86 Brougham Stereo Question

[scrape52]

What's happenin? My grandpa just gave me his 86 Brougham with 83,000 miles on it. First thing first, that factory stereo has to go. My question is how do I fit the stereo in the dash plate? Do i have to cut it to make room for the DIN? I really don't want to do this just in case I ever seel it and want to put the stock stereo back in. Is there an aftermarket dash that will fit a normal size CD player. Thanks for your help!

Jake

[AElayyat]

My '85 is the same way, it uses the "shaft" style radio. You have two choices: 1) cut the original dash to fit a din with the sleeve in there (I had that done to mine), OR 2) Get the same color dash from a newer brougham (87-89) from your local yard, and then you can use a dash kit to fit a din in there. That center part of the dash on the 87-89 uses the larger GM radio, so you should be cool like that.

[FASSTWOOD]

I did both my 85's and my 79 its not to hard. Measure twice cut once. Here are pics of my 85's.

[Spock]

Geeze lol, now you've got me thinking on what to do with mine.
I notice you have the Fuel Data module. Mine did not come standard with that, just a filled up spot, but I did pick one up from the junkyard assumning I could install it. There was no wiring for it though, but can I assume if I take all the wiring from one which does, I could install that...I think...

[FASSTWOOD]

The 86's didn'thave it because they weren't fuel injected. It did work in my blue 85 when I put the olds 350 in but I used an EST distributor (no vacuum advance, electronic advance.)

[Pjs]

Did the 91's have the fuel data thingy available???...never seen one before

[brougham]

Originally Posted by Pjs

Did the 91's have the fuel data thingy available???...never seen one before

Nope :disappoin

[Spock]

Originally Posted by FASSTWOOD

The 86's didn'thave it because they weren't fuel injected. It did work in my blue 85 when I put the olds 350 in but I used an EST distributor (no vacuum advance, electronic advance.)

Ah, that would make sense then! Thanks for your wisdom.

[gd_101]

Does this apply to the 87 Brougham as well? I'm trying to replace the stereo with another AC-Delco, to keep the stock look but get a CD player. Might have to just go with the 'car kit' with that annoying tape deck adapter =(

BTW, what exacly does 'Symphony Sound' refer to on these decks? Is it a Bose product as I've heard it, or is it just a name?

gd