Old School speaker box
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Old School speaker box
Haven't been able to do much to the car this year because of the money situation, so I decided if I'm going to cruise around here and there I need some tunes. Since the factory AM radio limits my listening enjoyment, I went to work on a solution. I wanted to keep the factory radio wired to the front speaker just in case I wanted to flash back to the 70's. I had some sound system parts laying around, a vintage pare of new Kraco Slimline 5" dual cone speakers I bought back in the mid 80's to install in my 72's doors or kicks and a recently acquired Pioneer 4X45watt Super Tuner III CD head unit. I just needed rear speakers for the tray and got some Sony Xplod 6X9 3 ways. I installed the 5" Kraco's in the kicks with the head unit located in the dash glove box. Sound was real good but I felt the Kraco 15 watt max needed a little help so I thought of designing a box to straddle the console under the dash, out of the way angling speakers toward the front occupants. Mocked up the model out of cardboard after taking some measurements. After 8 or so hours, a little scrap plywood, with another new vintage set of Kraco Slimline speakers from a E-bay seller, and viola, a retro speaker install from back in the day.
The box is temp wedged in place with some high density foam rubber and foam protecting the console contact surfaces. Took a little fitting to get it right then stained it walnut. What do you guys think.
The box is temp wedged in place with some high density foam rubber and foam protecting the console contact surfaces. Took a little fitting to get it right then stained it walnut. What do you guys think.
Last edited by Wireman134; July 13th, 2009 at 04:42 PM. Reason: Double post
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