Allen,
You described exactly the one I picked up for my 64 spitfire. I even
managed to get an original installation instruction sheet for this speaker
box and the radio that was supplied. These were dealer installed options.
>
> >Philip E. Barnes wrote:
>
> > When I bought my car, the radio in it (the one recently found) had no
> > speaker connected to it. In addition, the car had the early "kidney
> > pads" that have no speaker cut-outs. These are correct for the car,
> > since the monaural radio would have no use for two speakers. I believe
> > that the speaker was in some sort of enclosure suspended in the
> > passenger side footwell, as there are the vestiges of this arrangement
> > still present...
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> My 1967 TR4A IRS definitely had a single speaker "box" mounted under the
> passenger (right side) footwell. It had an open back, and mounted with
> two bolts at the top, firing the sound more or less down to toward the
> floor. I remember that it was black metal, krinkle finish, and took
> either a 5"X7" or a 6"X9" speaker (can't remember exactly). The box was
> sort of "house" shaped, with no "roof" and the speaker would be mounted to
> the "floor." It sounded terrible with the open top.
>
> Now to wax rhapsodic for a moment...I installed an 8-track player in the
> glovebox and mounted two small speaker boxes on a homemade wooden bracket
> in the occasional seat. It sounded great until somebody stole the
> 8-track. I sold the car about 25 years ago. Thanks for listening!
>
> Allen Hefner
> '77 Midget
> '92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
Brad (Lincoln Nebraska 402-464-1502)
1964 Spitfire4 BFC25720L
1961 TR4 CT288L (OD)
1959 TR3 & 1966 TR4A (Parts Cars)
1951 Dodge Truck 82217766 B-3-B-108
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