Citroen LN/LNA Two Cylinder Variant Radio installation

[abruno17]

I have a question about the Citroen LN/LNA with the 2-cylinder engine. How do you install a radio in this thing? I found a picture of this "box" that takes up one of the cubby holes. Is there some official part that is mentioned in a service manual or brochure. Because I have yet to find a LN or LNA brochure that shows one with a radio. I would like a LNA with the boxer engine but, I find it incredibly silly that the Peugeot engine version has a different dashboard with a provision for a radio, but the boxer engine needs to have this cubby thing. How do other people install a radio on their two-cylinder LN/LNA? Can anyone provide me any information?

[Richard_C]

I can't help with specifics for that car, but in that era most radios or radio cassettes in European cars were a standard size. Single din or double din in fancier cars that had lots of audio stuff.

To fit a single din in the space occupied by a cubby you would get a universal single din car radio frame, a thin metal thing that went in the hole and was fixed either by bending tabs out behind the fascia or screws into the side depending on how the car was put together. A standard DIN radio then slotted in and was held by spring clips. To remove it you pushed a U shaped tool or two thin nails if you had no tool through holes at the front of the radio, that pushed the clips back and the radio slid out.

From memory I fitted a radio in my Visa that way, likely transferred from my R5 Gordini. The Synergie was the same. Chances are the LNA will be as well.

If you search for Car Radio single DIN frame you will find some on eBay (UK atr least) , some sites have dimensions so you could see if that might be a starting point for you.

Car Radio theft was a big thing in the 70s and 80s, a pain because they broke windows or locks to steal them and cost you a lot more than the paltry value if the radio. Manufacturers came up with lock codes, removable front panels and all sorts but then began to have model unique fascia designs.

I did fit radios to my Dyanes but I'm pretty certain that was a frame or angle brackets fixed under the parcel shelf. The suppression on the flat twins wasn't brilliant and I recall needing great care with earthing the aerial and the radio body and probably fitting a condenser in the supply line

Good luck with your quest.

[abruno17]

I can't help with specifics for that car, but in that era most radios or radio cassettes in European cars were a standard size. Single din or double din in fancier cars that had lots of audio stuff.

To fit a single din in the space occupied by a cubby you would get a universal single din car radio frame, a thin metal thing that went in the hole and was fixed either by bending tabs out behind the fascia or screws into the side depending on how the car was put together. A standard DIN radio then slotted in and was held by spring clips. To remove it you pushed a U shaped tool or two thin nails if you had no tool through holes at the front of the radio, that pushed the clips back and the radio slid out.

From memory I fitted a radio in my Visa that way, likely transferred from my R5 Gordini. The Synergie was the same. Chances are the LNA will be as well.

If you search for Car Radio single DIN frame you will find some on eBay (UK atr least) , some sites have dimensions so you could see if that might be a starting point for you.

Car Radio theft was a big thing in the 70s and 80s, a pain because they broke windows or locks to steal them and cost you a lot more than the paltry value if the radio. Manufacturers came up with lock codes, removable front panels and all sorts but then began to have model unique fascia designs.

I did fit radios to my Dyanes but I'm pretty certain that was a frame or angle brackets fixed under the parcel shelf. The suppression on the flat twins wasn't brilliant and I recall needing great care with earthing the aerial and the radio body and probably fitting a condenser in the supply line

Good luck with your quest.

Wait did you put that under the dash? Because everything I looked up is for going into the dashboard or under the dashboard. There isn't a box thing like as pictured.

[shtu]

That style of radio in the picture isn't a DIN size unit, you might see them referred to as "shaft" style radios, an older pattern and very common in the 60s and 70s.

If there is an opening in the dash in that location, a DIN radio would require the opening to be cut larger, probably best avoided.

You can get modern head units in that pattern, they tend to not be cheap but often incorporate modern featues like media players and handsfree. Failing that, hit the swap meets, someone will be selling old radios that look right.