installing a modern radio in an old car with an amp 70 chevelle how to DIY do it yourself
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- čas přidán 9. 01. 2017
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car is a 70 chevelle that i installed a modern radio in..
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So glad I found your channel! Finally a CZcams channel that focuses on old school rides with walkthrough tutorials! Subbed!
Hi Chris, I have love your videos and I am thankful for you sacrifice. You have also helped a lot since I have started putting together my 1972 El Camino and saved me a lot of tears!
Always fun to find an old treasure like your C.D. all I can say is "rock on"
How appropriate. Black Sabbath, Master of Reality, Released in 1971. Love your videos. I am also restoring a 1970 Chevelle SS 454.
Dude , first time seeing your videos and just have to say , , , , Your the SH%#.. Your ideas & instructions are clear & concise... & with years of useful experience. Thank you !
Just the video I was looking for! Trying to wire my 67 cheap!!
Hey man randomly found this channel. Checked out others you have. I have to say. Love the style. You break it down very nicely Chris. I am picking up a 71 chevelle ss roller so I will be checking your channel out everyday man. Thanks for the videos. Not sure but I would like to see frame off to road riding type videos on the chevelle. That being said. All your other videos are handy as well like the door bell one and the painting the shudders. Love it keep going !!
I really like your real world approach!!!👍🏼🤘🏼💯
Oh no! You went super fast on tapping into the fuse box! I need to get a radio in an old van. Previous owner stripped out the wiring.Nice video though. Thanks for posting.
Just the video im looking for, Thanks 👍
Excellent Taste in music and autos, My brethren! Looking forward to doing the same in my 66 chevelle and blasting some sabotage (my personal favorite sabbath album). Cheers!
do you have videos of the car on CZcams??
THANKS YOU HELPED ME A LOT !!!
I heard the smiths, Radiohead, and maybe tame impala in the background during this vid. A very pleasant surprise to hear interesting, good music during a muscle car video.
Good stuff thanks man
Now I can add music to my 1970 cutlass soon as I get my stimmy
Hi Chris
I always love your videos man, they are very helpful, and I love the way you working on your car
I own a 72 Chevelle
Although this video shows the right way to install a sound system
I'm little disappointed to see that you cut a perfectly good super sport dash
My dash is the sweep style and I went to a lot of trouble to find one that wasn't cut
+Rafael Reefer I restored that dash and the radio holes were chopped up... they looked like they were good but they weren't
Thanks God bless you
Hey man, you wanna put that fuse as close as possible to the battery to prevent a fire. If the cable gets pinched in the floor or the trunk and shorts to ground it'll melt down real quick.
ACA332 I didnt even think about that... i just didnt want to put that cheesy fuse in the engine bay... guess i will now... thanks for that info...
Glad to help. Should be easy to hide it inside the fender. I know what you mean though, ruins the classic look of an engine bay.
you could do what I've done before and run a graphic equalizer/booster not a dry eq or pre equalizer,they are usually 45-140 watts and power your rear speakers that way and you will be able to hear them,I did that with a set of pyramid III gold series 4x10 200 watt speakers powered by the Jensen 88 watt graphic equalizer/booster, you could also use a kraco or boss audio and even pyramid and Pyle made them.
hey Chris, do you know where I can find that plastic/rubber strap that covers the wires to the back?
You should put the fuse by the battery, because if that wire that thick should short out against the the body there's a good chance that the car will catch fire,
now if the fuse is bay the battery the fuse blow before it catches fire.
Hey where did you get the radio harness from? I have a Ls1 chevelle im putting together and Im triyng not to cut into the wires please help.
Nice video! Eventually I want to put an amp and subwoofers in my 69 Skylark. I just had a JVC Bluetooth radio installed. I’m not audio savvy but very informative video. What do you recommend for subwoofer and amp crossover? I like bass
I have too many question to ask all in a comment so, please I'd love to hear from you back man I need help on where to began on my fathers 71 chevy Malibu . Thank you
Where did you get the spacer for the 6x9? Custom?
Fuse is in the engine bay cause you want it as close to the power source (in this case battery) as possible. Having it in the trunk won't do you much cause you can set your car on fire if the wire shorts to ground before the fuse. You have to have it 5-10 inches from the battery, that's the proper way to do it.
