Why only one speaker in the rear?.

[Holy Roller]

Does anyone with a 68 barracuda have rear speakers on both sides of the quarters. I was wondering if there was a reason there is only a speaker opening one the passenger side and not the drivers side. I didn't know if maybe there was a safety issue since the fuel filler tube is on the drivers side. Or does mine only have one speaker instead of two. Thank you for your help.

 

[AJ/FormS]

On a fastback,that opening is actually for a rear window defroster.
I cant imagine two speakers back there firing at each other would give any decent sound.Plus with the rear seat up, um, no I just can't imagine it.
My factory radio just fills the hole in the dash. It's not connected to anything.Never has been.Never will be.
Muscle cars should have 8-Tracks, shouldn't they? Oh how I remember my first 8-track unit. It was summer of 71. The Doors was playing. Over and over and over and........

 

[69_340_GTS]

I don't think they even had "stereo" radios in '68. Not in Plymouths anyways!

 

[AJ/FormS]

Music Master 2 watt Am mono

 

[kelleherdl]

Muscle cars should have 8-Tracks, shouldn't they? Oh how I remember my first 8-track unit. It was summer of 71. The Doors was playing. Over and over and over and........

They now have the doors on CD. I thought Jim Morrison died a LONG time ago. :color:

oh, they can rerecord. Who would have known. BTW the doors CD is in the player right now.

Dennis

 

[RedFish]

Its a 8 ohm radio. 2 8 ohm speakers is a 4 ohm load. That's what you have with one in front and one in rear. To briefly examine the word "load"... Anything with a load rating including chain hoists and other material handling equipment will handle some degree more than its advertised rating. That's when new. Don't attempt to lift 1.5 tons with a 1 ton hoist if its a 100 years old. LOL Back to the radio...
There output transistors would handle that 4 ohm load, a lot better than the modern electronics atleast. You could kill the old factory radios if cranked wide open for extended periods. They were more often killed with additional speakers/load.

 

[SSVDP]

When that car was designed most cars didn't have stereo radios or even FM on the radio so there wasn't a need for two rear speakers.

 

[ir3333]

2 4ohm speakers in series would be o.k,but as said there was
no stereo so no need for separation...one speaker does it.

 

[67Dart273]

"No stereo" is the answer. "IF" there were car stereos back then they would have been 'higher end' and not something the A bodies "deserved" LOL


You'll notice there was never any provision for left / right front speakers, either

 

[69_340_GTS]

Actually car stereo was around in the early '60s. But you would never have seen it as a factory option in any low or mid-range car lines.

 

[mvh]

On a fastback,that opening is actually for a rear window defroster.

X2

There never were rear speakers in a fastback. And most fastbacks didn't have the defroster option, so have no hole back there in the quarter at all.

 

[Holy Roller]

Thank you everyone for the information, I have learned something new. Although, now that we are in the days of new technology. Would two speakers work on the the quarters?