70 dash pad in a 69?
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Burning Brakes
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70 dash pad in a 69?
Anyone ever put a 70 dash pad in a 69?
Thought it would be nice to have the speakers up high instead of at your feet. Just don't know if any provisions where made to the birdcage for speaker clearance or if the rest of the interior windshield moldings would have to be changed as well.
Putting speaker in the back with a convertable doesnt seem like its gona work much better.
Thought it would be nice to have the speakers up high instead of at your feet. Just don't know if any provisions where made to the birdcage for speaker clearance or if the rest of the interior windshield moldings would have to be changed as well.
Putting speaker in the back with a convertable doesnt seem like its gona work much better.
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Alan is correct. The 70 & up dash pads have speaker 'holders' in which the speakers mount...then those are attached to the bottom of the dash. If you get the '70 dash, you need the speaker 'holders' also...otherwise a good pothole will cause the speaker to drop out of the dash pad.
I went the other way with my system. I have a '71 and added kickpanel speakers to the original AM-FM/stereo radio. I replaced the dash speakers and added some in the kicks; all speakers were readily available 4 ohm units and the two speakers on each side were wired in "series" so that the impedence on each side is 8 ohms...very close to the 10 ohm amp output of the Delco unit. Sound is much more robust with good highs from the dash speakers and good mid freq [and decent bass] from the kickpanel speakers. Much better system than the original design (either the 68-69 or the 70-76 vehicles).
I went the other way with my system. I have a '71 and added kickpanel speakers to the original AM-FM/stereo radio. I replaced the dash speakers and added some in the kicks; all speakers were readily available 4 ohm units and the two speakers on each side were wired in "series" so that the impedence on each side is 8 ohms...very close to the 10 ohm amp output of the Delco unit. Sound is much more robust with good highs from the dash speakers and good mid freq [and decent bass] from the kickpanel speakers. Much better system than the original design (either the 68-69 or the 70-76 vehicles).
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Burning Brakes
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Alan is correct. The 70 & up dash pads have speaker 'holders' in which the speakers mount...then those are attached to the bottom of the dash. If you get the '70 dash, you need the speaker 'holders' also...otherwise a good pothole will cause the speaker to drop out of the dash pad.
I went the other way with my system. I have a '71 and added kickpanel speakers to the original AM-FM/stereo radio. I replaced the dash speakers and added some in the kicks; all speakers were readily available 4 ohm units and the two speakers on each side were wired in "series" so that the impedence on each side is 8 ohms...very close to the 10 ohm amp output of the Delco unit. Sound is much more robust with good highs from the dash speakers and good mid freq [and decent bass] from the kickpanel speakers. Much better system than the original design (either the 68-69 or the 70-76 vehicles).
I went the other way with my system. I have a '71 and added kickpanel speakers to the original AM-FM/stereo radio. I replaced the dash speakers and added some in the kicks; all speakers were readily available 4 ohm units and the two speakers on each side were wired in "series" so that the impedence on each side is 8 ohms...very close to the 10 ohm amp output of the Delco unit. Sound is much more robust with good highs from the dash speakers and good mid freq [and decent bass] from the kickpanel speakers. Much better system than the original design (either the 68-69 or the 70-76 vehicles).
Anyone know where to get the speaker holders or what they look like?
Nevermind... found some on ebay. Thanks again guys.
Last edited by mysixtynine; Nov 19, 2010 at 01:32 PM.