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Kraftfahrer said:
My good old TVR M V8 is back on the road again – with new roof (without the ugly and shape disturbing sunroof), new rear end section (with Aston Martin DBS lamps instead of huge TR 6 units), new glued-in heated windscreen .. and the necessary paint job of course
What a lovely and great looking car you made of it, also the details in the interior,although that radio looks a bit out of place.
I believe there are great looking modern radios which have a classic (retro) design but modern stuff in it,
would look also good in your TVR I guess.
GTRene said:
What a lovely and great looking car you made of it, also the details in the interior,
although that radio looks a bit out of place.
I believe there are great looking modern radios which have a classic (retro) design but modern stuff in it,
would look also good in your TVR I guess.
Hi GTRene, thanks for your comment. I see your point with the radio, but not for me. The new radio is very useful. When I get in the car, my smartphone connects via Bluetooth, there is nothing inside what´s moving, no CD-player, no cassette-player, no mechanics that can fail, just a slot for a SD-card and an input connector for a 3.5mm stereo jack. But the main point is that it is very short inside the dashboard – just 6 cm deep or so. And it is a good old German quality brand "Blaupunkt". The price was only EUR 69,– – that also speaks for this model (Sydney). All these reasons let me forget that it does not fit proper to the cars age. Before I changed the radio I used a "Grundig" with cassette player from the 80ies. Okay, it was more period specific, but actually does not look better. And the radios you mentioned with retro-look and a lot of chrome parts are often cheap quality and and very poor inside. And inspite of that expensive. Nothing for me – I do hate chrome and retro-looking things. Cheers A. although that radio looks a bit out of place.
I believe there are great looking modern radios which have a classic (retro) design but modern stuff in it,
would look also good in your TVR I guess.
Kraftfahrer said:
Hi GTRene, thanks for your comment. I see your point with the radio, but not for me. The new radio is very useful. When I get in the car, my smartphone connects via Bluetooth, there is nothing inside what´s moving, no CD-player, no cassette-player, no mechanics that can fail, just a slot for a SD-card and an input connector for a 3.5mm stereo jack. But the main point is that it is very short inside the dashboard – just 6 cm deep or so. And it is a good old German quality brand "Blaupunkt". The price was only EUR 69,– – that also speaks for this model (Sydney). All these reasons let me forget that it does not fit proper to the cars age. Before I changed the radio I used a "Grundig" with cassette player from the 80ies. Okay, it was more period specific, but actually does not look better. And the radios you mentioned with retro-look and a lot of chrome parts are often cheap quality and and very poor inside. And inspite of that expensive. Nothing for me – I do hate chrome and retro-looking things. Cheers A.
I see, understandable, don't like the bling chrome either, then this what you have sounds better, also looks better (more 'clean') then that other model you've had before.And as one says, the engine works mostly as a fine 'radio' to listen too, especially with that V8 :-)
GTRene said:
I see, understandable, don't like the bling chrome either, then this what you have sounds better, also looks better (more 'clean') then that other model you've had before.
And as one says, the engine works mostly as a fine 'radio' to listen too, especially with that V8 :-)
Thats right, you normally do not need a radio in a car like this. Not for enjoying music and good sound. That comes from the engine. But sometimes you won't miss it for traffic news or phone conveniences while driving.And as one says, the engine works mostly as a fine 'radio' to listen too, especially with that V8 :-)
The difficulty with radios and classics is that you usually have a great gaping hole in the dash to fill, so you have to put something in whether you intend to use it or not.
I bought a cheap, plastic/chrome unit for my classic as any modern unit just wouldn't have looked right. Its actually pretty good, CD Player, AUX sockets, Bluetooth phone and streaming as well as being a decent radio. Sits in quite well too:-
I have a dusty 1970's Radiomobile unit for the 3000M project when I finally get cracking on that... one day!
I bought a cheap, plastic/chrome unit for my classic as any modern unit just wouldn't have looked right. Its actually pretty good, CD Player, AUX sockets, Bluetooth phone and streaming as well as being a decent radio. Sits in quite well too:-
I have a dusty 1970's Radiomobile unit for the 3000M project when I finally get cracking on that... one day!
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