[VHFcontesting] Help mounting a new radio in a new car

[Zack Widup]

I dunno ... some cars just aren't made to easily fit a radio in. Example - 
my Toyota Corolla SR-5.

73, Zack W9SZ

On Tue, 16 Sep 2008, Kelly Johnson wrote:

> Sorry for the slightly off-topic post, but I figured this group would
> be the best for this question....
>
> I just bought a new car...a relatively expensive one.  I have an
> FT-7800R dual band FM rig that I want to mount.  I put the radio in
> the trunk, but I'm having trouble figuring out a good way to mount the
> head.  I tried a "seat bolt" mount, but that won't work with my power
> seats.  I do NOT want to drill holes.  I do NOT want to use any kind
> of sticky tape or glue that won't be easy to remove later or will
> otherwise damage the upholstery or dash or whatever.  I don't really
> want a windshield suction cup mount because it is illegal in
> California AND more importantly it will leave the control wire
> exposed.  I don't want something that looks like the typical homemade
> ham radio mount built out of pine and nails :-)   Finally, I don't
> want to pay $800 to the car stereo installer who offered to build a
> customer designed mount to fit in place of the cigarette lighter that
> will never be used.
>
> Any great ideas?  I tried velcro, but the sticky side of the velcro
> wouldn't stick to the dash where I wanted to put it.
>