I found a Chaparral Owners Group on Facebook. With their help I was able to track down a Clarion head unit that's compatible with the two wired remotes. It took a lot of searching but that one is done.
I also found a couple of boats for auction that had the sundeck I needed in decent shape. But I never bid on them because the idea of having to strip down and depose of the boat after I raided it for all I need was not appealing. Been there done that... not fun.
I called at least a dozen upholstery shops and got estimates ranging from 1200 to 2800 to rebuild the sundeck from the plans I got from Chaparral. In the end I decided to build the deck myself and found a guy to foam upholster it for about the same as the material would have cost me to do it myself.
I've done a little upholstery and canvas sewing but nothing of this scale and don't think I could have done as good a job as this guy, especially on my first try. I'm happy with the results for what i paid.
This is a picture he took and sent me right after it was finished. But it looks even better now that it's had a chance to expand and fill out a bit in the warm Florida sun. I'll post some better pictures if there is any interest.
