[Vwdiesel] radio slot

[William Longyard]

Only the old-style radios with two knobs will fit the original opening. 
HOWEVER, using a razor knife, a drill, and a lot of patience you can enlarge 
the opening to fit the modern "1 DIN" size radios.  To do this, get the 
dimensions of a "1 DIN" from, perhaps, Best Buy, or Circuit City, and on the 
back of your dash lay down masking tape larger than this dimension.  Now, on 
the masking tape, mark out the area that needs to be cut.  Using a 1/8" 
drill make numerous drills into the plastic so that the outer edge of the 
drill is INSIDE the drawn line.  One you've make about 100 drillings, use a 
sharp, new razor blade to cut out the plastic.  The result should be nearly 
perfect.

I just did this last week and installed a wonderful new SONY am/fm/CD/MP3 
satellite ready unit in my 81 Rabbit Caddy.

Good luck,
Bill Longyard


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pam & Doug Boes" <db53248 at alltel.net>
To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2006 8:34 PM
Subject: [Vwdiesel] radio slot


> Does anyone know what the radio slot dimensions are in the Rabbit? Or, how
> large of a radio (physically) can be fit into the original dash w/o major
> modifications?
>
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