Right Speakers?

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1969383S said:
Thought Matt was in Texas?

If he makes speaker plates I was unaware!
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He is but he made a 3500 mile road trip to see his parents and brother. I live halfway between them, so he stopped here so we could meet in person. He's my mentor on here and we've probably been talking close to a year. He has a thread on here about his roadtrip, check it out.

Yeah he was making and selling them on here and they are awesome. He hasn't made them in awhile though, said he didn't get enough hits to make it worth his while. He also made a bad *** set of valve stem caps that are made from .40 cal fired shell casings. He machined threads and put an O-ring in them and it was one of those "how cool are these" things.
 
Not that I was looking, but never saw him advertise them. I miss a lot that does not grab my attention.
 
1969383S said:
Not that I was looking, but never saw him advertise them. I miss a lot that does not grab my attention.
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I can't remember how he titled the sales thread, but I gotta tell 'ya, it's nice to put 2 new 3.5" speakers in your dash in place of the big old 2 or 5 watt speaker.
 
IMFURYS said:
I know that memory thing too, or at least I used to, lol.

Good to know on the Dynamatt type stuff as I can go ahead and do that and have them ready. Thanks.
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Don’t buy dynamat, over priced ripoff. Buy the clone stuff on Amazon. I think the stuff I bought was Noico. A lot cheaper. Buy a roll of aluminum furnace tape at Lowe’s & go to town.
 
Mike69cuda said:
Don’t buy dynamat, over priced ripoff. Buy the clone stuff on Amazon. I think the stuff I bought was Noico. A lot cheaper. Buy a roll of aluminum furnace tape at Lowe’s & go to town.
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Oh I wasn't going for dynamatt per say, something like what you found on Amazon. I did my Fury with something similar, but can't recall the name, maybe Noico was it.
 
I was making a pair of dual 3.5" dash speaker mounts out of scrap aluminum I had from work. One for my 67 and one for my sons 69. There was an extra piece of aluminum sized just right for a 3rd one, and I made one out of it for Dan's Cuda. Just sent it to him as a gift. I dont do these as a sideline or anything like that, as I am just too busy to do these on a volume basis. Just cutting the holes and shaping them took a lot of time with chain drilling then filing the roughness smooth.

I am so busy I dont always have the time to mess with this stuff, plus it's easier to template something out of cardstock paper than it is to actually whittle it out of .100" - .125" thick aluminum plate. It may end up being 6 months before I get time to make these up.

Heres the custom 4x6 grilles I may be fabbing up for 2 cars now. Didnt see any 4x6 grilles I liked. Choices are very limited, plus i am OCD about how stuff fits. Template took 20 mins to whip up, the grilles will take a lot longer.

The template will make the grilles fit tighter closing up any gaps around the speakers. Will make the pieces out of .100" - .125" aluminum plate, plan on bevelling the edges, and counter sinking the screw holes. I have heavy gage stainless steel screen from McMaster Carr (not window screen) going to bond that on behind the hole cutout. Gonna paint the grille frames semigloss black, and leave the screen natural stainless silver color.

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IMFURYS said:
He is but he made a 3500 mile road trip to see his parents and brother. I live halfway between them, so he stopped here so we could meet in person. He's my mentor on here and we've probably been talking close to a year. He has a thread on here about his roadtrip, check it out.

Yeah he was making and selling them on here and they are awesome. He hasn't made them in awhile though, said he didn't get enough hits to make it worth his while. He also made a bad *** set of valve stem caps that are made from .40 cal fired shell casings. He machined threads and put an O-ring in them and it was one of those "how cool are these" things.
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There was another guy making these on Fabo, so I didnt bother trying to make n sell em, plus having to chain drill two 3.5" holes , then cut an x in the middle to break the pieces out as triangles, and use a rotary file on a high speed air grinder to file out perfect circles. Then theres standing, priming, and paint. I mean, how much could I charge for these? Now if I had a water jet machine at my disposal where I could knock out a dozen or so unfinished plates in 15 minutes then maybe I'd have something here. I made those 15 mins at a time 3 times a day during the week. First break, lunch, second break at work. Making the bracket and mounting holes is the easiest by far. Cutting out the speaker holes is what takes almost forever it seems, so the labour hours to make one is pretty high. As such I did this to fill a need for the 2 cars my son and I have, and to give to a close fabo friend in need. I am sure when Dan opened it, that it brought a smile to his face.

