Years ago I stashed away a Toyota radio out of a 60 I found in a yard. When my aftermarket stereo died recently, I couldn't find a new radio to fit so I dusted off this old one and slipped it in.
It didn't have a lot of power but the tuner section was pulling in stations like no other radio had done before. Great for me since I listen to a lot of AM while driving.
I decided to invest a few dollars into it and had it tuned up adding a pre-amp out stage and an AUX-in so I could connect it to my iPod. I added a cheap mini-amp and wow, this brick in the wall of junk radios turned out to another cool part of my 40.
Only problem is, I was much younger and less patient when I originally found the radio so I never took the time to look through the 60 to find the radio face plate or the knobs.
I wonder if anyone on the board has a radio face plate for a 40 or perhaps the knobs for the radio they wouldn't mind selling. Or, even suggestions on other Toyota models with matching face plates/knobs that I could more easily source.
Feel free to post or PM me.
ps. I'll admit it's strange to be putting in an old AM-FM radio when everyone else has DVD/GPS units but, what can I say, I like the simplicity of it and how well it works as a radio.
It didn't have a lot of power but the tuner section was pulling in stations like no other radio had done before. Great for me since I listen to a lot of AM while driving.
I decided to invest a few dollars into it and had it tuned up adding a pre-amp out stage and an AUX-in so I could connect it to my iPod. I added a cheap mini-amp and wow, this brick in the wall of junk radios turned out to another cool part of my 40.
Only problem is, I was much younger and less patient when I originally found the radio so I never took the time to look through the 60 to find the radio face plate or the knobs.
I wonder if anyone on the board has a radio face plate for a 40 or perhaps the knobs for the radio they wouldn't mind selling. Or, even suggestions on other Toyota models with matching face plates/knobs that I could more easily source.
Feel free to post or PM me.
ps. I'll admit it's strange to be putting in an old AM-FM radio when everyone else has DVD/GPS units but, what can I say, I like the simplicity of it and how well it works as a radio.