Ingenuitive (cheap) car mount

[Solar]

Was browsing around walmart today after getting my car charger, and found a generic car vent mount for the ipod for only ten bucks. Well, this is the north east, and I like to not freeze to death while driving so I can't mount it to a vent or the heat will melt my 6700.

Of course, I didn't let that stop me. I bought it anyway, and with some sheet styrene, an old bendy neck clip lamp, an inch of coat hanger, some padding left over from my halloween costume, and a dental floss case, I made this:

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Haven't painted it yet, but there you go. Clips onto my e-brake, and puts the 6700 right where I can get at her (while parked of course). :) If anyone would like a more detailed tutorial, I might be able to whip one up. Let me know.
Jon

[Malatesta]

gotta love that. :lol:

I would totally go for it but I drive stick and don't think I could pull that off with my e-brake!

[Jordan]

Looks good! I want something like this, but something that is stuck to the windshield, would rather look right than look down :)

[centauress]

Give me some time. I've got an idea but no skills to implement it....

There are cup-holder mounts for an I-pod, slide-clamps for generic PDA holders and large suction cups. Here's my take on what needs to be done to convert:


cut down the long-neck cup-holder mount to just the base, which contains the screw-in socket for the I-pod holder's shaft. On that base, bond the suction cup, so that you can slap that puppy onto the windshield.
strip the side clamps from the I-pod mounting gear, leaving it as just the threaded shaft, pivot and flat panel.
strip the PDA mount to just the mount and backplate. Take this mount and bond it to the I-pod mount so that the PDA clamp is centered on the shaft. Allow all the bonded equipment to completely set up, so that it's able to bear the weight.
Screw the completed PDA mount into the modified base and position on the base and mount on the windshield.
As an added bonus, the remaining cup-holder mounts can be used with the clamp/shaft, if you find yourself in a friend's car and need to put your PDA where it can get charged.

If someone builds this setup, please post some pictures so that I can see how this little 'Frankenstein's Monster' actually looks.

[Solar]

I actually first intended this mount to be screwed into the garage door opener compartment in the roof of my camry, that proved to block the view through the rear view mirror. I then tried to clipit to the arm of the rear view mirror, but that blocked some of my vision through the window. Soooo, thats how I wound up putting it on the ebrake. No vision obscuring, and right where I can see it if I have to look real quick. :) Plus, you don't have the charging cable or the cassette adapter cord hanging down.

Also, another thing I've noticed, the 6700 is a bit thicker and heavier than any ipod or other pda that the generic clamps are made for. I had to use the inch of coat hanger on the bottom lip of the mount because I found that it would slip out if I hit a bump. Another thing, the 6700 is quite top heavy, which is why I made and added the top clamp to it. I found that if it was at any angle over say 85 degrees, it would gradually slip out top first, no matter how tightly I had it clamped in.

[centauress]

I kind of thought that might have been the case. But that was the idea I thought of...