Sound systems

[turbolarespider]

Not sure if any of you plan on re-installing your radios in the older cars, but I've found an interesting company. They will rebuild your classic radio using modern hardware on the internals.

http://www.antiqueautomobileradio.com/

I've not done this yet, but will do with a Blaupunkt that came out of my '60 Sprint. I plan on setting it up as a 4 speaker system... I know, Alfas are nice to hear, but sometimes, it's also nice to hear other things during a long drive.

As I understand it, it's about $400 to do this work, which is about the cost of a very good modern system. Although, it's almost impossible to find a really good 2 post system anymore.

I'll give it a shot, but won't know anything for a few months- it takes 6-8 weeks for the rebuild, and I probably won't be in a position to re-install it for another month beyond that.

The hard part will be to find places in a Sprint for 4 speakers so that you don't see them, but can hear them. Any suggestions?

Eric

[jazig.k]

just curious, did you do anything for your sound system since this post last year? if so, what componets did you use and where did it all go?

[Biba69]

Eric, if they quoted you $400 you're getting a killer deal. I have a Blaupunkt they rebuilt to the same specs by them plus two outlets which one can connect either an iPod and / or a trunk mounted CD player (and they supplied the core for not too much more additional). It was a lot more than $400 however.

It's for a client's '69 Spider and I should have it installed in a couple / several weeks and will let you know, but assume you will have placed your order by then. I'll only be hooking up two speakers in the kickpanels for now.

Biba