Hi all!

New to the group, been lurking for a while and came across a problem I can't quite get past.

82 Vanagon Westy, and I am replacing the cruddy Audiovox cassette deck that is in there now with a Blaupunkt Houston CD deck.

The current deck is a shaft-type receiver, the new one is a DIN opening fit.

When I take the faceplate off of the current deck, I am met with a metal bracket, small rivets on the sides and bottom and two smallish spring clips. It appears to be a VW item as it is pretty robust. The clips don't allow any movement when bent inward. I removed the ashtray and see where the end of the unit is back strap secured.

My question: how do I get this shaft mount bracket out? It would seem these spring clips should do something ... can I hacksaw it out? Will this bracket be something necessary for the new receiver installation?

I don't have my Bentley manual yet, and the VW factory repair manual doesn't help.

TIA for any help!

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