Swingingdart , and 69383S if your interested in one of these plates and are a DIY person I can just mail you a copy of the template, and you can whittle one out yourself. Or if you want me to make you one, I can. It may take some time however with my busy schedule I have going on, as well as having to make 4 speaker grilles up. Plus I have no idea what to even charge for these pieces because they are labor intensive to make. I think if I were to buy a 3.5" hole saw for the drill press at work, it would speed things up quite a bit, however since I wasnt intending to ramp up any production, I wasnt going to spend the money for that. I also use scrap cutoff aluminum for these at my job. This is stuff they are going to dispose of since it has no lot number or certification papers with it, or is too small for an aircraft sheetmetal patch. Getting stuff like that is a wait n hope sort of thing.
 
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Think I am going to make a mould to press the grille screens so they are bumped up and flush with the top edge of the grille frames on the speaker grilles instead of flat and recessed. This may make them more store bought looking than home made looking. I will post more about all that in the build thread 67/68/69 cuda dilemma.
 
BTW, speakers fit underneath the panel because it uses countersink screws to make sure it clears the dash grille
 
Good afternoon all, i love the conversation.

Matt I'm not sure if it's an open offer but I love the template you came up with and I'm pretty sure it would fit my 66 Barracuda. Would you mind sharing in whatever way is easiest for you? Thanks.

Also I'm trying to make speaker choices while redoing my interior and have changed plans a few times but I think modern R and L tweeters in the dash 3 way mids in the kick panels would be great for the front. For the rear my Bcuda had 4x6's cut into the truck devider but I'm thinking of possibly moving those to the sides in the back where I found what looks like a single (passenger side) punch out for a 4x6. Though the drivers side might be tight with the fuel tank fill passing throughout. Has anyone tried this, how does it sound? And as for sail panels i liked the idea but just couldn't find anything I liked to match the OEM look next to the interior lights. And lastly a sub or pair of subs under the bucket seats is the hope if I can find something to fit. Any and all thoughts and experiences welcome.

moparmat2000 said:
There was another guy making these on Fabo, so I didnt bother trying to make n sell em, plus having to chain drill two 3.5" holes , then cut an x in the middle to break the pieces out as triangles, and use a rotary file on a high speed air grinder to file out perfect circles. Then theres standing, priming, and paint. I mean, how much could I charge for these? Now if I had a water jet machine at my disposal where I could knock out a dozen or so unfinished plates in 15 minutes then maybe I'd have something here. I made those 15 mins at a time 3 times a day during the week. First break, lunch, second break at work. Making the bracket and mounting holes is the easiest by far. Cutting out the speaker holes is what takes almost forever it seems, so the labour hours to make one is pretty high. As such I did this to fill a need for the 2 cars my son and I have, and to give to a close fabo friend in need. I am sure when Dan opened it, that it brought a smile to his face.

Swingingdart , and 69383S if your interested in one of these plates and are a DIY person I can just mail you a copy of the template, and you can whittle one out yourself. Or if you want me to make you one, I can. It may take some time however with my busy schedule I have going on, as well as having to make 4 speaker grilles up. Plus I have no idea what to even charge for these pieces because they are labor intensive to make. I think if I were to buy a 3.5" hole saw for the drill press at work, it would speed things up quite a bit, however since I wasnt intending to ramp up any production, I wasnt going to spend the money for that. I also use scrap cutoff aluminum for these at my job. This is stuff they are going to dispose of since it has no lot number or certification papers with it, or is too small for an aircraft sheetmetal patch. Getting stuff like that is a wait n hope sort of thing.
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I dunno if the dash mounts I made will fit 63-66. I dont have one for you to try. I sold em out, nobody really seemed interested. Never bothered to make more.

That factory rear "speaker mount" is a 6x9 and is actually for the factory air intake grille when cut out for the rear defogger. Ideally you can copy that cutout on the opposite side if it will fit, and put the dual 6x9s in. The air intake grille actually looks similar to this design below, but with bigger holes, and was body color.

Hope this helps.
Matt

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Mount a dual 6x9 box inthe trunk with velcro to the factory type loop carpet. This way you can remove it.
 
moparmat2000 said:
I dunno if the dash mounts I made will fit 63-66. I dont have one for you to try. I sold em out, nobody really seemed interested. Never bothered to make more.

That factory rear "speaker mount" is a 6x9 and is actually for the factory air intake grille when cut out for the rear defogger. Ideally you can copy that cutout on the opposite side if it will fit, and put the dual 6x9s in. The air intake grille actually looks similar to this design below, but with bigger holes, and was body color.

Hope this helps.
Matt

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Thanks for the tips! I did not know there was an option for a rear defog I'll have to look into that, i have noticed the cut out in the molding on that side that looked like a defrost vent but didn't connect the dots. Maybe I'll stick with the truck divider mount but do a better job with my remake.

I have my original dash speaker so I may start there and try to make my own version on that dash speaker mount, i love the idea for stereo not mono up there.

Sending my Thanks again for Colorado!
 
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