retro look cd players

[mwg123]

I am looking to fit a cd player in my 1980's mercedes sl 500 and want something that is in keeping with the car, hence topic. I have seen the becker mexico 7948 ( take a look if you haven't seen it, its georgeous!)at £1000 upwards, but i have no need for the sat nav and realy don't want to spend that much on a stereo! Can anyone sujest any other units?

Many Thanks

Matt

Edited by mwg123 on Friday 9th May 21:54

Edited by mwg123 on Friday 9th May 21:58

[Markh]

mwg123 said:

I am looking to fit a cd player in my 1980's mercedes sl 500 and want something that is in keeping with the car, hence topic. I have seen the becker mexico 7948 ( take a look if you haven't seen it, its georgeous!)at £1000 upwards, but i have no need for the sat nav and realy don't want to spend that much on a stereo! Can anyone sujest any other units?

Many Thanks

Matt

Edited by mwg123 on Friday 9th May 21:54

Edited by mwg123 on Friday 9th May 21:58

Well possibly, Nakamichi make some very understated head units (no silver fascia, cascading neon dolphins here) even has a volume knob!, just a thought and they sound good as well

[Markh]

mwg123 said:

I am looking to fit a cd player in my 1980's mercedes sl 500 and want something that is in keeping with the car, hence topic. I have seen the becker mexico 7948 ( take a look if you haven't seen it, its georgeous!)at £1000 upwards, but i have no need for the sat nav and realy don't want to spend that much on a stereo! Can anyone sujest any other units?

Many Thanks

Matt

Edited by mwg123 on Friday 9th May 21:54

Edited by mwg123 on Friday 9th May 21:58

Well possibly, Nakamichi make some very understated head units (no silver fascia, cascading neon dolphins here) even has a volume knob!, just a thought and they sound good as well

[belleair302]

Becker Grand Prix is a marvellous retro(ish) unit, cheap, reliable, understated and with great functions and sound. Pioneer make some ageless units with changable display colours and the Blaupunkt Monte Carlo is definately worth a closer look.

Edited by belleair302 on Monday 19th May 22:25

[mph]

None of the modern units look quite right in my opinion.

Why don't you put a decent period fm radio such as a Becker or Blaupunkt in and hide a modern CD player under the dash or somewhere?

[a8hex]

There are companies that put modern innards into classic radios. You could then hide the CD or mp3 player. This is my plan for my XK150, once I've sorted the oil leak from the pressure gauge, which leaked into the radio and made it look like the radio had an oil leak.

[UKAuto]

The McIntosh MX406 looks fairly period, and is a decent quality unit. The list price is very high, but they can be found on line for about half list...

[nc107]

I would take a period radio and wire in an MP3 connector. All Becker radios of that time have an an aux in at the back and it is simple to connect up a flying lead with a 3.5mm socket. Then you can play anything through it (MP3, SatNav, phone), all hidden away without having to cut metal on the car.
There is a post that may give you some ideas here:

http://www.alfabb.com/bb/forums/gt-1965-1974/56287...

Have a look at some of the Mercedes forum in the US, I got a lot of good info from them

Edited by nc107 on Tuesday 20th May 16:55

[mwg123]

Thanks for all the advise. All a great help, and will post what i end up with!

Matt