Pull out radios in cars • lemmings

[bigbill]

I had a removable face stereo in my 86 Accord LX. Overall it was a kickass system.

These days, I drive an F250 XLT work truck (cloth bench, with satellite radio), and my phone via Android is my deluxe entertainment system. So I guess we've run full circle because I take it with me when I get out.

[BRad704]

Originally Posted by Hank Scorpio

I had a Nakamichi single DIN six cd changer. Still have no idea how it worked internally but it was the skippiest piece of junk ever.

I can still remember standing at the open trunk of my Civic in high school, picking which CD's I wanted to load into the changer for that day.

[72gmc]

Dad had a Quattro with an Alpine stereo, but my dream was a 911 with a Blaupunkt.

[Tony T]

Alpine removable faceplate radios are still available at Crutchfield.

[morrisericd]

I have a 1978 911 with a Blaupunkt. I've never turned it on. That flat 6 is the only noise I need!

[goonster]

Originally Posted by 72gmc

Dad had a Quattro with an Alpine stereo, but my dream was a 911 with a Blaupunkt.

OK, but how's your curveball?

[72gmc]

Originally Posted by goonster

OK, but how's your curveball?

This many years later, it still bugs me that Annie chose that boy.

[enr1co]

Had an Alpine pullout deck similar to this one back in the mid 80's but recall paying much more than $85

https://youtu.be/qVxrJ3w-zrE

[PQJ]

Growing up as I did in South Africa, pull-out radios were actually handy, because people would - routinely - break your car window and pull out your radio (and anything else they could).

This thread brings back some good memories of my Alpine (pull out) radio. To quote a famous 80s movie, it was "so choice."

[bigman]

I walked into my friends apartment on the upper side of Manhattan in the late 80's, on his coffee table was perched his Blaupunkt removable radio face plate with a sign that read "No Car".

His beautiful MG was stolen the day before.

[warren128]

Back in the late 70s, my dad parked his 78 Chevy Malibu (POS car, but that's a different story) which he purchased brand new, in a large, multi-car, private parking lot with roll down metal doors. He rented his stall on a monthly basis.

It was in a "nice" neighborhood in San Francisco. One day, I went in to use the car, and discovered the entire dash (it was plastic) from the radio slot down was literally cut out. So they trashed the whole dash of the car just to get to the factory, crappy radio/cassette unit. It was shocking to find it that way, and also puzzling as to why anyone would do that.

Maybe the thieves just wanted to practice in the enclosed safety of that garage.

[AgilisMerlin]

Originally Posted by bigman

I walked into my friends apartment on the upper side of Manhattan in the late 80's, on his coffee table was perched his Blaupunkt removable radio face plate with a sign that read "No Car".

His beautiful MG was stolen the day before.

that's funny

[robt57]

This serves to remind me the muriad of times my good friend ran back into tha bar to fetch his stash/pile he forgot on the bar, again...

A pile of phone, keys and benzi/blaupunkt. And occasionally a beeper before he gave phone # out regularly when cell call$ added up fast.

[Spdntrxi]

removable cat. converters would be handy

[Bob Ross]

Amongst the plethora of useless trivia that clutters my brain is the name of the company that pioneered the retrofittable remove-your-car-radio enclosure:

Bensi Box