[DeTomaso] Re Opening console for modern din 1 (2 by 7) radio???

[Thomas Törnblom]

Perhaps modifying one of these?

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> 29 jan. 2018 kl. 22:02 skrev Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com>:
> 
>   Crutchfield will most likely have an universal bezel or trim ring, but
>   if your radio face is already larger it's not designed for one. You can
>   usually use the mounting sleeve for a template and it has tabs that
>   bend around the back side of the opening prior to sliding in the radio.
>   Just go easy with a Dremel tool until the sleeve slides in the hole.
> 
>   Julian
>     __________________________________________________________________
> 
>   From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on behalf of
>   Ken Green via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
>   Sent: Monday, January 29, 2018 12:29 PM
>   To: Tomas Gunnarsson; detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
>   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Re Opening console for modern din 1 (2 by 7)
>   radio???
> 
>   Hi Tomas,
>       The flange on the mounting sleeve is only maybe 1/16 inch.  The
>   hole can't be even a little oversized.  The face of the radio is only
>   slightly larger.  Not real user friendly.  I tried to find a bezel made
>   for a din 1 radio, but can't find one.
>       I could try to make a sheet metal bezel?  If I mess it up, I can
>   make another one.  Sheet metal would provide a more positive indexing
>   to the sleeve than the fiberglass.  Maybe just a 1/4 inch around the
>   opening, paint it black?
>   Ken
>         From: Tomas Gunnarsson <guson at home.se>
>    To: kenn_green at yahoo.com; detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
>    Sent: Monday, January 29, 2018 1:57 AM
>    Subject: [DeTomaso] Re Opening console for modern din 1 (2 by 7)
>   radio???
> 
>     Ken,
>     If you mark the corners of the new opening from the front, then cut
>   the
>     cover according to those marks and fold it away while you cut from
>   the
>     front you should be fine.
>     Tomas
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