Retro Sound radio brings modern music to your classic car
The great thing about vintage cars is, well, they're vintage cars. One of their drawbacks is vintage sound from vintage speakers and vintage playback capabilities. For those times when neither 8-tracks nor some gaudy modern stereo system will do, the Retro Sound Model One keeps things looking smartly classic.
The Model One is essentially modern mechanicals in a classic face -- it's even got chromed knobs, and the mounting system is so flexible that it works with stereos that only use one knob. In addition to 24 presets and a host of outputs, it's also got a USB connection and an auxiliary port, so you can play from just about anything, and the display shows the track names. And if the Retro Sound is still too modern for you, you can get the remote and hide the radio entirely in the glovebox.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Rocketboy 10:19AM (2/15/2008)
Nice. I always hate the look of new radios in classic looking dashboards.
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David(Postal) 10:23AM (2/15/2008)
I have to say that is VERY cool for classic cars!
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Menice 10:27AM (2/15/2008)
there arent companys that already make retro replacemtn radios? they make retro radios for everythign else. damn, another capitalistic idea i missed out on.
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Shipey 10:31AM (2/15/2008)
Yeah, there's been other companies doing this for years already...
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Rocketboy 10:36AM (2/15/2008)
Well, then they need more press releases to make sure they get into Autoblog...
Shipey 10:35AM (2/15/2008)
For example:
http://www.casmfg.com/
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Sean Morris 10:36AM (2/15/2008)
I put a retro radio in the BMW we did for Trick it Out.
http://gtrusa.blogspot.com/search?q=trick+it+out
Other companies have been doing this for years. Nothing new.
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calebe 10:47AM (2/15/2008)
hmm, still a problem for old Mopar's with the two knobs on the left.
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duders 12:33PM (2/15/2008)
My toronados got an air vent on the side of the radio deck. The radios dead of course, If I can find newer replacement for that stupid thing I'd be in heaven.
Dave 11:09AM (2/15/2008)
Actually, Custom Autosound already makes on for the '63-67 Corvettes where both knobs are below the vertical dial.
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Michael 11:43AM (2/15/2008)
The custom Autosound radios have limited mounting capabilities due to the shafts mounting from within a metal housing, this radio from Retrosound has unlimited capability for shaft placement due to the wired shafts and L bracket system--- plus the whole unit is only 3.5" wide--- it can even work without the shafts and hidden away.
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Neon Jebus 11:50AM (2/15/2008)
My first car was a 62 Impala and I had to mount my aftermarket deck in the glove box because there was no way I was going to mess with the dash.
It looked like crap but I was in high school...I didn't mind.
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Franz 1:53PM (2/15/2008)
I'll have to get one of these for my '68 Charger buildup. Very cool!
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Benfolio 2:11PM (2/15/2008)
And to think I hacked the dash on my '77 Firebird to fit my custom Audiovox deck back in the mid 90's. What was I thinking! I should have paid way way way much more for something like this for my super special limited edition goldenrod yellow Esprit with that venerable 305 V8.
Oh, and brown and orange stripes. Can't forget those stripes.
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SPG 2:13PM (2/15/2008)
A great idea, now purists won't have to hide their modern stereo's in the glove box.
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DoctorZee 4:16PM (2/15/2008)
LAME! I'v been looking for a decent retro replacement radio for years but they all have 80s style LCD readouts. How about a classic style radio with a classic interface guys... this isn't 1989. Keep trying.
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MajorGeek 5:16PM (2/15/2008)
USB instead of an audio jack, maybe? No satellite radio. Forget it.
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Michael 5:50PM (2/15/2008)
Major Geek, the Radio has an audio "analog" input on the front as well as a USB connector, and on top of that, a cd changer din connector on the back (Sanyo protocol)--- you could plug in a sirius unit (stiletto) to the analog input into the front, and also play mp3's from a commonly available flash drive too!
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James 9:40PM (2/15/2008)
No Mopar options... useless for the '70 Barracuda I'm restoring.
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JW 6:32AM (2/16/2008)
I believe this is the best match so far for classic car
Cheers
JW
Man Fashion
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