secret compartment
#76
ECS, Maybe do an ECS bundle when selling these parts:
Add 4 pieces 07149200041 to the hidden compartment covers.
Add 2 pieces 07149197038 to the hidden compartment box.
I ordered the 4 for the cover, forgot the screws for the box, stole them from the lower I-Panel covers for now!!
Add 4 pieces 07149200041 to the hidden compartment covers.
Add 2 pieces 07149197038 to the hidden compartment box.
I ordered the 4 for the cover, forgot the screws for the box, stole them from the lower I-Panel covers for now!!
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OGwoody (02-11-2018)
#79
You might appreciate this. My first post-college job was working for Bob Craig -- the guy who started out making hand crank film editing equipment mounted on wood boards. Later developed the Magnasync-Moviola editing equipment. By the time I showed up, it was all about Craig Powerplay 8 tracks and cassette players for cars. And some home units as well. I started out in Customer Service. Mondays were horrible. Guys had spent their entire weekend tearing apart their dashboards (like you're getting ready to do!!) to install their new Craig Powerplay, only to have their new tape player eat the very first tape they tried to play. I learned to recognize the homicidal look in a customer's eyes as they approached the service desk at Craig HQ in Compton, CA.
I bring this all up, because from the days of Muntz, Klipsch, many others, to the first hard core car audio, and home theatre, was total blast of human creativity and fun. All done with slide rules, pencils, and drafting tables. Back then, went to moon in a few years, fighters jets, spy planes, bombers (still not topped today) produced in 7-14 months. Today, we take 22+years to create a fighter jet. And it still does not work right (F35). Back then we had between 650-1000 ship navy. Something odd about this comparison
I enjoy your musings and advice. Thought I would join in and support that later generation like me appreciate all the red blooded progress made in those days. I was at tail end of the time when I was a teen.
#81
I cute out back deck of my Pontiac Firebird SD-455, put dual 15" EV triaxial studio drivers (three coils, one was the famous horn tweeter), plus small Advent wood and mid range, w/ EV made Klipsch tweet horns up front. Ran two Fosgate 100RMS .01THD per channel + one 50RMS for horn tweeters. I think I ran 4ohm posts and crossovers. Herb Adams who created SD455, had options, one was adding a trunk mounted battery (weight balance). Added that for power, plus huge zillion farad capacitors. Bigger alternator. Power system was over kill for the amps power. Today, ppl brag about "1000w" amps (at zillion% distortion), driving Uber inefficient speakers. Back then, the car would visibly vibrate your neck tie inside, and had Uber clean sound quality. Head end back then was Alpine, and a couple others tried.
#82
I did the same in the late 70s!! To my 73 Z28. Cut a piece of plywood to bolt under the package tray, cut out 2 12" holes for 12" Oaktron woofers, 6" Oaktron midranges in the doors, Philips 1" dome tweeters in the cardboard headliner. Used a CarFi amp that was one of the first to create a true car amp. All that being driven by a Pioneer Super Tuner AM/FM Cassette deck.
#83
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Well I had the factory AM with the Delco rear speaker in my first production run 1967 Camaro -- a car our family ordered new from the factory which I later sold for $1,400 and bought a new Toyota Corolla. The Camaro had less than 40,000 miles and was all original, incuding the black vinyl top over gold. Probably would be worth close to 50 grand today. Who knew????
But when I got the job at Craig I loaded in an in-dash Powerplay unit with the plug-in external amp. Whole Corolla shook. Paper cone speakers -- state of the art
But when I got the job at Craig I loaded in an in-dash Powerplay unit with the plug-in external amp. Whole Corolla shook. Paper cone speakers -- state of the art
#85
Well I had the factory AM with the Delco rear speaker in my first production run 1967 Camaro -- a car our family ordered new from the factory which I later sold for $1,400 and bought a new Toyota Corolla. The Camaro had less than 40,000 miles and was all original, incuding the black vinyl top over gold. Probably would be worth close to 50 grand today. Who knew????
I know what you mean. Couldn't even fit my P238 in there. Big enough for a couple of extra mags though.
#88
#89
Well I had the factory AM with the Delco rear speaker in my first production run 1967 Camaro -- a car our family ordered new from the factory which I later sold for $1,400 and bought a new Toyota Corolla. The Camaro had less than 40,000 miles and was all original, incuding the black vinyl top over gold. Probably would be worth close to 50 grand today. Who knew????
But when I got the job at Craig I loaded in an in-dash Powerplay unit with the plug-in external amp. Whole Corolla shook. Paper cone speakers -- state of the art
But when I got the job at Craig I loaded in an in-dash Powerplay unit with the plug-in external amp. Whole Corolla shook. Paper cone speakers -- state of the art
As for the hidden compartment install nice job! It makes me want to use mine for something now as I forget about it being there much of the time! ;-)
#91
For anyone wanting to do this, here are instructions I found from the service manuals online that may help: https://www.newtis.info/tisv2/a/en/f...les/1VnXyNAhPh
Hoping to do this and just re-use the old panel after modifying it.
Hoping to do this and just re-use the old panel after modifying it.
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#97
The compartment will install without the cover needing to be there.
You can always install your modded, or new one after the fact.
#99
I keep my tow hook access covers, extra cotter pins for my QR front plate mount, my leftover belt line blackout tape, and a tiny bottle of aspirin in my secret compartment. That pretty much fills it up.
#100