Evangelos:
>1. All modern radio-cassette players are too deep to fit,
>I guess older radios were shallower because they didn't have
>a cassette mechanism in them - nobody sells such things here
>anymore
I used a set of brass spacers to set my console off from the bulkead an
additional 3/4".
>2. It is absolutely impossible to find an oval speaker that
>has holes where the chrome grille threaded legs are, i.e.
>91mm X 171mm. This, again, was an older size speaker, extinct.
Check with Radio Shack; seems to me they had several different types of
replacement speakers that would fit within the area. You could also
re-locate the holes by drilling new ones in the speaker frame.
Personally, I ditched the single speaker in the console and replaced the
grille with a set of auxiliary guages, mounting the speaker(s) in the
rear bulkead.
>Under the parcel shelf? That's made of paper! It can't even hold
>a camera without bending.
Fabricate a new parcel shelf out of 1/4" plywood and aluminum angle.
Cheap, lets you place things exactly where you want, and doesn't
irrevocably alter the old one in case you ever decide to change it back.
>So, I'd like to hear your ideas on modern radio placement options
>in a post-64 Sprite. Ideally I'd like a radio-CD player and a pair
>of 16mm speakers on the rear bulkhead (reinforced with wood).
Have you considered buying one of the aftermarket consoles made for
modern radios and speakers? I saw some on a link (?) from Patton
Dickson's website a while ago, and thought they were very nice. Should
think they would fit your problem exactly. I'm thinking the designer's
name was Fisher (Alan Fisher? Fisher Jones? -- long day and not enough
coffee yet).
I'm quite pleased having my speakers mounted in the rear bulkhead. I
would consider mounting an additional piece of wood behind the speakers
(in the boot) to form a 'baffle' that sound can bounce back off of.
Makes mine sound better at speed.
Best of luck!
Rich
'79 MG Midget "Miss Molly"
'78 Chevy Half-Ton "Waltzin' Matilda"
"It is wise to take alarm at the first experiment on our liberties."
James Madison ca. 1791
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