1969 Dodge Dart - Original Radio Speaker Ohms?

[Lord Sparky]

I am about to test to see if the original radio works by hooking it up to a new speaker that can be setup in 4 or 8 ohms. Does anyone know if the original radio was 4 or 8 ohms?

 

[kursplat]

pretty sure 4 ohms...
but here ya go
"Generally home audio uses 8ohm speakers and car audio uses 4 ohms or 2ohms. Most likely you car audio head unit or amplifier is going to be designed for 4 ohm speakers, but its OK to use an 8 ohm speaker on them. But 8 ohm speakers on a 4 ohm system only need to be rated at half the output power of the amp."

 

[Dana67Dart]

I can't find the site but I have seen it twice looking for a stock speaker for my dart.

I recall seeing that 8 ohms is correct as 4 ohms increases the current in a transistor and caused it to run hot.

I'll keep looking for the site

Found the link
Classic Car Speakers

 

[Lord Sparky]

Thank you for your replies, but alas, the old radio was dead. I will be purchasing one of those expensive new-fangled ones that looks the same as the old. It looks like some water got inside the old radio--all it made was a low hissing sound.

 

[kursplat]

Thank you for your replies, but alas, the old radio was dead. I will be purchasing one of those expensive new-fangled ones that looks the same as the old. It looks like some water got inside the old radio--all it made was a low hissing sound.

that's the water cooking off. you just need more voltage

 

[Dana67Dart]

Did you have an antenna installed

 

[Pawned]

I would be willing to bet money that it is an 8 ohm speaker.

 

[Mattax]

I can't find the site but I have seen it twice looking for a stock speaker for my dart.

I recall seeing that 8 ohms is correct as 4 ohms increases the current in a transistor and caused it to run hot.

I'll keep looking for the site

Found the link
Classic Car Speakers

Thanks Dana.
I noticed the replacement speaker in my car is marked 4 ohms and when looking by the part number on line found a refurbished original for sale. That place also says its 8 Ohms.
One nice feature on the original speakers was the positive and negative terminals couldn't be hooked up in reverse.

 

[67Dart273]

Actually these are really not that critical. You could likely toss an 8 ohm in there and not notice much difference