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Thank you all; this has been helpful. I don't want to go off-topic on this thread, but you all seem well versed on this subject and I don't want to start over! Moderator: I'll gladly post a separate thread if need be, but I don't know where to have the radio (stereo) installed on a 98 Montauk. The top of the console is clear except for the factory compass, and presumably that is where I will install the Garmin EchoMap 44dv to one side. I could get a surface mount enclosure ( as mentioned by Dauntless-n-miami) for about $70 at West Marine. The console itself has very little space apart from one small rectangle to the right. The speakers? The fire extinguisher is on one side, the door/hatch on the other. I suppose I could get small surface mounted speakers and put them on the console top as well, but that sure would make things crowded up there, and many of the cheaper kits come with flush mount speakers.

As for the Garmin, I took a look at one at WM, and seems like a good product for the $, but it may offer more than I need and the screen might be a bit too small when in GPS mode. Any recommendations for alternatives?

Much thanks!