Stereo installations??
 

Anybody done any major work in their classic stang to improve the sound system. If so I would be interested in anything done or even idea's. I'm trying to figure out a way to balance the acoustics just using factory speaker areas. I don't want to cut up anything original. Thanks in advance....Mac

Ok.. here is what i have done to my 67 coupe.

I added a cd player, there are 2 6x9 in the package tray, i once had a pioneer 12" speaker in the back behind the seat with a box that i made myself... as for the amp i mounted it on the speaker ( this is in the trunk) it all depends on what year you have really.. i put two small 4x6 in the grills on the doors and i bought some 6 1/2 " speakers for the kickpanels... so it is all up to you because you can buy everything you need without having to hurt anything original

I have a Kenwood 10-disc changer mounted in the trunk on the driver side right behind the rear seat. And a Kenwood 4-channel amp mounted on the driver side on the flat panel just to the left (driver side) of the gas tank. I have Pioneer surface mount speakers on the package tray and Pioneer 5 1/4" speakers in the front bottom corners of the door. I have a CustomAutosound stereo, part no. USA-04 that fits just like the original stereo. Hope this gives you a few ideas.

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'69 Coupe with 351W
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Edelbrock RPM intake, Edelbrock RPM cam, Edelbrock 750 cfm carb, Edelbrock lifters, Edelbrock double roller timing chain, Edelbrock valve springs, Accel coil, Moroso Blue-Max wires, Hedman headers, 2 1/2" pipe, glasspacks, Flex fan, Lakewood traction bars, C4, 3:1 open rear--9" 3.70:1 posi coming this summer
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[This message has been edited by BennyBoy (edited 05-09-2001).]

well i have a 69 coupe and there wasnt any speakers put in the door and theres not enough room between the door panel and where the metal starts to even put a 5 1/4 in speaker. i have a cd player in there with some 4/6's in the rear deck but it still sounds like crap, i need to cut and put something in the doors but i dont know yet. any ideas?

Sounds like your running into the same problem I have. No room in the door for speakers. I have seen where you can put the speakers in the kick panels but I cant see the speakers down there being able to push too much sound.

Probably have to do the cutting thing with the door as well.........I didn't really want to either.

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1966 Baby blue Coupe, 289, Manual 3-speed, Edelbrock 650, Flowmaster 3-chambers, and minor upgrades. Interior work includes custom paneling, custom dash dress-up(I refuse to cut anything out of the original), Rewiring most of the electronics, Porsche 911 seats installed soon, and Stroker kit when I get to Texas. November of 2001 I will go back to Dallas.

you got a 66 you can buy the kick panels and put a component system in it and it will sound great. i cant do that b/c i have vents down there and they dont make kick panels for it so im screwed. ill just have to take it to some friends that own a stereo shop and see what they can do.

I've got 4x6 rockford fosgate's in home made Q-logic type kick panels. They sound great in their. With 4x2 kicker tweets. Both being run off a jbl amp. Then to rienforce the low end 2 ten rockford fosgate XLC subs being pushed by a fosgate amp. Adjustments on frequency level are made by an mtx two path cross over. The head unit is a panasonic cassete deck with remote control and other crap that I don't use with an 8 disk cd changer in the trunk. The only cutting I had to do was for the head unit. You can hardly tell the stuff is their. That is until you see and feel everything rattling off.

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67'fastback-Edelbrock carb,intake,cam,valve springs.Rhode lifters, CompCam rocker arms, windage tray,cerama coated headers,dual flows with H-pipe, modded c-4,tci stall converter,perma cool electric fan,aluminum water pump,griffen aluminum radiator,accel 8.8 cable,wide cap distriburator,magnetic pick up,v-matic hurst shifter,edelbrock performer nitrous, carter electric fuel pump,ignitor coil,solid motor mounts,magna racing suspension,poly urathane bushings,under rider traction bars, comp. eng. s

There is enough room for 5 1/4" speakers in the doors. I have them in there. Down in the front bottom corners. That little strip of metal at the bottom that runs along the whole length of the door is thick enough. I didn't have to cut the door panels or anything. I did have to saw a little part out of the window stop. But that was just excess metal that had no purpose so it didn't hurt a thing. It is possible to fit 5 1/4" speakers in 1969 doors.

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'69 Coupe with 351W
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Edelbrock RPM intake, Edelbrock RPM cam, Edelbrock 750 cfm carb, Edelbrock lifters, Edelbrock double roller timing chain, Edelbrock valve springs, Accel coil, Moroso Blue-Max wires, Hedman headers, 2 1/2" pipe, glasspacks, Flex fan, Lakewood traction bars, C4, 3:1 open rear--9" 3.70:1 posi coming this summer
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My advice would be to order the replacment kickpanels without any speakers from one of the stang part supplier (like NPD). Select and install the speakers yourself.

Shadetree