Whatever ya do, DON'T CUT THE DASH! Both my '69 'birds have been altered. The convertible just had the bar cut in the bezel opening. The cammer dash had the PO's son do a real hack job to install a DIN style AM/FM CD player. The old factory radios can have new guts put in to have better performance and modern conveniences. Vikki had a link for that put up in a similar thread. I forgot to save it, for that's what I'd like to do.