Had mine held in place with bungie cords hooked under the seat. Worked fine,
non-maring, and was an easy in-and-out, as Stuart said. Also used the towel
trick to cover it (only black, like the carpets and seats.
Never been much of a holes-in-the-dash person and with so much plastic there
now, finding a metal place to mount it often puts it were you really don't
want it to be from a visibility standpoint.
Michael Goins, k5wmg
Professor, Writing
University of Texas at San Antonio
Northwest Vista College
On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 2:35 PM, Stuart Rohre <rohre@arlut.utexas.edu>wrote:
> John,
> Yes, the "pan bracket" was a clever low cost item. You could replicate
> it with an aluminum cookie pan, and then a U bracket upside down for the
> attachment to the lip of the pan and to the underdash area.
> Some folks prefer to tilt mount the Scout facing up on the transmission
> hump where you don't have a console part. You can fashion a box of wood
> with a simple hold down to hold the Scout. I have even seen use of
> Bungee cords around the radio, if you have holes drilled to have the
> feet set down and provide a slide free retention of the radio feet.
> The cords make a quick release to enable locking the rig in the trunk
> when the car is parked, or others use a towel to cover the radio so that
> it is out of sight. A grey towel does not show dirt as much as a white
> towel would and worked for years for a ham friend.
>
> -Stuart Rohre
> K5KVH
>
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