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[QUOTE=trinogt]One, but you can get a high quality pair of speakers that are designed to fit where the factory speaker is. Very trick setup this way!
do you know what size they are?
also will a 85-## year wire kit for ford trucks work on my 76? its the only one i could find.
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do you know what size they are?
also will a 85-## year wire kit for ford trucks work on my 76? its the only one i could find.
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With this old truck you prolly aren't gonna find a wiring kit for it. What I did was buy a spool of speaker wire and ran all new wires to the doors. White and Grey are always front speakers. Purple and Green are Rear speakers Red goes to Switched power, Yellow to Constant Power, Blue to the turn of of the amp but since you said you are not hooking the amp up right now just cap it off. Black is the Ground to the metal under the dash.
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Originally Posted by jsutton
With this old truck you prolly aren't gonna find a wiring kit for it. What I did was buy a spool of speaker wire and ran all new wires to the doors. White and Grey are always front speakers. Purple and Green are Rear speakers Red goes to Switched power, Yellow to Constant Power, Blue to the turn of of the amp but since you said you are not hooking the amp up right now just cap it off. Black is the Ground to the metal under the dash.
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It has been a while since I messed with radio wires. You will need to find a radio yellow hot wire which is always hot, a radio red hot wire which is hot when the key is in the Key on and Key Accessory position. And the radio orange hot wire which should be controlled with the same wire which controls the dash light illumination on the instrument panel (I think it green with a yellow stripe or vice versa).
Test the radio prior for proper wire installation prior to final electrical taping or soldering or using wire connectors
Test the radio prior for proper wire installation prior to final electrical taping or soldering or using wire connectors
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The easiest (not the best) but it will work. Is to look at the fuse block there is a fuse that has radio written beside it, tie the red into that (it is switched 12 volts). Then tie the yellow to the fuse block to the fuse that has Hazard written by it, (it is a 12 volt constant). you already have the ground screwed to metal so thats fine. then just hook up the speakers IIRC white is right and grey is left. but i'm not 100%.
There are other posts on here that say there is a spot behind the dash light switch that has a 3 spots to just plug into to get a 12 volt switched but I don't know exactly where it is back there but it runs with power to the lights when the key is on. You can tie the red to that instead of the fuse if you feel safer doing that. I'm sure someone know what color the factory 12 volt switched wire to the radio is. So maybe if it is still behind the dash somewhere you can just tie to that (where its supposed to be anyway) but the yellow to the hazards i have done on many old cars. I hope that didn't make it worse.
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There are other posts on here that say there is a spot behind the dash light switch that has a 3 spots to just plug into to get a 12 volt switched but I don't know exactly where it is back there but it runs with power to the lights when the key is on. You can tie the red to that instead of the fuse if you feel safer doing that. I'm sure someone know what color the factory 12 volt switched wire to the radio is. So maybe if it is still behind the dash somewhere you can just tie to that (where its supposed to be anyway) but the yellow to the hazards i have done on many old cars. I hope that didn't make it worse.
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7six, the speaker is made for older Ford trucks, and I think classic Ford truck parts suppliers carry this speaker. It is two speakers in one.
Check LMC, Autokrafters, etc. http://www.soundmove.com/speakers.htm try this page; they should have the right app[lication for you, just call. Some have two 3.5 inch speakers, some have a single cone and dual voice coils and run off two channels (stereo)
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Check LMC, Autokrafters, etc. http://www.soundmove.com/speakers.htm try this page; they should have the right app[lication for you, just call. Some have two 3.5 inch speakers, some have a single cone and dual voice coils and run off two channels (stereo)
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