Dash repair and stereo install - Home Built Project Beetle part 7

[@nigelmillion8192]

5 more episodes and I'll be onto the 3rd year. Great work on the cars and brilliant viewing. Keep up the great work.

[@steveo5174]

As a car audio fitter of 25+ years, the people who change their stereo, own, 80s, 90s and 00s models. The "old cars" are few and far between. And FYI there are "Retrosound" stereos available but in general they are cheap and sound terrible. Also ive never seen someone cut a dash with a grinder. Use an air panel saw and small handheld belt linisher my friend. Thanks for the great content.

[@Number27]

nice to see the ongoing process buddy..

[@darrenv7929]

Ok...Mrs Jeff certainly won’t make a news reporter with bloopers like that every week.😁Totally agree with your comment about manufacturers not making modern retro audio units... I have been saying the same thing for years.

[@mikl911]

Really liking the Beetle vids! Rolling resto theme is very cool. Your skill with that huge angle grinder is second to non, lol. I have to agree with OscarTangpAtc about the lift I got one last year and it was the best investment I ever made, especially when working on a lowered Porsche (back saver) and time saved jacking a car up. Keep up the great work!!

[@CliffordBustria]

Mr Jeff & Mrs Jeff are super informational, Hooray!

[@Bell5634]

I love your videos...I am in the market for an old Ford Bronco and when I was doing some research I came across a vintage styled shaft radio that has blue tooth. Really cool. I don't remember that it was that inexpensive though.

[@HomeBuiltByJeff]

It was not as cheap as I would like, but it has a heap of different styles and button configurations. I think from memory mine cost about AU$500.

[@carportchronicles1943]

I totally agree about the market for old twin-knob style car stereos. My wife and I want one for our '78 Super Convertible. I've looked on ebay, Amazon, and even put a "wanted" ad on Craigslist, and have not found anything worthwhile at a reasonable price. It seems like someone in China could be putting these together for well under $100 U.S.

[@HomeBuiltByJeff]

I have a Retro Sound unit in my 911 which looks great and works well from the little I have used it, but it cost me around AU$500, where you can get a Kenwood or Sony, or whatever unit with bluetooth, etc, for AU$100. Surely these manufacturers can just put a different face on an existing unit.

[@paulm2701]

Should have checked out classicindustries.com. They have lots of retro style radios that have modern functionality but old school looks. Great video as always. Keep up the cool content.

[@Paul_VanGo]

Or: webshop.caliber.nl/category/view/car-513/car-head-units-421/car-head-units-universal-422 www.dietz.gmbh/radio/retroradio-dietz/ Gelhard Classic 40 "Retro Look" RDS Autoradio CD MP3 USB SD + Bluetooth Freisprecheinrichtung www.amazon.de/dp/B008AYXUFU/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_mboZAbN1DWZJA They are all over ebay and amazon. All for just over €100

[@gregh7457]

but they're only plug n play for american cars. You would have to hunt down which one fits the vw dash. Retrosound makes a retro unit for vw. One on ebay for 159 usd

[@ricolaracing]

From memory I'm pretty sure I fed a power feed for an old radar detector on my old bug down the inside of the A pillar, that's where the interior light wiring goes as stock..

[@onepairofhands]

i am sure you have thought of it Jeff, but would a couple of spacers behind you window winder be worth considering before you do your 'hidden speaker' job. . . . . i can just see a precious and highly glossed Mrs Jeff fingernail having a fight with a speaker....man with a lathe on standby !

[@HomeBuiltByJeff]

Haha, it should be fine for the time being... famous last words ;)

[@musclecarczarig4003]

Why didn't you do the flush mount speakers with perforations on these door panels? Great video as always.

[@HomeBuiltByJeff]

I actually mentioned that it is what I plan on doing when I get the new door skins. Until then I am not going to spend too much time with the old stuff.

[@musclecarczarig4003]

I figured they would be good practice panels, thats all.

[@lowguidoschopshop]

I'm at 9:19 and im thinking "I wonder how long until you realise that the window winders are gonna foul"

[@HomeBuiltByJeff]

Obviously a lot later than I should have ;)

[@emandbryce4500]

Retrosound do some great, reasonably priced stereos

[@HomeBuiltByJeff]

I have one in my 911, but the big brands could do better and they could still be much cheaper.

[@jayinmi3706]

There are two companies that make retro style radios that I can think of off the top of my head. Retrosound and Classic Autosound. However, they are overpriced and based on cheap Chinese and Malaysian radios that would typically be around $19. However, in the days of bluetooth now, a lot of manufacturers make hideaway radios and amplifiers. There isn't really a market like you'd think there would be.

