.
Bob D.
Bob D.
12-23-2012, 08:05 PM
#3
Team Owner
OKAY, we get it 
NOW, TAKE IT OUT AND DO IT AGAIN, IN HALF THE TIME....
NOW, TAKE IT OUT AND DO IT AGAIN, IN HALF THE TIME....
12-24-2012, 12:55 AM
#8
Le Mans Master
I talked a guy into letting me trade my '66 radio in my '63 for the '63 radio he had in a '66 on a lot one time. If I could change it quickly, he'd let me.
I bet I was in and out in 30 minutes, because I had to have mine in my car working so he could hear it before I made the switch, so I was really changing TWO radios.
Heck, you have the console and the glove box out. How hard could it be?
I bet I was in and out in 30 minutes, because I had to have mine in my car working so he could hear it before I made the switch, so I was really changing TWO radios.
Heck, you have the console and the glove box out. How hard could it be?
12-24-2012, 07:03 AM
#9
Le Mans Master
Congrats!!
As you bask in your ever so brief moment of triumph, a new word appears, and creeps, quietly, into your new found realm of unbridled success...
...think,... transmission...
I'll take throwout bearing for a hundred, Alex...
Merry Christmas and enjoy your ride!!!
Chuck
As you bask in your ever so brief moment of triumph, a new word appears, and creeps, quietly, into your new found realm of unbridled success...
...think,... transmission...
I'll take throwout bearing for a hundred, Alex...
Merry Christmas and enjoy your ride!!!
Chuck
12-24-2012, 08:46 AM
#10
How about the speaker ?? I ended up getting my head wedged under the brake pedal, thought it was never going to wiggle out.
You guys have a good Christmas, thanks for all your help.
Ed
You guys have a good Christmas, thanks for all your help.
Ed
12-24-2012, 10:13 AM
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Burning Brakes
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Thanks everyone. So when do I get to learn the secret handshake, receive the secret decoder ring and wear the tee shirt that's part and parcel of becoming a member of this exclusive "I installed a radio in a '66" club?
Thomas
12-24-2012, 11:23 AM
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12-24-2012, 12:18 PM
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Great job, man! Now go buy one of those small cig-lighter socket plug in FM transmitters to hook up to your mp3 player or smart phone so you can listen to period-appropriate music while your out cruising! Real Oldies on iheartradio.com is fantastic!! Oh, BTW, replace those clock bulbs with some #1416s and by God you will SEE that clock at night!
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas!
12-24-2012, 12:23 PM
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Doing the radio/speaker ranks right up there with remove/rebuilding the wiper motor and the heater core....real manly acts! Dennis
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12-25-2012, 04:46 AM
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12-25-2012, 06:29 AM
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Considering all the other tough jobs on the car, the radio is a walk in the park! Try wrangling a cast iron powerglide in and out of a C1 with no jack!
