Re: [alfa] Vintage radios...reprise + tweeter location

[Benjamin Kaupp <bkaupp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey Biba-

As far as the tweeters and all go, you've had a number of good 
responses, but just one more suggestion would be easily removable 
speaker boxes. In my spider I pressure mounted some pods from a VW 
eurovan ($20 from a VW breaker) between the roll bar and the side. You 
could also mount these on the rear parcel shelf and the wires are even 
quick release. The eurovan examples are a bit of a bitch to get open 
(it involved a hacksaw in my case) but once cleaned up they hold any 
standard 3.5" speaker.

On to the iPod. I have made several iPod mounts for friends, and it is 
very easy to make them completely invisible and removable. The one in 
my Spider actually installs in the cigarette lighter and holds it 
perfectly out of the way for the shifting and the e brake. I'm not sure 
about inputs on the radio you're having built, but if it has standard 
RCAs or 1/8" then you can just get the parts at radio shack. I spent a 
grand total of about $10 on that portion of my install.

There are a couple of small pictures at 
http://spider.noshirtnoshoes.net/4kq/install
Feel free to email me off list and I would be glad to help with any of 
the technical stuff or send more pictures.

-Ben Kaupp
'78 Spider (yes, I mention my radio a lot. My girlfriend says the same 
thing)

On Tue, 25 May 2004 11:44:34 -0700, alfacybersite mentioned the 
following:
> Originally the plan was to install a CD player on the jack / shock
> absorber shelf in the trunk. I knew client was into MAC's and told him I
> knew nothing about them, but wondered if he'd be interested in an iPod
> instead. He loved the idea. Turns out his 15 year old son has one, so
> apparently client will be listening to his son's choice of music.
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