[@StanleyKubick1]

lesser men would have used a dremel to cut out the din-slot, but Jeff brought a grinder from his construction side-gig =P

[@effpv6]

Has Mrs Jeff Claimed it yet like she wanted at the start

[@charlesmiller5078]

I vote for Mrs Jeff to start the Show.

[@HomeBuiltByJeff]

I like that idea.

[@soranrix]

microfon at a pillar is not good the wind will fuck it up, clip it on the mirror instead no noise, regards Sören

[@truthseeker8483]

Looks like an electrician's radio mounting job..hammer and chisel......good to get that fixed up..so why does the speaker hit the window winder if there is a standard hole there in the door for it?

[@HomeBuiltByJeff]

That is a good point, although those speaker grills were pretty chunky.

[@truthseeker8483]

non-standard window winders perhaps?

[@OscarTangoAtc]

Jeff, have you considered a scissor-lift? Enough to raise the car 50 cm at the push of a button. Cheap-auto?

[@HomeBuiltByJeff]

Possibly but it is not a high priority at the moment.

[@69MazdaR100]

In the illumination settings you should have RGB, set them all to 9, and you’ll have white as the colour

[@HomeBuiltByJeff]

Sweet, I will have a look, cause those colours are horrible ;)

[@For4Reel]

Its time that you geht hooked up with product placement!

[@soranrix]

no the braun is the ground in a german car,unless it´s butchered keep up the good work. look a bit over the top with the angel grinder in there he he when´s the steering wheel going in??

[@HomeBuiltByJeff]

That is true. I forgot about that in the 911. Still waiting on a huge parts order.

[@koolkar55]

Love ya V-Dub Jeff. It will be great when it's all done. :-) Try this stereo Jeff. Ebay AM FM Car Stereo Radio iPOD USB CD & BLUETOOTH Vintage 50's Classic Style & Look

[@WaynesGarage]

Hey Jeff mate there is a guy on facebook that you can get one like that

[@Wood-Renovations]

I feel weird having noticed your nice haircut lmao

[@amraceway]

Build your own retro stereo face?

[@HomeBuiltByJeff]

Haha, I am not looking to spend that much time on it ;)

[@Wood-Renovations]

Wait, if there weren't speakers before why was there a stereo?

[@HomeBuiltByJeff]

The old stereo had a couple of speakers in a dodgy parcel shelf someone had put in.

[@jeffintoronto5712]

I see you subscribe to my technique of measure once, cut many, many times and sneak up on the proper size.

[@HomeBuiltByJeff]

Haha, yep. As I really don't want to over cut ;)

[@kapindustries9236]

Awesome Jeff. Did you go see the video that mentioned you from motion auto tv yet? Check my videos also Jeff. I do stuff on my e36 m3. I also run my own business. Might be able to one day sponsor one of your videos? Let me know

[@HomeBuiltByJeff]

I saw the Motion Auto vid, thanks. Nice work on your vids, great to see more Aussies getting out there in KZbin.

[@kapindustries9236]

Home Built By Jeff thanks man! Keep up your great work!

[@eppalockengineering8332]

The only time a angle grinder is needed to install a radio

[@cannednolan8194]

Looks like he only had a hammer and chisel. B is for build just started a 240. Look what he’s planning to do.

[@RJCoAustralia]

His builds are getting worse and worse and more rushed. after the lotus I lost all interest.

[@gregh7457]

I'm just shaking my head at how ambitious he is with it and his budget being so small. Transferring all the bmw computers over into the 240 is a monumental task as well as transferring the suspensions. I think it's going to be a rat rod in the end unfortunately. If he pulls it off i will be really impressed. Hoping but cautiously optimistic. I like Jeff's builds, no flashing purple lights and flashy disco balls

[@gregh7457]

I think his target audience is 15-25 year olds with short attention spans that are easily distracted so he needs to keep the pace up. The polar opposite of project binky

[@RJCoAustralia]

it will be held together with zip ties and tape. Im still yest to see him paint one car without screwing it up hes painted like 10 cars now and still cant get it right

[@RJCoAustralia]

project binky now there is some sweet fab skills there.

[@countryironforge4275]

Maybe you should have left the blue tooth microphone out of the install and used it for the camera..... 😉😅

[@HomeBuiltByJeff]

Haha, I wish I had thought of that ;)

[@artagain8977]

13:00 then back to 0:00

[@buckneighkidd419]

El Alamain !

[@hayestessmer9880]

I thought you weren’t going all out. From what you said it seems like you are spending money on unnecessary things.

[@HomeBuiltByJeff]

It still needed to be fixed up, so it is not really pointless. The car is going to be a quick turn around, but I still want to do it right ;)

[@hayestessmer9880]

Ok