[Icom] Toyota firewall

[Paul S. Serio]

Chris,
This thread has been going for a while so I've forgotten what radio it 
is you're trying to mount.
For you and others, especially late model Chevy truck owners, I neatly 
mounted my 706
face plate on the ashtray. 2 screws held the plastic front panel to the 
metal tray. It was
relatively simple to fasten the 706 face plate mount to the tray. I had 
to use a spacer on the
bottom to "push" the mount out so that it would not have a downward 
tilt. The remote
cable was routed through the dash making it look very "factory".  Of 
course this mounting
option assumes that you are a non smoker! 73
Paul, N5PS

Chris BONDE wrote:

> I was not too explicit on what I meant by the following.
>
> "I plan on using the power plugs, ie, the extra cigarette lighter 
> plugs to run it.  I would like to remove the ash tray and use that 
> area to put the face plate in.  Has anyone tried this?"
>
> I would use the power plug not the cigarette lighter.  As I donot 
> smoke, the ash tray with cigarette lighter is expendible.  The lid 
> therefor a good thing to hide a faceplate, or, a small device.  The 
> power plug is marked max 12V / 120W.  I think that it would handle a 
> 50w TRx.
>
> Chris opr VE7HCB
>
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