Tim Lloyd wrote:
>
> The random two-foot snowfalls are coming with less and less
> frequency...summer must be approaching here in Colorado! So as I'm
> planning out my summer projects, I'm thinking about installing a decent
> sound system in my 54 Chevy 3100.
>
> I'm very interested in hearing from anyone on the list who has installed
> any kind of a sound system in their truck, whether it's 100% authentic or
> 100% new-fangled. Oh, and pictures, if you have them.
>
> My plan, for the moment, is to install a decent (nothing too expensive,
> I'm just a college student) CD player in the glove box, the dual-speaker
> set that Chevy Duty carries in the in-dash speaker location, and another
> set of speakers somewhere else in the cab. I'm looking forward to hearing
> from anyone who's installed stereos in their trucks so I can get some
> ideas on how to do this right.
>
> Tim Lloyd, omaha@tmbg.org
I will be adding some pics of my stereo install as soon as I have it
finished. I made a console for the Pioneer single CD/AM/FM head unit,
have a pair of 150 watt Kenwood 3-way 6x9's and a Coustic amp mounted on
an MDF panel behind the seats, and will soon be adding some 1 inch
tweeters and 4 inch mids to the lower front edge of the new door panels.
There's a single 6 inch Bazooka bass tube behind the seat as well, but
I'm looking for a second one to balance things out. With just the 6x9's
and the Bazooka tube the truck really rocks. Can't wait to hear it once
completed! Oh...the amp is rated at 125 watts total at 4 ohms...but with
the speakers wired in parallel it will drop the ohm rating to approx.
.5, and will produce over 500 watts total power. Great for listening to
those big band, jazz, and blues CD's I enjoy! Stay tuned for more stereo
updates.
Alan Gingles
1948 Chevy 1314
http://www.nucleus.com/~agingles
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