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    Putting a Cassette deck in my Festiva

    I'm hell bent on putting a cassette deck in the Batstiva since I have a giant travel trunk full of tapes I want to continue to enjoy and I'm the most stubborn person I know.

    I currently have no radio and the remnants of a hacked up aftermarket harness under in the hole where the radio should be.

    The front doors have speakers and while the rear speakers are missing, there are wires going to the rear speaker mounting locations.


    Would I be better off buying a decent aftermarket cassette deck off ebay and wire it into the mess under the dash, or should I just try and track down a factory stereo cassette unit and repair the factory harness?

    Getting real tired of not having a radio at this point
    1991 Festiva - Newest Toy
    1986 Horizon - The Race Car
    1993 Suburban 2500 - The Workhorse
    1995 Dakota 4cyl - The Eternally Broken
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  • #2
    You should be able to find a factory radio here cheap. Your going to have to repair the factory harness either way.

    I listen to mp3's.

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    • #3
      does anyone know what other Ford radios (or Mazda radios) will fit in a Festiva? I've been spoiled with my Chryslers using the same radio in almost everything from like 1978 to 1996 lol
      1991 Festiva - Newest Toy
      1986 Horizon - The Race Car
      1993 Suburban 2500 - The Workhorse
      1995 Dakota 4cyl - The Eternally Broken

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      • #4
        If the harness is hacked up you will need to source replacement connectors with your factory radio and then scab the connectors into your hacked harness. That being said I personally would get whatever I liked aftermarket and run new speaker wires powers and ground.Easy to find tons of options and as mild or wild as you want it.
        30 + Vehicle projects right now.7 Festiva/Mazda 10 GM IDK how many others,hope that helps explain all the stupid questions/shortcuts/interchanges etc. trying to liquidate so I concentrate on the good ones. Goal finish 1 amonth using as much stuff as I already have accumulated.

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        • #5
          I would run aftermarket like ricko1966 said. The factory units aren't as easy to find in good condition anymore and the connectors being missing will cause you headaches.

          It's cool that someone already did the work to mount speakers in the front doors so you don't have to but now you have to find out where the speaker wires are ran to lol.
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          • #6
            A Mercury Capri radio might fit, but I haven't checked to see for sure.
            1990 L Plus Stock B3 automatic -scrapped- My First Festiva - RIP
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            • #7


              I may have lucked out, it looks like they used blade connectors to splice into the factory harness.

              Didn't make it to the junkyard today because of the snow here, but there is a Capri in my local pull it yourself yard
              1991 Festiva - Newest Toy
              1986 Horizon - The Race Car
              1993 Suburban 2500 - The Workhorse
              1995 Dakota 4cyl - The Eternally Broken

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              • #8
                New ones on ebay still! I have factory radios but shipping would be a lot. https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?m...2F112395287377

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                • #9
                  Most any single din radio will work. I have Saturn radios from the early 90's in my car.

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