Cinnamon 75 Duster \
Been working on the dash. I will catch up on some of the other stuff I did to it in another post. For now I want to show my new speaker.
So I get the dash out and realize the speaker is toast - as apparently most of them are. I considered going to a dual 3.5 and either make a bracket or buy from the guy on here that makes them. Then I saw these RetroSound dual cone replacements. Anyway I went to Carlisle Friday and they had them. Figured buy it, speaker in hand, quick and easy install - no problem.... Before I continue on the speaker... gotta say Carlisle was great, but I need to plan for 2 days next year. My daughter went with me. She's getting her licence soon and enjoyed the cars. (she was taking pics of all the purple cars) We got to see the A's and E's and maybe 3/4s of the swap area. A few other bits and pieces and the day was over. With a little luck I may take the Duster and camp there next year.
I didn't get around to pulling the speaker out of the box till late Saturday. (Saturday morning I hit the salvage yard and got a few things.) Took me about 10 seconds to figure out -This is not a bolt in replacement! After comparing and scratching my head a while I came up with a plan. I proceded to dissasemble the old speaker with a cutoff tool. I basically ended up using the old one as a mounting frame. Today I did the final trim and fit it together. The way they seat together there was about a 1/8 gap between the frames at the screws. I used rubber faucet washers to fill that so they would pull tight together without bending. I added some foam tape to the face for a nice seat to the dash. I then got some fabric, stretched it over and epoxied it to the outer edge. I then trimmed it about a quarter inch extra and glued that wrapping the edge. The cover is black, just looks brown in pic.
Been working on the dash. I will catch up on some of the other stuff I did to it in another post. For now I want to show my new speaker.
So I get the dash out and realize the speaker is toast - as apparently most of them are. I considered going to a dual 3.5 and either make a bracket or buy from the guy on here that makes them. Then I saw these RetroSound dual cone replacements. Anyway I went to Carlisle Friday and they had them. Figured buy it, speaker in hand, quick and easy install - no problem.... Before I continue on the speaker... gotta say Carlisle was great, but I need to plan for 2 days next year. My daughter went with me. She's getting her licence soon and enjoyed the cars. (she was taking pics of all the purple cars) We got to see the A's and E's and maybe 3/4s of the swap area. A few other bits and pieces and the day was over. With a little luck I may take the Duster and camp there next year.
I didn't get around to pulling the speaker out of the box till late Saturday. (Saturday morning I hit the salvage yard and got a few things.) Took me about 10 seconds to figure out -This is not a bolt in replacement! After comparing and scratching my head a while I came up with a plan. I proceded to dissasemble the old speaker with a cutoff tool. I basically ended up using the old one as a mounting frame. Today I did the final trim and fit it together. The way they seat together there was about a 1/8 gap between the frames at the screws. I used rubber faucet washers to fill that so they would pull tight together without bending. I added some foam tape to the face for a nice seat to the dash. I then got some fabric, stretched it over and epoxied it to the outer edge. I then trimmed it about a quarter inch extra and glued that wrapping the edge. The cover is black, just looks brown in pic.