Factory Gentleman Jim Speakers

[ElGracho]

I took these pictures for Jeff for a thread on the 1980 factory speakers. I mentioned they had factory kickpanel speakers in Gentleman Jim's and Jeff wanted to see some pics. I took these early in April and forgot I had them until today.

This truck has an interesting (maybe just to me) story. I bought my Gentleman Jim in August of 2002. Thinking we'd never see another one, about 6 months later, my uncle found one for about 1/4 the price. He called me up and made me guess what he had found. About 6 months after that, he saw this truck poking out of an alley. All he could see is the right front fender. He noticed the gold paint under the missing trim (from across a 45 mph 4 lane road) and had to turn around. He talked the owner out of this neglected Gentleman Jim for $500.

You can see that the speakers must not be that great since they went ahead and ruined the doors for others anyhow... My Gentleman Jim, both of my uncle's, and the 4 or so I have seen in Junkyards all had these speakers in exactly the same place. They are factory and I've only seen them on the Gentleman Jim's in this spot. That wire you see in the picture is where they tapped in for the door speakers. That part is most definitely not factory. Also note the ugly ass velour seat cover on the factory bucket seat.