+ Atrax R I was just so repulsed by that ugly fuse... I ended up hiding it on inner fender by the battery
Hi chirs I'm about to wire a radio to my 67 Firebird for the first time I have a yellow wire that goes on when the car goes on and it leads to the radio fuse on the fuse box I don't need to put another fuse on this wire or do I and for the memory of the radio I put it to the battery extra position on the fuse box with a 10 amp fuse is that right thank you for all your help and if I don't use the memory wire can I leave it alone without being wired to nothing
the yellow wire is already fused.. add an 18 gauge red with a 10 amp fuse to BAT for the red memory wire on radio.. YES, you are right..
Can you make a door and quarter window adjustments video..
Hi Cris, for the constant 12v red wire that connects the radio to the BAT fuse box, I have a 20amp fuse with the wire instead of 10amp. Will that work? You mentioned 10 or 15 amp. Can it be anything above 10amps?
20 amp is too big.. the radio would possibly burn up before that fuse would blow.., most radios use a 10 amp fuse
Ok now I got a question for ya. I notice you used wire nuts, I was always taught they could vibrate loose in an automotive application. How do they work out in your experence? If nothing else they seem like they would be a bit bulky. I just solder/shrinktube pretty much everything.
+southernfriedhippie I never permanently wire in a radio plug... they were taped in the video... only place I would use wire nuts on a car...wrap them with electrical tape and they will not come loose.. I have never seen a wire but come loose when it was installed correctly
Chris Craft can you make an exhaust video? Revving and sound etc..
Chris, if my dash has a clock like yours and it's always on, could the radio be run from the clock wire?
In other words, not use the clock since I don't care if it works anyway and use it for the radio only
Thought my dad was doing a diy video when Black Sabbath went on
NEVER use Home connections for vehicle electrical connections, I guarantee you those twist caps will cause problems later on
+Ethan Hays the point of the video is hooking up the radio those connectors are fine if you tape them up like I did in the video..
@@chriscraft77022 Can you do a Cuda or Cutlass show install new speakers
you want the fuses as close to the power source as possible.
So the stock three wires are yellow(accessory) black(ground)and gray (illumination). Correct and I can run a red wire to battery for memory to red wire on CD player?
Yes
Chris Craft your awesome I was confused because normally it's color to color but I'm new when it comes to adding it to a classic car
What do I need to put the red wire in to the fuse box? Is there a certain connection piece to put in the BAT in the fuse box?
dont do that...
Need to see how you cut the dash for the radio
I have a video on it
Fuse your positive close to the battery and run your power wire on opposite side from the rcas to eliminate interference you'll like yourself later
Is that a single din or half din head unit?
Single
Should illumination (Orange) and 12v hot (Red), just be spliced and run together?
on some cars and radios you could...does the vehicle not have illumination? just tap into dash lights
Chris Craft it’s a 80s k10. I just fully understand how to do it. Thanks. And btw you are a very helpfully CZcamsr. Relay videos and now this. Great editing by the way.
Chris Craft my k10 has a middle speaker in the dash. What do you think I should do. It’s a 6x9 so it would be nice to keep it. Just not sure on wiring it up...
all you can do is wire 1 front speaker to it.. or get a dual 6x9 with the 2 little speakers in it
I followed this to a T. In my 69 impala. The stereo is draining the battery. What did I do wrong?!
yellow is battery all the time ( memory wire ).
red is on with on with key ( ign )
you could have red connected to BAT instead of IGN
Fuse needs to be by the battery
Fuckin SABBATH!!!
50$ is expinsive ? 😂 man i spent alot of money in my chevy 1990 i never seen anything expinsive
+Mike Anderson it is when you are trying to finish a car that already has $16000 in it
Chris Craft oh i see well i just want say i love all ur videos 😉
I have too many question to ask all in a comment so, please I'd love to hear from you back man I need help on where to began on my fathers 71 chevy Malibu . Thank you
what’s up? go ahead and ask me anything
Well to begin my dads got a 71 paddle shift chevy Malibu with 600k miles and I just need advice on where to attack/start on the car