All this talk about "best driving tunes" and antennas got me to
thinking.......(Danger! Danger!)
Starting with a BT7 that was built for concours, I have a spare rear seat
back-rest.... I also have a collection of high end audio components which
were removed from a previous daily driver. Tuner, power amps, flush mount
speakers and tweeters....
My thought was that with the roadster top not in the car, there might be
enough room back there to use the back-side of the extra seat-back as an audio
board to mount an amp or two, and mount the tuner/CD player and speakers
though the face of the seat back... This would give me a sound system which
would be self contained and could easily be added or removed when needed..
My thought would be to make the system completely self contained on the
seat-back with the exception of a power and ground lead. (all components and
leads properly fused, of course). I also thought that I'd rig a rubber sheet
into the space behind the seat when the audio was in place. (this, to insure
that the components don't accidentally ground out!!!!).
I was wondering if this arrangement were wired directly to the battery with
proper polarity, wouldn't that negate the need for a polarity converter? Am
I asking for trouble in doing this? IE destruction of the audio components or
potential burning wires?
-Also, the amps in question are somewhat large, though maybe not by today's
standards... 100W into 4 ohms. (Plus a 200W sub woofer driver amp which I am
almost certain will remain in the box...) Do you think that (1) 100W /
channel amp would prove to be too much for the BT7's electrical systems??
Any errors in logic? Judgment? Any dire warnings? Anyone ever done this?.....
David W. Jones
'62 Mk II BT7 tricarb
Cumberland, RI USA
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