Duster Speaker Delete Dilemma

Years back when I was putting my dash back together, I did not install the speaker. I had visions of a kick a$$ system, blue tooth capable, USB, pre amp out puts CD, Sirius Satellite and so on. Reality eventually brings me back down to earth. Now that I finally have my '75 Duster back on the road, I found myself yearning for some form of tuneage while rolling down the warm, sunny, and beautiful Indiana roads. I have no idea where the original speaker is. A treasure hunt ensued. It was like trying to find a pearl in an oyster I imagined. There was no way to telling just exactly what you had at the boneyard until a series of contractions, contortions and muscle spasm maneuvers were executed.
No Pearls here! Not quite financially ready for the King Midas Music System, opted for the Chrysler Solid State Solution.

Now-How to resolve the speaker situation. I used the mounting bracket on the right in the upper photo to create a template. I traced the dimensions onto stock from Menards. I found a cheap pair of speakers that fit the template.

I installed one of the speakers onto the new mounting plate.

Utilizing the previous maneuvers mastered during the speaker extraction process; I simply installed the new speaker. (Simply is simply not the right word) Process was further complicated with my floor shift conversion. Speaker cleared all components under the dash. The passenger side was a pain due to the heater controls support bracket. I used the connectors pictured above to wire factory radio output to new speaker. And even though I still have no feeling in my left leg, I am now rocking NPR, all kinds interesting talk radio, and festive music from only God knows where.....And when the AM Air waves just wont satisfy the need for some Stones, Zep, Floyd, Who, or even some new Greta Van Fleet, this is a good relatively cheap option from Bose ($99).

I put a redirad in my Belvedere and am happy with having the aux hook up to play whatever I want through the original radio and at only $100 was pretty affordable.

These guys make and sell new replacement speakers. Classic Car Speakers

They have a note about using modern 4 ohm speakers on older transistor radios and the possibility of damaging the radio.

71Duster said:

I put a redirad in my Belvedere and am happy with having the aux hook up to play whatever I want through the original radio and at only $100 was pretty affordable.

These guys make and sell new replacement speakers. Classic Car Speakers

They have a note about using modern 4 ohm speakers on older transistor radios and the possibility of damaging the radio.

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Uh Oh! Thanks 71Duster. Gonna have to refrain from the festive tunes and talk radio and develop a new plan of attack. Do you have any pics of your redirad?

Exploring the idea of installing a 4 ohm resistor in series with the existing speaker. From what I understand out power will be reduced and frequency response may be compromised. Worth a shot I think. I have no aspirations of reliving the human pretzel experience.

Sometimes, no wait MOST times its worth the effort to remove the seats, either bench or bucket. Mine has console and ac to work around. Damn near bruised ribs under it yesterday cleaning up wiring. I wish I had a midget fetish.
Factory radios sucked then and suck now. We got $500 tied up in a what, 2 or 4watt am/FM?? Lol
Glad ya got tuned, they are a must.

Not really anything to see just a small black box and 3 wires that I tied up under the dash. I thought about spending big bucks on a sound system and figured with all the exhaust noise it just wasn't worth it.

Take a look I love mine REDIRAD - Rescue Your Radio

Gives me music I want in the car and kinda cool to hear old tunes through the radio

I used this for my dash in the Demon and happy so far.
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