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From: If your not the lead dog the view never changes Boise, Id
Rear speakers
The rear speakers in my 78 are just sitting in the back. I see where they go, how are they mounted? I see nothing to mount the speakers in the corners.
There are mounting brackets for the factory speakers but they have probably been removed. Be aware that there is no current 6x9 or similarly sized speaker that will fit into the mounting area. That's why they're just sitting there
The factory rear speakers are an odd size with a shallow cone and very small magnet. Like all factory speakers of the day they are also very high impedance and sound lousy with extremely little volume when connected to a modern head unit/amp. Hook them up to a high power amp and you'll burn out the voice coils before you get decent volume.
The only solution is some sort of custom mounting. Like yours, mine are just sitting back there as I wasn't aware of the problem before I bought them and don't want to cut anything. A "sound bar" is likely the best solution unless you want to start cutting things.
The speaker attaches to a plastic plate as in first picture and this plate attaches to the bracket in the second picture. I'm in the process of replacing the original speakers with some modern ones and I've had to cut away some of the plastic on the bracket to fit them in. It still won't line up completely so I'll have to make an infill panel and cover that in carpet.
There are mounting brackets for the factory speakers but they have probably been removed. Be aware that there is no current 6x9 or similarly sized speaker that will fit into the mounting area. That's why they're just sitting there
The factory rear speakers are an odd size with a shallow cone and very small magnet. Like all factory speakers of the day they are also very high impedance and sound lousy with extremely little volume when connected to a modern head unit/amp. Hook them up to a high power amp and you'll burn out the voice coils before you get decent volume.
The only solution is some sort of custom mounting. Like yours, mine are just sitting back there as I wasn't aware of the problem before I bought them and don't want to cut anything. A "sound bar" is likely the best solution unless you want to start cutting things.
Mike...you are correct, I still have the old cassette radio with the 10 ohm speakers....chucked the speakers and mounted my new (holy hanna! much better!) speakers in the same location. Mine were held together with BUBBA TAPE! (what an idiot!)
I took the left one and put it on the right, then I flipped them over so the 'fender hump cut-out' was in the correct place/ orientation. I made one easy-peasy 'Z' bracket for the top and screwed the lower 'hole' into the fender well.
From: If your not the lead dog the view never changes Boise, Id
Thank you all for the help and link with pictures. Looks like I need to get some brackets to modify. Or make my own.
L-46 are you looking to sell your old brackets?
Last edited by RockyL32; Sep 28, 2020 at 09:15 PM.
Rear speakers
