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Bugeye Radio Blank

Mio

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Greetings,
When I acquired my Bugeye the previous owner included an assemblage of parts -- some new, some not so new, and many more exceedingly antiquated, in the purchase. One particular part was a radio blank which had no real purpose given that he had installed a sound system in the car. I definitely would not define myself as an audiophile and actually much prefer to listen to the sound of the car. As such, I removed the sound system which naturally meant that I now had a rather large hole in my dash. True, I could readily re-cover the dash so as to eliminate the hole but the vinyl is actually in very good condition. Accordingly, I decided to recondition the radio blank (see pic).

My question to the more erudite and sage members of this forum: Were radio blanks particularly prevalent? I suspect not given that I have not seen too many of them but I could be mistaken.

Mike

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A couple of weeks ago I was reading yet another history of Spridgets. As I recall Midgets had the MG Logo on their blanking plates, AH's did not. Thus, a) I suspect yours is either modified or not from an AH and 2) I do think they were fairly common in the early years of radios being an option as owners seemed to install their own.
 
Nice job on the re-coditioned blank there, Mike!! A very professional job that!! I do not think I have ever seen a blank like that! (I have seen the Midget ones referred to!). That is sweet!
 
JPSmit said:
I suspect yours is either modified or not from an AH

Hi John-Peter,
Thanks for the information. This explains why I have not seen a similar item in the various vendor catalogs. Whoever did the modification did a very good job.

Mike
 
bugimike said:
Nice job on the re-coditioned blank there, Mike!! That is sweet!

Thanks, Mike! It turned out rather well and definitely serves its purpose.

Mike
 
I like the blank, and the restoration. Well done. Will serve the purpose just fine.
 
BE had a punch out in the dash that could be removed. If not they were upholtered right over it.
 
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