Tunes 4 the sled

[Vortech]

Well, got tired of the lack of a stereo for my 1965 Chevy Truck, so I set off on a mission. My criteria was the following, 1) I wanted to have a factory (dummy radio) radio that I could run my smart phone to play Pandora, Iheart radio, serious xm, or any other digital media on my phonefrom 2) I did not want to butcher the cab for speaker mounting 3) I did not want a head unit 4) I wanted to be able to enclose the amp inside of the factory radio 5) I wanted the factory radio to look factory and be the power source for the amp powering the Smartphone 6) I wanted to do this on the cheap!

1st task was the speaker location,. I picked up a brand new set of Kenwood 4" speakers at the flea market for $5.00. This met the all important 6th criteria. Next mounting, I looked far and wide for a factory center speaker to house the 2 4" speakers. This proved to be more difficult than I thought. Frustrated, I had an idea. Why not glue 2 nylon bushings to the under side of the dash to provide a mounting points for the brackets that would hold up the speakers in my own fabricated housing. For this I used 2 3/4" tall nylon spacers. My 1st attempt was to use JB weld. After drying, I tried to tighten the brackets to the busing using self tapping screws. As soon as I applied torque, the nylon bushings broke free. Frustrated, I remembered that I had some POR 15 EPOXY. My assumption was that the JB weld, being liquid form, pushed out as soon as I pressed it against the underside of the dash. So the EPOXY, being clay like, provide d ample product between the bushing and the underside of the dash. This was the result of my second attempt, success to mounting these to the underside with minimal work and or stress.