Biohazard

Hides a multitude of sins, that carpet. Sad, so many people hacked 6x9s into those panels. Such a 70s thing to do.

Even when I was 20, and putting my old green 69 Barracuda together, I would hack neither those panels, nor the dash for Pioneer (and such) stereo stuff. I bought individual 6x9 boxes covered in black vinyl and loaded them with some Kenwood 6x9s. For the stereo itself, I took a carboard box - painted it black, and cut it out to house a proper AM/FM cassette deck. The whole assembly wedged nicely between the center console and the bottom of the dash. Ghetto, I know. But it never budged and getting to the connections in the back was a snap.

This time around, it'll be iPod-only with some 4" speakers mounted in kick panels with a sub enclosure in the back somewhere. But that is a looooooong way off.