I went with the speakers-in-doors method. I just have a wire that emerges
from under the carpet close to the door hinge, and then disappears behind
the door trim. Not super-elegant, but reasonably unobtrusive and works
fine.
The clearance between the back of the speakers and the window mechanism
isn't great, and requires speakers that are reasonably shallow. Sorry, I
can't remember exactly *how* shallow they need to be, nothing freaky or hard
to find, but not all off-the-shelf speakers will fit.
Since Sammy is a GT, I was also able to fit a pair of speakers in the trim
panels either side of the "rear seat". This required cutting a bit out of
the trim at the top (what would be the door capping if it was a door), but I
achieved this pretty neatly I believe, it all looks like it's meant to be
there!
Footwells are not really ideal for speaker placement, from a sound point of
view. It can all get a bit muffled in there, and you are likely to lose a
lot of sound quality. Not that the door panels are a great deal better,
since the only option is right at the bottom. Also I'm not sure if fixing
the speaker directly to a metal panel, as I would guess you have to, will
have an effect on sound quality?
If you have a flash drive sticking out of your stereo, is it going to
interfere with the gearstick? Guess it depends where on the stereo the USB
port is.
Just a few thoughts...
Richard & Sammy ('73 Black Tulip BGT)
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