Picture request: stock center console with radio

[PatAllen]

I am looking for a picture of a stock center console with a radio and the speaker mounted under it.

-i have a console

-i have the elusive mono speaker

-i have a period corect radio

now all i want to see it how this is assembled. It looks like the pocket under the ash tray will be blocked off totaly when it will go in, or i am missing something...

does the radio was/could be mounted without the mono speaker or it was always with ??

thanks.

[Delia]

Looks like this:

Cheers!

Delia

[donfjohnston]

delia

is that factory grill or did you 'fab"it?

[Delia]

delia

is that factory grill or did you 'fab"it?

It's the correct plastic faceplate and mono grill for a Blaupunkt radio, '72 -'76- non-A/C console. The radio is a Frankfurt AM/FM model from a '75. Note the "BMW" ID on the dial surround and silver-centered, dash-matched knobs.

Not "fabbed."

There are vintage pics in the factory brochure pdf on Keith Kreeger's site:

www.my2002tii.com

Delia

[02fanatic]

Stock Blaupunkt Frankfurt with Mono Speaker (Metal Grill). The Blaupunkt is period correct I believe for my '73tii, but the speaker is probably from a pre-'72 '02. I like it better than the plastic setup. Bought the grill assembly at '02 Fest East many years ago and upgraded to a new Radio Shack 6"x9" Speaker. Zoom in the pic and you can see it better.

[InkaSteve]

Here is mine....original stock w/Blaupunkt Nurnberg radio

Thumbnail makes the grille look distorted...click on it for big pic.

[PatAllen]

Thanks for the clean pictures everyones !!

I still have a question, the opening under the speaker grille, is there anything that i should know , cardboard plate or so that goes there ??

I have a metalic plate just under the grille that is horizontal once assembled...i dont see its purpose. its ends get to the end of the radio.

??

[Delia]

Lower panel is stock console bottom: single sided masonite with glued-on vinyl surface.

The "L" or "S" profile metal panel protects the radio from the stuff that gets pushed in the now-restricted console opening.

Delia

[PatAllen]

Lower panel is stock console bottom: single sided masonite with glued-on vinyl surface.

The "L" or "S" profile metal panel protects the radio from the stuff that gets pushed in the now-restricted console opening.

Delia

Thanks Delia, but how does it ends in there, does it makes a real "box" under there or the end is openened...look at my drawing...

thanks a lot !!

[Delia]

The masonite panel is flat -- about 14" in length. It attaches to the shift surround at the rear, and sits in a groove in the spacer at the front.

Cheers!

Delia

[InkaSteve]

but how does it ends in there, does it makes a real "box" under there or the end is openened...look at my drawing...

thanks a lot !!

The back of my metal plate on the bottom turns down and almost closes the back of the small space below the speaker/radio. Because of the angle of the faceplate and the metal plate it creates a diminishing space as it goes forward(or back into the console). I put a small piece of black rubber mat in the bottom to keep things from sliding around in that space. I keep my MP3 player there.

See my pic for details showing the angles involved.

Good luck,

[Delia]

Thanks Delia, but how does it ends in there, does it makes a real "box" under there or the end is openened...look at my drawing...

Check this page at realoem.com:

The vinyl-covered panel is #3 in the pic.

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=2583&mospid=47141&btnr=51_3347&hg=51&fg=35

Delia

[SteveJ]

You people scare me sometimes.

Damn. Talk about detaied replies!

[PatAllen]

thanks everyones !!!

now i know what to do...