Single DIN to shaft style?

[Flatwater]

Has anyone ever gone back from a single DIN to a shaft style radio? I would think it would be doable with with either donor dash metal or a new weld in piece. My ‘77 is cut, my son’s ‘79 is not, but he wants it to be. I’m not doing a full restore, but I would like to go retro and put in his old radio or Hermosa-style upgrade.

What says the tribe?

 

[PrairieDrifter]

Has anyone ever gone back from a single DIN to a shaft style radio? I would think it would be doable with with either donor dash metal or a new weld in piece. My ‘77 is cut, my son’s ‘79 is not, but he wants it to be. I’m not doing a full restore, but I would like to go retro and put in his old radio or Hermosa-style upgrade.

What says the tribe?

Yep some people have used donor metal, and I'm sure some have use sheet metal. I'd probably try and find a donor piece. I've got sorta the same problem, except my truck was just hacked out with an ax lol.

I think full dashes can be swapped also.

 

[Turbo4whl]

Something you can do for your son's dashboard since it is not cut yet. Don't cut the complete rectangle hole. Just make two horizontal cuts from each side of the original face hole. Then bend the two sides back into the dash. That way if you chose to return a shaft style radio, just bend the two sides back forward. A couple welds and the dash would be able to receive a shaft radio.

 

[blk81]

Flatwater, I am currently wanting to do the same thing. Mine was cut for a DIN and I want to go back with a RetroSound Hermosa. I haven't began to look for a donor dash to cut, but I think that will be difficult. '81 c10

 

[Rusty Nail]

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[Catbox]

Something you can do for your son's dashboard since it is not cut yet. Don't cut the complete rectangle hole. Just make two horizontal cuts from each side of the original face hole. Then bend the two sides back into the dash. That way if you chose to return a shaft style radio, just bend the two sides back forward. A couple welds and the dash would be able to receive a shaft radio.

This is how the hack artist did my stereo installation.
But they were so geniusy, that they made the hole to big for the DIN head unit to stay in place. Morons.

I plan on bending it back and simply fixing it well enough that I can do the work properly to hold my new head unit.

At least they left me the metal to work with.
Do it this way for the future of the boys truck.