{"id":742,"date":"2012-01-28T19:22:06","date_gmt":"2012-01-28T19:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csdaudio.com\/blog\/?p=742"},"modified":"2012-01-28T19:23:59","modified_gmt":"2012-01-28T19:23:59","slug":"older-cars-need-love-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.csdaudio.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/28\/older-cars-need-love-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Older cars need love too"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Andy was about to drive this newly restored VW Vanagon AWD to Colorado and on to Massachusetts and we couldn&#8217;t let him make the journey with a tape deck and blown speakers! This 25 year old van received a technology upgrade including CD player with iPod, USB &#038; Bluetooth. The front doors were modified to accept 5.25&#8243; speakers (up from 4&#8243;) and the rear speakers were also upgraded with Pioneer&#8217;s D Series coaxials with Basalt Technology. <\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-742 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.csdaudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/DSC08305b_900.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.csdaudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/DSC08305b_900-150x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-743\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-743'>\n\t\t\t\t1987 Volkswagen Vanagon 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\/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-745'>\n\t\t\t\tRear Speakers\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.csdaudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/DSC08302b_900.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.csdaudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/DSC08302b_900-150x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-746\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-746'>\n\t\t\t\tJVC Receiver \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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