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Willy Prost · 02-01-2008, 12:08 PM

When I bought my 71 shortbed stepside ~ 12 years ago, one of the first things I did was to mount (2) 4" coaxial speakers I had lying around from some other project up under the center of the dash at the single 6x9 speaker location.

I used a scrap of 3/8" plywood to attach the speakers, then mounted the plywood plate with the speakers attached to the truck.

About five years ago, I replaced the (2) 4" speakers with (2) 4x6 JBL GT series speakers. The speakers are oriented with the two 4" sides next to each other, so that the two speakers together mounted on the plywood plate make a 6x8 size pair of speakers. This still fits up under the center of the dash.

02-01-2008, 12:08 PM	#3
Willy Prost Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 398	Re: original in-dash speaker question When I bought my 71 shortbed stepside ~ 12 years ago, one of the first things I did was to mount (2) 4" coaxial speakers I had lying around from some other project up under the center of the dash at the single 6x9 speaker location. I used a scrap of 3/8" plywood to attach the speakers, then mounted the plywood plate with the speakers attached to the truck. About five years ago, I replaced the (2) 4" speakers with (2) 4x6 JBL GT series speakers. The speakers are oriented with the two 4" sides next to each other, so that the two speakers together mounted on the plywood plate make a 6x8 size pair of speakers. This still fits up under the center of the dash.