Gilly wrote:
An easy way of rust prevention is to was the car regularly and thoroughy to avoid any build up of salinity on the body.
As for the speakers I agree on under the backseat is the go.
If you really want to use the I Pod an keep the factory am radio a dodgy -but it works way- is to use an amplifier to run the speakers and connect the I Pod plug into a convertor that changes the single style I pod input into a Left and Right rca input for the amp to drive two channels, the gain on the amp must be left at a lower level as the volume will be controlled through the I pod itself but keep a charger handy as this might drain out the I pod battery quicker.

Yes, re regular washing.... have also bought a good qual wax ....
Going to install the radio as is with no cuts and.... thanks....the ipod idea is a good one. Will look into that.