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Originally Posted by Wasted Income
Can you please post pics? I'd love to see your install...sounds like a great idea. I'm not afraid to cut up my cab, either.  |
I would, if I still had the truck. I sold many years ago. At the time( in the mid seventies), that I owned it, I had high back bucket seats in it, from a mid seventies Mustang and a center pedestal seat to make it a 3-way bench. The panel that is just below the window is real close to the size of a 6" speaker, and I cut it out to fit the speaker just between the seat back and the rear pillar. The panel is not overly deep, so the speaker does not need to have a large magnet on it. I also had 6" X 9" speakers in the lower door panels for a mid bass effect. If you remove the fuel tank from the cab, then there are many possibilites.
However, there are many upgrades to speakers on the market today and the sizes are smaller and more efficient. You can get a 4"X6" or a 5 1/2" round speaker that will fit the panel size much better. It does put the sound right at your ear and makes it more efficient on a truck with the windows down.
As I said, my present 68 Chevy truck project will have a 4"X6" speaker (just like what is in the early Nineties Chevy trucks mounted in the rear pillars (between the door frame and the rear window) and it will give the same effect as the later model trucks. There is plenty of room behind the pillar for a good magnet speaker and the sound reproduction should be good.