As a continued follow up to this project, I've been watching 80's aftermarket head units on ebay since I got fed up with making the cassette deck work in the stocker. Currently waiting on a wiring diagram for a refurbed Kenwood KRC 434 to see if I can make it work with the commonly available adapter plug so nothing has to get cut apart after all of that work to get the vehicle wiring back to stock.
There are adapters to make the common ground stuff work, so that's not too bad. If it doesn't have a 12V trigger for antenna/amp I will probably just take a keyed power trigger off of the adapter harness. Worst case I'll get a little ground loop hiss out of the front speakers when the head unit is off and the amp is still on.
Then I can finally break into the stack of hair metal cassettes that have been sitting in the garage since I got the wagon last year!
There are adapters to make the common ground stuff work, so that's not too bad. If it doesn't have a 12V trigger for antenna/amp I will probably just take a keyed power trigger off of the adapter harness. Worst case I'll get a little ground loop hiss out of the front speakers when the head unit is off and the amp is still on.
Then I can finally break into the stack of hair metal cassettes that have been sitting in the garage since I got the wagon last year!
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