Ford Mustang: 69 front speakers.Where to place them / max size etc ???

"me" <com> wrote
 

I believe there will be a clearance problem with any decent (i.e.,
large magnet) speaker. What the installer did to get a Diamond Audio
setup (separate tweeter and midrange) to fit in my '70 Cougar was to
fabricate a build-out from 1-inch particle board. He put a 45 degree
bevel on all the edges of the board and covered it with some
color-matching Naugahyde I got from a Cougar parts store.
Unfortunately he made the board to cover up the window crank hole, so
I had to go to power windows too. Very expensive all-in-all. But it
looks "factory" and sounds real good.

Yrs, 180
TS 28

I know that there are a few pre cut holes in the door,which are obviously
hidden when the panel is installed,so some kind of spacer to bring the
speaker out a bit further so the magnet clears any mechanisms sounds like it
could do with a bit of investigating.Its a bit of a catch 22 situation,i
cant buy the speakers until i know what will fit,but then i dont know if
they will fit until i buy them !!

On another subject,can someone advise me on the pros and cons of stroker
conversion.Apart from less gas mileage !
Engine is 351w with Holley 4 barrel carb Edelbrock intake


Andrew

Don't get me wrong,I dont intend to hack up any 'original parts' I had to
get repro door panels anyway,because the old ones were shot.They are easy to
get so making holes in those is not a problem if i decide to replace them
again in future. For the rears I'm going to leave out the trapdoor,because
i'm not cutting that up,and I'll make a panel to fit in that hole,which i
can then mount speakers to,and have them facing forward


And thanks Cory for your input on the Stroker,any idea what it would
cost,roughly?

Andrew

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"Cory Dunkle" <net> wrote in message
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"me" <com> wrote in message
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Like Bill said, don't hack up the original parts. If you can get repro
panels go ahead and do that and hack those up. Either that or make your own
new panels to hack up. No sense ruining valuable original parts, especially
if thy are hard to find. In my '68 Galaxie I just put a set of bookshelf
stereo speakers on the floor behind the seat. Sounds pretty good to me. I
used to have a decent set of 6x9s in my '67 but I left them in that car when
I started driving the '68 daily as the '67 was missing the rear shelf cover,
which doesn't have holes. However, the metal below has holes for 6x9s. I
would never buy a car that's been hacked up for a stereo or some lame custom
modifications unless I got it dirt cheap or it came with the parts to fix
it. Plus, I think such modifications detract from the beauty of the car.
 

I know if you go 427 you'll need some machine work done to the block for
clearance. The 408 will fit without grinding for clearance, IIRC. Also, it
won't put as much stress on everything from such a long stroke. Though you
lose the cool factor of being able to tell people you've got a 427, even if
it isn't quite the real thing.

Cory