'66 dash speaker mounts?
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'66 dash speaker mounts?
I ordered a retrosound 5x7 dual dash speaker for my '66. It's arriving shortly. I finally looked under the dash and all I see under the speaker area grill is bare metal. no mounts of any kind. I guess I just drill holes in the metal dash? not the end of the world as a previous owner installed a vinyl padded dash pad but curious how the factory did it. I read in another thread that they just used bolts and washers thriough the dash grill? is that accurate?
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This is from the 1961 Shop Manual but I also have a few 1966 F250s with original speaker and radio installed from the factory that all use the same hardware. I'll try to remember to see if I can find the hardware easily from one I took apart and snap some pictures of it but this page from the manual shows it decent.
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Thanks. I’ll be feeding the retro sound speaker from a UTV soundbar I put on the floor of the cab up against the vertical side of my lower bench seat cushion. I’m currently streaming direct from my phone to the soundbar. Lots of base but not much midrange or treble.
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I got some hardware snd mounted the speaker in the dash. Pretty easy.
Running the retro sound dual voice coil speaker off the sound bar was not as straight forward as I thought. I had to get an amp for it. Got a cheap 100w amp dedicated to the dash speaker and I’m very impressed with the sound. Combined with the sound bar it is capable of really cranking out the sound.
for 50 or so dollars the retrosound single stereo speaker is really good. Maybe it’s the amp. A guy told me a long time ago he would run amps on all his stereos not for max volume but it make even cheap speakers sound good at low volumes
I now have a nearly invisible Bluetooth sound system and I was all in on it for under $400.00.
Now I can ****can the retro sound radio which I hate l…but for now it stays because someone hacked out a monster hole for a more modern stereo at some point.
Has anyone come up with a cool radio delete plate? I realize the factory would have simply not cut the holes at all but what’s done is done.
Running the retro sound dual voice coil speaker off the sound bar was not as straight forward as I thought. I had to get an amp for it. Got a cheap 100w amp dedicated to the dash speaker and I’m very impressed with the sound. Combined with the sound bar it is capable of really cranking out the sound.
for 50 or so dollars the retrosound single stereo speaker is really good. Maybe it’s the amp. A guy told me a long time ago he would run amps on all his stereos not for max volume but it make even cheap speakers sound good at low volumes
I now have a nearly invisible Bluetooth sound system and I was all in on it for under $400.00.
Now I can ****can the retro sound radio which I hate l…but for now it stays because someone hacked out a monster hole for a more modern stereo at some point.
Has anyone come up with a cool radio delete plate? I realize the factory would have simply not cut the holes at all but what’s done is done.
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