What is the correct size speaker for the door speakers of a '79 F-150?

We want to put a radio and speakers in our '79 while I have the dash torn apart to fix some interior lighting issues.

Thanks!

 

The door speakers are 6" inch round speakers or you can fit 6.5" but i would go with 6" since some 6.5" are to big and won't fit, a good idea would be to get a insert to protect them from moisture, i have seen people use old margarine containers, just to keep the rain that may leak from the window and down into the door and on to the speaker

also there is a dash speaker, its a 4x6 speaker, you can fit other sizes in there, since 4x6 is hard to get, and you can always use the dash speaker as a cb speaker or you can use it as a center speaker and then put the second speaker (speakers are sold in pairs) behind the bench seat in a box with some sub woofers! just a idea?

-Brent

 

Thanks for the sizes and the suggestions. . .very helpful and some good ideas also. . .since I'm gonna be building my truck as a recreational desert racer I think the CB radio speaker is a great idea!!!

 

I am missing my radio from when i bought the truck, can you put a modern CD player in there or do you have to go with an original radio?

 

you sure can use a modern cd player, it does require some modification, i have to do the same thing to my truck, the best example i can show you is from a older thread,

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/7...dio-ideas.html

look at the pictures fmc400 posted, that is the modification you have to make to the bracket that holds the radio and the heater control module, and you have to cut the plastic dash to allow the wider modern cd player to fit, the cd deck in the picture is the same cd player i have, and it was kinda neat to get a future look at what it will look like in a dentside (73-79) ford truck dash, i am really far away in my trucks frame off resto to be worrying about the audio! lol hope this info helps!
-Brent

 

This is what I am going to go with for the radio and the dash speaker.
RetroSoundUSA.com - Classic Car Stereo Systems, Radios, Speakers, and Accessories

 

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Father Ted right?

Thats old Father Jack! in your avatar! LOL LOL LOL LOL

DRINK!!!

If any one doesn't know of what i am speaking about, just look up Father Ted on youtube! you will be glad ya did! lol lol lol

He was my favorite on that show!, let me guess your Canadian DNFXDLI ?
Or are you from the United Kingdom?

and i know

oh and nice link to the retrosoundusa they seem to be a really cheap price? but thats not a bad thing, i wonder how well they hold up? but nice link all the same, to bad there is no Cd slot, but then you don't have to mess with your dash to have a modern radio

-Brent

 

ARS!...KNICKERS!!...NUN!!!..worse...I was born in England and have been in Canada for 35 years..hehehe...it was a great show!...not many know about it. A friend of a friend has one of those radio's with external amplification and apparently sounds good.....the CD a few years ago would have bothered me but even this old dinosaur got a Zune and it is great and will plug right into that radio...and don't have to cut the dash up either.

 

If you do not run the outer ring on the ouside of a 6.5" speaker, you can fit it right in the stock opening without any modification. In fact this rather thick 6.5" Cerwin Vega fit perfectly by removing this outer ring, and placing it behind the speaker itself. It was only a very thing ring, but gave the speaker the right amount of space to fit perfectly behind the original door panel.

 

I have 6.5" Pioneer speakers in my doors; there are pictures in my gallery if you'd like to see.

 

has anyone used the dash speaker shown in lmc?

LMC Truck Parts - Page 83

eazy stereo, no mods.
I just like a little E L P !!!!

 

I have 6 1/2 Jensen's (I know they're crappy but I've had them a while) in the doors of mine and they fit great. I'm building a custom fiberglass center console to hold two Sony 6X9's, my gauges, and my Kenwood EQ. I'm putting together a sound system for my truck out of stuff I've had in previous cars and stuff I got cheap off e-bay. It's gonna rock!

 

im running s jensen flip down with two 6.25 sony explodes in the doors along with two kicker comp cvrs behind the seat powered by two 500 old school rocks and lets just say it will knock every picture of the wall in the house. done it many of times and having to go in an put the pictures back on the walls and straightening them sucks lol. every body says that they caan hear me a .25 mile away lol. use a sealed box behind your seat or it will sound like ****. also if your a tall person over 6'1 id recomend using tens as twelves set your seat up a little. also remeber its not about buying the best equipment its about building the best sound, i have owned several matching systems such as a complete kenwood setup (radio,amps,subs,speakers) and to be honest it sounded like crap. and every trucks stereo will sound different no matter what you do. ive built stereo system in many of the vehicles that run around in my town and every one ive built was made up of different peices.

 

i cant put subs in my truck ;.( the gas tank is in the way... oh well. i said screw the stereo untill i can REALLY do some work to the truck. im thinkin a CB instead anyway.

 

Dash speaker for the CB + a PA horn under the hood. It helps too that I could flip a switch and change from elect. to air horns. The air can also be used to blow up mattresses for camping. I'm thinking about getting a 2d air pump and adding semi air horns under the hood. I'd like to get a train horn for some of the few idiots on the road. Decent idea = change the car/truck electric horns for a set of boat horns, they're about the same size.