<VV> Door Speakers (other questions too.)

[Bill Elliott]

The doors were not made for speakers, but there is sufficient room to 
add some. It does require cutting both the door and the door panel, 
something which even non-purists are loath to do. You really _have_ to 
pull the panel to get the right location... and if you aren't careful 
(and maybe even if you are) you can rip the clips out of the cardboard 
panel, making it difficult (but not impossible) to fit correctly.

I added a powerful stereo to my late  without cutting much of anything 
(just a few holes drilled). For the front, I pulled out the stock 
speaker and installed a pair of quality dual cone speakers on a frame 
made from Home Depot stock. (Similar to the vendor solutions but with 
higher end speakers). Then, to help with stereo separation, piezo 
supertweeters with built-in crossovers at the base (or the top in a 
coupe) of the a-pillars.

Speakers in the rear of a couple are easy (I used Pioneer surface mounts 
and a powered subwoofer, but were I to do it again I'd build a false 
shelf floor and drop everything in flush) ; in a vert I found it easiest 
to buy junkyard side panels and cut holes for 6x9's (just enough depth) 
covered by vintage speaker grills.

Under the drivers seat I used a 3 channel amp, 2 channels driving the 
rear speakers and the third driving a pair of bass shakers (one under 
the drivers seat and one under the rear seat.. helps fill in the lower 
end sound in the vert since there is no easy space for a sub) and a 12 
disc changer under the hood. Head unit drives the front speakers and 
tweeters directly.

Some pix of the install in my wife's vert: 
http://fnader.com/images/Corvair_Monza_Convertible_67/Stereo/

Bill


Ryan Verthein wrote:

>Hey guys.
>
>  I actually did search the archive before deciding to
>post.  yay!  too bad I didn't find what I was looking
>for.
>
>How hard is it to mount spekers in the front bottom of
>a late model door?  are there holes there that work
>for this purpose, or do I have to cut them.  I'm not
>one of those people who freaks out when he has to cut
>into his car, so I'm not worried about it.
>
>Also.  If Im going to be doing that, am I going to
>want to take off the door panel?....how easy is it,
>and will something that hasn't ever been off in 46
>years go back on, or am I going to break/ruin
>something, and need a new panel?
>
>Thanks guys!
>Ryan V.
>
>BTW, that search feature ROCKS.  I haven't used it
>since it was available, but it is very cool.
>
>1965 Corsa/110/4
>http://www.edselmotors.com/corsa.html
>and http://free4allband.tripod.com/corsacorvair.html
>
>  
>


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