I've seen the consoles that Alan's talking about; they look very good. With a
little spray adhesive and the vinyl color of your choice you wouldn't know they
weren't stock. You just have to attach it to the car and provide some rear
support for the radio. If I ever get a dash that doesn't have a big radio hole
cut into it I want one.
Phil Vanner
-----Original Message-----
From: alan b fisher [SMTP:hello39@idt.net]
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 1998 3:36 PM
To: Chuck Simmers
Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: radio
Chuck Simmers wrote:
> I made a aluminum plate the same size as the original speaker and has
> two holes
> cut to mount two 3 1/2" (90mm) bi-axial speakers side-by-side.
Chuck and all,
I took a cardboard template to a sheetmetal shop and had a console made
that
sits ontop off the tranny hump forward of the shifter. There's plenty of
room for a
radio and left and right speakers on the sides plus plenty of space to
add toggle
switches,clocks and any other non stock goodies. It can be painted or
covered
as desired and fits nicely under the dash. It was designed for the 65
Sprite but
can be used in 58-74 models and gives more leg and knee room than the
stock
radio console that came with our cars. I can provide a sketch or even
have a few
left as it was cheaper to have 6 made at once.
Let me know if anyone is interested
Regards
Alan
>
>
> -Chuck Simmers
>
> What a great bunch of helpful people you are!
> Thank you for your tips! Don't know where I'd
> be without you, honestly.
>
> I cannot fully enjoy my Sprite without some music.
>
> I'm thinking of buying the radio console (plastic
> or metal) and a simple radio.
>
> How am I going to power it?
> Since the console will only accept one speaker
> how can I connect the Left and Right outputs from
> the radio to it so I get a plain vanilla monaural
> sound? I don't want to drill any unnecessary holes
> and install ugly non-original-like speakers.
>
> Regards
> Evangelos, 66 Sprite
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