Hey all...my cd player from abouyt 5-6 years is going out and I'm looking to replace it with a radio that looks more out of the 80s.
Photo of current dash: https://i.imgur.com/a9hphvd.jpg


1986 244 DL Radio slot (single din) measuring 7 3/8 in x 2 3/8 in ??

I've been chatting with the guys at Retro manufacturing and we've decided on this model
https://www.retromanufacturing.com/c...ant=9366872963

They said the din slot should be 7 in x 2 in but on my meansurements the din slot is about 7 3/8 x 2 3/8....so just a bit bigger than what they are saying. Anyone have more info or experience with the radios on 240 Volvos? Am I measuring the wrong part? Should i be measuring the slot the radio goes in itself and not the third party mount made to house it?

any help/suggestions are appreciated!

 

single DIN, which is what that Pioneer must be, is 180 x 50 mm (about 7.09" x 1.97")... thats the size of the opening the body of the radio fits into, the trim bezel visible on the outside is a bit bigger.

 

btw, fwiw, my 87 240 had the radio down below, in front of the shifter, that top space was a storage pocket.

 

thanks Pierce, this is helpful

 

Just to be absolutely clear, your car has an adapter in that odd shaped top bay which converts it to DIN. The lower bay isn't din either, but a din adapter was made for it, too. Some dealer installed setups had a equalizer in the bottom and radio on top. We got our 240 new radio deleted, and put a pair of 6.5" in the rear shelf with a Pioneer head unit. It had 6 or 8 head units (first couple were cassette), 2 sets of rear speakers, and gained some nice front door speakers, too, before it died after 500k miles in 30 years, from a moldy wet interior