Where is the best place to fit a radio in a 275GTB?

Hi Mark,

Highly recommend NOT to install any radio.....speakers are even worse...
I never saw a good fitted radio in a 275 GTB, but hey, thats me....

Ciao
Oscar

 

Forget the radio.

First thing I did was removed the radio...... I find music too distracting driving this car. These cars are kinda "busy", and you need to pay attention to what is going on.

just my opinion.

(texted from my iphone while driving a 275gtb )

 

Three years ago I drove my employers supercharged Mustang to Italy via Germany and the car had a Corsa exhaust. Not boomy. And I put 6000 miles on it, and never once missed the radio.

The only cars that would have sounded better inside without a radio would be your Ferrari and my 911 !!

 

Your desk drawer is the best place for a radio in a 275GTB

Brian Brown

 

I think it is fine to fit a radio (correct for period only!!) if the car originally had one. You just shouldn't turn it on. My GTC has a correct radio but I've never switched it on, not even driving in the pouring rain for 11 hours and sitting in traffic jams.

The 275's in Keith Bluemel's book have the radio in the main section of the dash.


Onno

 

I really like this McIntosh head unit. It Looks pretty classy in comparison with most decks today. I dont know if I would use it on a 275GTB, but a nice alternative if one preferred a modern deck.


http://www.mcintoshlabs.com/us/Products/pages/categorylanding.aspx?CatId=CarAudioSource

 

Was at a car show in Stone last night and a local lad showed up with his long nose, 2 cam, silver GTB, and it had no radio. And the car sounded great !!

 

TOTAL agreement!

 

I recently had to drive my Daytona 2200 miles to nationals. Yes a radio was nice, but one the stock radio has Euro bands and i did not have any 8-track tapes. Whats this have to do with a 275, well i did install a secret audio receiver in the car. Gave me radio, and ipod, + i could rip it out where no one knew where it was. You can easly hide one in your 275 and slip a few speaker under the dash for your personal use.

Dave

 

I'd go for no radio, without a proper head unit, amps and high end speakers (not to mention dynamatting the entire car) sound quality is going to be pretty poor. In that respect the McIntosh is a great start, both in looks and sound.....

....however fitting amps, tweeters, mids and subs in a 275 would be sacrilege. Therefore the only reason I'd (might) fit a radio in a classic would be to have integrated SatNav and decent enough small speakers (Focal 10 or 13 Coax) to listen to the news and the occasional song when polishing the bodywork;-)

In this respect this might be just the thing:

http://www.porsche.com/uk/accessoriesandservice/classic/news/classicnews/?pool=uk&id=2010-11-04-classic

Of course you'd need to spend some time to erase the P word and stencil F in place.

 

I LOVE that head unit for the 911! Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be available in the states. I wonder if there's a way to make it work...

 

I hate to disagree with such an acknowledged expert as Brian on this one but he's flat out wrong (as is Carbonero) for that matter.
Best place is right rear of trunk (left rear for RHD cars), in original unopened box, secured. You may place additional weight/ballast there as well- as long as you don't get carried away. Through this placement, you will bring the F/R and L/R weight distribution of the car a little bit closer to 50/50.

 

In 1967 I purchased a new 4 Cam at the factory. I was young and had to have a radio. Ferrari installed a housing that fit over the "driveshaft" tunnel. I think the speakers were in the doors. It was a long time ago. It looked like it belonged. A few years ago I was invited to England to visit the same car. It had been a ground up restoration and was better than the day I picked it up. It didn't have the radio box. I've never seen another one all these years.
Just for fun enclosed a photo of the big day in 1967. You can see too much of me and too little of the blue 275 GTB/4.
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