<VV> Late Model AM radio removal

[Sethracer at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/21/2006 4:13:06 AM Pacific Daylight Time,  
pbob63 at frontiernet.net writes:

How do I  remove the stock radio from my 65 monza? Does it come out from 
the front,  or back? Looks like I need to remove the defroster duct to 
get it out from  the rear, is this correct? Or, does it come out the 
front after the knobs  and bezel are removed? I need to remove the bad 
speaker from the  dash.



Paul - My actual procedure is to drop the duct work down first, as  described 
by others. Then remove the ashtray and the metal receptacle it slides  in. A 
couple of screws from the bottom of the dash and a single "L" bracket that  
attaches the top of it to the bottom of the radio. Watch out here, it is easy to 
 cut yourself! Then disconnect all the wiring from the radio. The power and 
the  speaker are usually in one flat plug. And don't forget the antenna! Then 
pull  the knobs off and, using a deep socket (5/8", I think) start removing the 
 nuts on the two shafts. The Chrome radio bezel will come off the front and 
the  radio will start to sag backwards. It will drop down in the rear. Just 
pull the  radio back, rotate it vertical and lower it down and drop it out the 
back. The  speaker is held in with a bracket which just pushes up on the magnet 
in the  middle of the speaker. This arrangement is what makes it so hard to 
install a  larger replacement speaker in the same location. The above works fine 
for either  of the AM radios, manual or push-button. If you have an AM-FM or 
worse, an AM-FM  and Air conditioning - you will need the dexterity of a heart 
surgeon, and  some band-aids.  - Seth Emerson