Mk1 Glove box with a CD player inside...

[Balley]

Well as some of you know my new project is all about standard grandad spec and sleeper.

This is how the interior now looks after I removed the SRi interior, changed the dash, steering wheel, gear knob, radio etc. I wanted a old medium wave radio, sourced this one from a local autojumble. Looks the part I think..

Any way obviously I still want to listen to FM radio etc so I decided to mount a CD player in the glove box.

Here is how I did it.

Take one glove box...
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Make a template..


I used 19mm MDF as I had some..


Covered in the thin Carpet found under the back seat of a Nova.. matched the rest plus its thin and easy to work with. Used spray adhesive and tacks to hold into place...
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Fitted.. used a couple of screws to mount it.




I then set about cutting the back out as the radio would of fowled the back of the glove box. I marked where I wanted to cut then cut it with a 1mm cutting disc on a grinder. Used some 180grit paper to clean up the edges...





And radio fitted...




Just need to mount some hidden four inch speakers now

Dan

[raf24]

Looks good mate,i'm just about to do something similar with mine

[Balley]

Thanks, Stealth is the way forward!

[brainsnova]

Is it Stretch Armstrong to see and work the buttons

[L14MNP]

Tidy job. I always do the same in my old cars, but I partition it so the rest of the glovebox is still useable.

Your way is a lot neater though. Reminds me of my mates old IASCA competition car (wasn't the HU in there, but you know what I mean)

[Balley]

Brains. I am 6'4" I am sure I can reach a nova glove box.
Cheers l14mnp

[EwanG]

I am wanting to do the same dont want to cut up my glovebox. What wires are for connecting a new style stereo to the nova loom? There is only three to power it (am I right?) Live constant live and earth? What colours is what?

[Spudly]

Looks good but i wouldve just cut a slot into the back of the glovebox, rather than take the whole top off


Joff has a similar setup in his, but he went one step further and in typical Joff epic cool style, he removed the whole front of the H/U, then made a wiring loom to run between the H/U and the front/faceplate, and mounted the front behind the flick up panel on his SRi sunvisors, then ran the loom down a pillar and back to the H/U in the glovebox, how fecking cool is that


Only ever seen that done twice, once on Joffs, and once on a mates old cav GSi

[chrisd1986]

Looks good but i wouldve just cut a slot into the back of the glovebox, rather than take the whole top off


Joff has a similar setup in his, but he went one step further and in typical Joff epic cool style, he removed the whole front of the H/U, then made a wiring loom to run between the H/U and the front/faceplate, and mounted the front behind the flick up panel on his SRi sunvisors, then ran the loom down a pillar and back to the H/U in the glovebox, how fecking cool is that


Only ever seen that done twice, once on Joffs, and once on a mates old cav GSi

thats epic

[joff-turbo-nova]

Epic ..... different maybe