Location for a UHF radio in a LC 100 series?

Hi Tom57..............I have my Icom 400pro mounted via 2 self tapping screws just to the left of my knee, and arms length just fine for adjusting the set when needed......

G'day Tom, when I had my L/C 100, I replaced the average double din Toyota stereo with a single din Alpine unit, and mounted the El;ectrophone UHF directly under it in the dash .

It was very neat and looked as though it had been factory fitted.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

Peter

had this issue also not lond ago . I stripped the concole and dash to find a place . I spotted a gap in the concole that works well !MPG:3!

here is a pic of what it looks like . you only get to see 20 mm of the radio , the rest is hidden in the concole

I have a GME tx3400 remote head. Radio is mounted under the pass seat and control head is mounted on centre console forward of the gear lever. Works great. And looks neat.

Check out the following thread, lots of good information.

LC 100 UHF

hi there replaced the whole lot icom sits above new mp3 player looks like factory and bye the way i did a costing and cheaper to do that way than roof console bye the time you buy and get it fitter and then install your radio its lot cheaper to go the other way ,cost new radio mp3 $200on spiecial fitting charge $80 and uhf same also you dont have to look up all the time to fiddle with the radio its eye level and much safer while driving regards stan.

Hi again Tom. The factory stereo in most cruisers/patrols are fine for Jo Average, but I enjoy my music (and like hearing it cleanly above the gravel flying off the wheels), and at these levels the standard sound is VERY average! The standard speakers are fine (quite good actually and will handle a clean 50W deck), it's just that the standard deck lacks power. Whatever they rate the deck at is grossly over exagerated. I think they are about 4-6 watts per channel in real terms.

A good 50W+50W deck will make the world of difference, without going over the top or paying a fortune.

Cheers,

Peter

Making the assumption that you do not smoke i suggest the following that I did to my 100 series.

Remove the h ashtray. Get a welder mate to make up an aluminium plate that fits neatly into the slide and weld on at about 45% upwards another plate about 40mm in height. Drill a hole in the horizontal plate and tap it and fit a screw (grub screw). When you insert the horizontal plate you screw inthe screw that locates the aluminium firmly into place. Screw the radio to the 45% plate. Drill a hole through the back of the ashtray housing for the power and aerial cables.

When you sell the vehicle undo the grub screw, replace the ashtray and no one would ever know you had a UHF in.

I have taken this on some rough tracks and never had aproblem and it is cheap.

Mike