GTO Radio : Hacking a radio for nostalgic motorists

The GTO radio is designed to bring classic American muscle and the powerful presence of radio together in one easy to use product. Its carefully selected materials have been chosen to create an aesthetically pleasing yet user friendly radio.
With this step by step guide, you too can build a radio like the one shown here or feel free to make changes to suit you.

Step 1 Exploded View and Materials

Materials:

420mm x 297mm x 4mm MDF  x3
420mm x 297mm x 9mm MDF
Sanding sealer
Primer
Super gloss paint  x2
Wood glue
Super glue
A portable radio (Sony ICF-S22)
Button switch
Chrome guitar knob  x2
Petri dish  x2
Mount board
Metal rod  radius: 2mm  length: 600mm
Cogs  Diameter 44mm  x4
Cogs  Diameter 33mm  x2
Glossy photo paper

Comments

[Izzy Panzer]

Very nice, it just gave me an idea what to do with some old car radio and speed dial from Fiat 128. I also plan to make it possible to connect it with mp3 player.

[greencat1477]

could this be used as speakers for a computer instead,like just the kind you set up on you desk because Imine now are bulky and boring

[JThomson9]

Yeah I'm sure thats perfectly feasible :)

[Robot Lover]

This is really neat! I like how you used the carbon fiber look to make it more car-ish. Anyway, is this for a school project because I have seen many of these instructables about radio hacking.

[JThomson9]

Thanks! Always nice to hear your work is appreciated!
It's actually a 2nd year project at the University of Dundee. I study BSc Product Design and as a class we were encouraged to post our work up here on Instructables. The brief we were given challenged us to take an existing radio and add value to it. Here's a link to the group... you should find all my classmates work here. I hope you like them!

http://www.instructables.com/group/radioredux/