Hey guys.
I'm messing with my 67 while I'm home and was wanting to put the stereo I used to have in the 95 in it. There was a radio in it, an old cheapo dial radio with cassette, bawling, but I've already taken it out and I'm planning on cutting a hole and sliding my Kenwood in there. Anyways, I do NOT trust the previous owners wiring. It's pretty shoddy so I'm planning on taking it out, repairing what he did and I'd LIKE to make my own little harness for the radio. From the car, all I should need is a constant and switched power right? Could I run a couple wires from the battery, install some in-line fuses, and put a switch on one then just run the ground to a nice metal spot under the dash or something? I'd prefer not to hack into the wiring in there mainly because it's old and I plan on rewiring the whole thing in a few years. Having an inline switch instead of having it keyed might be a little ghetto but I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work. I could hide it in the ashtray or something out of the way. This sound reasonable? I don't want to fry anything and I'm trying to stay as far out of the factory setup as possible. It might look redneck but would this even be safe?
I'm messing with my 67 while I'm home and was wanting to put the stereo I used to have in the 95 in it. There was a radio in it, an old cheapo dial radio with cassette, bawling, but I've already taken it out and I'm planning on cutting a hole and sliding my Kenwood in there. Anyways, I do NOT trust the previous owners wiring. It's pretty shoddy so I'm planning on taking it out, repairing what he did and I'd LIKE to make my own little harness for the radio. From the car, all I should need is a constant and switched power right? Could I run a couple wires from the battery, install some in-line fuses, and put a switch on one then just run the ground to a nice metal spot under the dash or something? I'd prefer not to hack into the wiring in there mainly because it's old and I plan on rewiring the whole thing in a few years. Having an inline switch instead of having it keyed might be a little ghetto but I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work. I could hide it in the ashtray or something out of the way. This sound reasonable? I don't want to fry anything and I'm trying to stay as far out of the factory setup as possible. It might look redneck but would this even be safe?
