Re: KPack's 1954 Panama

Posted by JeromeSolberg On 2021/11/30 0:40:13

At least on my 1953, the radio and the speaker comes out all at once.

First you unplug the antenna and the power wire, on my car there is an in-line fuse, just take the fuse holder apart to disconnect the radio, and the antenna cable just plugs into the radio.

After that, you take the knobs off by unscrewing the setscrews on each (Allen wrench), then there are bigger screw collars, then you unscrew the collars for the knobs, using a large hex wrench or crescent wrench,

Now there is basically one screw that holds a bracket to the radio at the bottom, and one screw holding that bracket to the dash. Take both of those off (Phillips head). Now the radio can be kinda eased/angled out from below, between the dash and the firewall. It's a 5-minute operation after you've done it once. Putting it back in is a little harder because you are working against gravity, but basically the reverse.