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^^^ LOL! That's how it's done!! And, back then as it is now, when the loud pedal is pressed you can't hear the radio anyway!

I grew tired of Reverb... I then discovered ECHOPLEX! That should've been the very definition of "Far Out Man"!!!! rotflmao….

Originally Posted by rspears

Exactly! Takes me back to my youth, rollin' down the road in my ol' '60 Chevy and wondering "What's that noise...?" Ah Hell, turn up the radio and crank the reverb! It'll sound OK then!!

I had one in my 57 Chevy about 1966 and it's stashed away out in the garage. When I find it I'll fire it up to see if it still works.

I got given a 6 volt valve car radio the other day.
Dunno what I'm going to do with it, most probably it will eventually finish up hanging on the wall somewhere in my shed.

Originally Posted by 34_40

I grew tired of Reverb... I then discovered ECHOPLEX! That should've been the very definition of "Far Out Man"!!!! rotflmao….

Driving down the road, radio cranked, reverb on and hit a bump - BOIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINGGGGGGGG! seemed to go on forever!

Railroad tracks were the worse even if you crept over them.

The amp is in. All connections soldered and shrink wrapped. Two of the previous installation butt splices fell apart when handled.

Leaving the amp in the back floorboard really simplified the wiring: no point trying to hide it when the amp is in full view.

I had intended to solder the rear speaker connections, it sounded like the right side definitely needs it.

Originally Posted by firebird77clone

I had intended to solder the rear speaker connections, it sounded like the right side definitely needs it.

Exactly how a bad speaker sounds too (voice coil warped and dragging), if you slightly and gently push the cone out from behind, you feel if the coil is dragging.

Also a speaker out of phase will sound like sh-t too (no bottom, brassy/scratchy like treble). You can test speaker phasing with a 9 volt battery, momentarily place the battery terminals across the speaker terminal (note battery polarity to speaker), the the cone will push in or out depending on batteries polarity to the speaker, you want all speakers to move in the same direction (with the battery to speaker polarity matched).

You'll be amazed how many people miss this. I've picked up some pretty cherry 4x12 speaker cabinets cheap because a speaker was miss wired!

I'll double check polarity to the rear speakers when I solder in the wires. Speaker wire usually has one copper colored wire and one silver when polarity is not indicated by insulation color. I'll always use the copper color for positive, that keeps it straight. Speakers often use a smaller terminal for negative, it's easier to see than the little + or -.

Originally Posted by firebird77clone

Speakers often use a smaller terminal for negative, it's easier to see than the little + or -.

I've seen em wrong, only takes a second to check and makes a big difference in sound when right.

The Blaupunkt three-way 6x9s in front sound good. The pair in the back deck not so much. I don't think they can tolerate the power to generate the lows and mids effectively. I ordered a pair of monster 6x9s to try. 9 lb. ea. and 150WRMS, single coil, 4 ohm, on sale less than half price for some reason.

The foam on old speakers some times rots away and will give a bad sound also if they have crossovers to separate the sound to a separate tweeter or woofer a bad capacitor will make them flat and crummy sounding. Sometimes you can visualize the problem playing them with the covers offf. I rebuild alot of stereo stuff(never a car speaker yet) but I hve restored 20 or more speakers with like new sound. If the car speaker is valuable someone some where will sell rebuild foam rings, and may blog about the capacitors if they have any. Hope that helps!

https://www.speakerworks.com/crossover-parts-s/36.htm

https://www.madisoundspeakerstore.co...ers-and-parts/

https://www.parts-express.com/speake...YaAl5MEALw_wcB

https://www.midwestspeakerrepair.com...d-refoam-kits/

Crossover Components - Jantzen-audio.com

Cool stuff.

Thx!

Another gremlin is exorcized from the bird.
The alignment shop didn't find the vibration (@65 - 70) but I did. It turned out to be the rear U joint, wasn't properly clamped into the yoke.

Very smooth now, but still need the alignment tweaked.