Does anybody know any company in UK (London area) that can make one-
off
parts, I am looking for someone to make a couple of pulleys - water
pump,
maybe supercharger and crank shaft - to specification.

Is there an aftermarket cd/radio with a display remote from the main 
player? I have dash space for a headunit (although DIN-E might be a bit 
big and I'd prefer something slimmer), but I _dont_ have sufficient room 
behind the dash to accommodate it. I could simply mount the whole thing 
under the drivers seat and fumble about to swap stations, but I'd prefer 
something that had a small display I could mount on the dash, if there 
even _is_ such a thing!

The date being 10 Oct 2008, Fill Lea  decided to 
write:

> Is there an aftermarket cd/radio with a display remote from the main
> player? I have dash space for a headunit (although DIN-E might be a bit
> big and I'd prefer something slimmer), but I _dont_ have sufficient room
> behind the dash to accommodate it. I could simply mount the whole thing
> under the drivers seat and fumble about to swap stations, but I'd prefer
> something that had a small display I could mount on the dash, if there
> even _is_ such a thing!

I have a Sony MD/radio with a remote control unit which I've mounted 
close to the steering wheel. The display isn't remote but it means 
that you don't need to be able to reach the main controls.
-- 
Richard Porter
rich@ / www. richardporter.me.uk
"You can't have Windows without pains."

On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:46:00 +0100, Fill Lea  wrote:

>Is there an aftermarket cd/radio with a display remote from the main 
>player? I have dash space for a headunit (although DIN-E might be a bit 
>big and I'd prefer something slimmer), but I _dont_ have sufficient room 
>behind the dash to accommodate it. I could simply mount the whole thing 
>under the drivers seat and fumble about to swap stations, but I'd prefer 
>something that had a small display I could mount on the dash, if there 
>even _is_ such a thing!

Head-units that have detachable front-panels normally just have four
or five terminals connecting the front panel to the unit so, with a
bit of fiddling and soldering, you could wire in an extension and
mount the two halves separately.

Cheers,

Colin.

Colin Stamp wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:46:00 +0100, Fill Lea  wrote:
> 
>> Is there an aftermarket cd/radio with a display remote from the main 
>> player? I have dash space for a headunit (although DIN-E might be a bit 
>> big and I'd prefer something slimmer), but I _dont_ have sufficient room 
>> behind the dash to accommodate it. I could simply mount the whole thing 
>> under the drivers seat and fumble about to swap stations, but I'd prefer 
>> something that had a small display I could mount on the dash, if there 
>> even _is_ such a thing!
> 
> Head-units that have detachable front-panels normally just have four
> or five terminals connecting the front panel to the unit so, with a
> bit of fiddling and soldering, you could wire in an extension and
> mount the two halves separately.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Colin.

THats not a remotely bad idea (geddit? O never mind) and I might well 
come back to that. I'd still _love_ to find something thats not as bulky 
as a standard DIN-E though - that size really does eat into valuable 
dash space!