Need help with 65 B-Body radio bracket!

[Nismobishi]

Hello everyone,
I have a 65 Satellite that has a CD player in it. I have the original radio and bezel but they hacked up the dash a little bit and I don't see any way to mount the radio. Does someone have a picture of a radio installed without the bezel on or a picture of what the brackets look like?

 

[Nismobishi]

Nobody? I need to see how the radio mounts to the dash.

 

[Timmayy]

Unfortunately I pulled mine out last year. Planning on having it converted to bluetooth. I think there is a small bracket to help stabilize it. It's in my buddies shop right now so I don't have access to it.

 

[Jim Kent]

Hello everyone,
I have a 65 Satellite that has a CD player in it. I have the original radio and bezel but they hacked up the dash a little bit and I don't see any way to mount the radio. Does someone have a picture of a radio installed without the bezel on or a picture of what the brackets look like?

65 Satellite front and back radio

 

[Nismobishi]

Thank you!!! That's exactly what I needed to see. So I am missing the from part that the knobs go through. I will fab up a bottom bracket and just have the knobs held by the bezel then. Thank you again!!!

 

[Timmayy]

Thank you!!! That's exactly what I needed to see. So I am missing the from part that the knobs go through. I will fab up a bottom bracket and just have the knobs held by the bezel then. Thank you again!!!

Did someone cut out the radio bezel off the dash in the past?

 

[Nismobishi]

Yes,
Back in the 90's a stereo shop cut out the dash and bezel and installed a CD player. I got a new bezel but the dash would either need to be replaced or I can probably make a new plate out of sheet metal and tack it in the dash where the original one was cut out for the radio to mount to.

 

[Timmayy]

Yes,
Back in the 90's a stereo shop cut out the dash and bezel and installed a CD player. I got a new bezel but the dash would either need to be replaced or I can probably make a new plate out of sheet metal and tack it in the dash where the original one was cut out for the radio to mount to.

I would probably try to tack on a metal bezel. I think over time the plastic bezel would crack with no front support.

 

[Nismobishi]

That was my worry as well. I think this should not be too hard. Sheet metal, Drill, Snips, there is a perfect rectangle in the dash where the metal needs to be tacked in.