When I decided to go look for a Porsche 911 to add to my (very modest) classic car fleet, I wanted a car that I could drive immediately without the need for a long restoration (which I have done on other cars). It meant too that anything I would want to change, should be relatively wel defined jobs that limit the down time of the car.
For this dash mod, I took the time to prepare the works so as to have all the major decisions taken and parts identified and/or prepared before tearing stuff apart.
One of those decisions was what sound system to install. I drive the Targa mainly with the open top, and then it is a quite noisy experience. Especially at speeds above 40mph. If I wanted clear music at higher speeds, that would require a powerful sound system to go above the driving noise. At least for me, that creates extra ear fatigue as I learned from another car. I tend to record music as a hobby, it does impact my expectations on how 'undamaged' the radio sound reaches my ears. I decided it's unrealistic to expect anything that would satisfy me on a highway, so I focussed on driving around in town and neighbourhood. Nothing very exotic is required so I settled for a Restrosound set retromanufacturing.com. They have this sober classic look, it's not too intrusive when integrated in the dash, and I found that the chrome bezel of a 70-80-ies Blaupunkt Frankfurt fitted perfectly over it. Another hint to the Singer legacy... The sound of the Retrosound is not the best around, but it's ok for the purpose defined. I found some stylish knobs to fit too here retrosound.be/en/?controllerUri=index
Pleasant surprise when I bought myself some Apple AirPods with noise cancellation. I installed an radio station app on my iPhone, and with the AirPods and the noise cancellation , music has never been clearer in my ears even at 80mph. Beats any high end high dollar sound system to me.
the radio installed with the corresponding backplate.
here with the chrome bezel
