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Rob Weeks on Rear Speakers

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Date:         Sun, 3 May 1998 19:43:02 -0500
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From: Robert Weeks II 
Subject:      Re: Rear Speakers/Lacey Wheels/Misc stuff
To: STANGII@DCC11972.SLIP.DIGEX.NET

Rear Speakers: With all do respect to everone who has contributed to
this before and lately, one minor thing comes to mind. Inside the rear
side panels, we must remeber that depending on seatbelt style, model
year, body style, and interior trim option one may NOT be able to fit
ANY speaker behind the panel. Examples: My 1975 Coupe was once outfitted
by me, for Stereo Competitions, I had a 7" Mid bass (using a 6 x 9
frame), a 4" mid range and a 1" tweeter (using a 3" round frame) all in
the rear side panels BEHIND and hidden with room to spare. Now my '75
has a deluxe interior, with the woodgrain accents in the rear side
panels, wide color keyed seatbelts, and a factory folding rear seat (YES
in a coupe!!!!).  Now, when I transfered all the equipment into my King
Cobra (obvious;ly a '78) I went to install the rear  speakers and the
seat belt retractor bodies and reels were in the opening that held so
much on the '75. The KC is obviously a HB, it has the std Wilshire
interior, Deluxe door panels, black std seat belts, an all plastic side
panels with no accents. Lastly, my Handler has a std black interior,
small ar rest door panels, no side panel accents and the seat belt
retrcators & eeels are down low like in the '75. Now the Handler is
titled as a '78 but has a mid to late '77 build date. So, the moral here
is take the panels out and check carefully for space on a car by car
basis. I actually found thaT a 6x9 will fit vetically on the rear
tailight trim panels on the HB cars and the Ghia Coupes. Also on the
Coupes a 4x6 plate fits in the rear deck if you are patient. And
finally, in the upper "B" pillar (behind the quarter window on Coupes,)
there is a great place for a 4X6 behind the headliner material

Rob Weeks
1975 V-8 Coupe (future home of a 4.6 DoHC)
1978 King Cobra (SEFI 5.0, AOD)
1978 Monroe Handler(SEFI 5.0, T-5)
              (T-56 6 speed soon!)

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