Radio Becker Grand Prix

[scoot]

No no no no.   You can't mount a small-face radio in an opening designed for a big face radio.  It is TOO SMALL.  So replacing the front of a big-face radio with a small face setup IS something you can do but it will _not_ fit in a car that has a big face opening, which your car already has.  The panel has been enlarged or replaced.

If you want to go back to a small-face radio, you will need to replace that panel.

If you want to change the markings and knobs on your big face radio, you can do that too.  Replacing the black plastic "Europa" name bar with one that says "Europa TR" is trivial. 

[Garry]

Scott,

I dont think JK wants to change the radio out of the car, he wants to leave it there because of the problem with then having to change the hole size or replace that part of the dash and thus only looking to change the face plate and knobs.

[scoot]

I dont think JK wants to change the radio out of the car, he wants to leave it there because of the problem with then having to change the hole size or replace that part of the dash and thus only looking to change the face plate and knobs.

I'm having confusion with what you mean when you say changing the face plate.  The knobs, yes he can get small knobs.  But what, other than what it says on the black plastic name bar, would he change?  You could replace the plastic bar with one that says Becker Europa TR instead of Becker Europa, but I don't really see any value in that.

FWIW, I'm pretty sure the plastic name bars are available on ebay.  Easy to swap on a Becker that doesn't have seek tuning, which the Europa does not have.

[Garry]

Scott,

If you look at post 16 JK wanted to make his radio period correc to his 230.  I suggested he change the large nobs for small nobs rather than try to remove the radio and then fix up the larger opening to take the smaller earlier modle.  Alfred suggested a new face plate that are available to tidy it all up like new to fit to his Becker Europa shown at post 16.

[scoot]

If you look at post 16 JK wanted to make his radio period correc to his 230.  I suggested he change the large nobs for small nobs rather than try to remove the radio and then fix up the larger opening to take the smaller earlier modle.  Alfred suggested a new face plate that are available to tidy it all up like new to fit to his Becker Europa shown at post 16.

I understand that.  My point is that a new face plate, other than being new, is going to look exactly like his old face plate, which doesn't look bad in the picture he posted.   Soooooo......    what is the point of a new face plate?