I tried those Custom Autosound speakers. They don't sound very good. They
are too small for decent fidelity. In the original location, they are too
close together for any kind of stereo separation, so a single mono speaker
actually sounds better.
If you have a bench seat and a cab mounted gas tank, there is precious
little room for speakers in the AD cab. Without cutting sheet metal, about
all you can do is put surface mount speakers under the dash or on the kick
panels.
I have given speaker location a lot of thought. I am considering using the
headliner area, at least for tweeters. One other idea is headrest speakers
like in the Pontiac Fiero - these actually sounded pretty good. And they
would help overcome the high noise level in the cab too.
Jack Halton
51 GMC 1/2 ton
Winter Park FL
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From: "tim" <lloydt@Colorado.EDU>
To: "Ole Truckers" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 10:40 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] Another request for interior photos
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> As another semester begins, I'm reminded that fall isn't all that far
> away, so I should finish up some of my projects on the interior of my '54
> pickup, most notably another repair of the heater and the mounting of my
> front speakers.
>
> I'm looking for photos of the interiors of some AD trucks, especially
> 54-55 1st, and *especially* with "modern" stereo speakers installed. My
> particular interest at the moment (besides having a working heater before
> the weather causes my windows to fog up) is devising some way to mount my
> two front 3 1/2" speakers without cutting any of my truck's sheet metal.
> This task is complicated by the uniqueness of the 54 (and 55 1st) dash,
> which has the radio *below* the speaker grill -- otherwise I could just
> buy a Custom Autosound speaker set.
>
> Any interior photos, or even descriptions of creative speaker mounting,
> are appreciated. Thanks in advance,
>
> Tim Lloyd, omaha@tmbg.org
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