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    '49 Chevy PU build, advice please

    thanx dappa5!
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    '49 Chevy PU build, advice please

    There actually is no limit to the budget as this is my daily driver only vehicle (wife has the grocery getter) for the last twelve years. Would love to impress friends with clean, full, rich sound of let's say Steve Marriot's Black Coffee, or Howlin Wolf's Smokestack Lightnin'. The truck has a...
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    '49 Chevy PU build, advice please

    These are the only pics I have right now. Goals? Clean sound; listen mostly to Steve Earl , the old Blues masters, HankIII, SRV, Steve Marriot of Humble Pie. That's quite a range from hard rock to acoustic and voice as the main instrument.
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    '49 Chevy PU build, advice please

    Sorry it's not a joke. Every single post here and the builds are so much more advanced from the knowledge I have. Could you direct or advise me towards an efficient use of the space? This truck is my only vehicle, year round driver. I have taken 2k trips with it, a dozen more 1k trips, most of...
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    '49 Chevy PU build, advice please

    Small space, relatively speaking. Here's what I have...... Sony Xplod 52x4 head unit, w/ aux input on face, hidden in glovebox, (has removeable face) Pyle 6x9 3 ways Pyramid 1" tweeters 1- no name 8" sub box, well constructed, ported I'd like to put the tweeters in the upper corners of the...
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    Help with Installation

    Thank you all so much for the advice. Believe it or not my '49 is my only vehicle, daily driver. I did a quick hot/ground with 2 garbage speakers and you wouldn't believe how good it sounded.. perhaps it's the overall curvilinear shape of the cabs interior...no sharp edges Sorry if pics are...
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    Help with Installation

    Hi folks. I've been given a Sony 4x52 head unit and am going to install it in a '49 Chevy half ton truck. This is a small cab to say the least and I am looking for advice and suggestions in the following areas: Speaker Placement There is a stock grill front and center on the dash that has room...
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    Minimalism

    I'd like to do this http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=243821&highlight=How+To%3A+Ipod . Could y'all send me to a post where this has already been done , or you problem solvers w/the Red Bull in yer hands ready to comment on this quest: Vehicle ..........'49 Chevy 1/2 ton =...
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    Sold *F/S: Clarion RK1 Rem.Start/Keyless :F/S*

    What level of expertise in your opinion is necessary for installation? I have added household circuits, rewired a '49 Chevy 1/2 T, rebuilt transmissions, know what polarity is, how to establish a good ground, etc.
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    Sold *F/S: Clarion RK1 Rem.Start/Keyless :F/S*

    Application? Or one size fits all? Post some application literature from the packaging? Thanks. oops, saw the link
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    New to these here parts....

    Howdy, Cosmo here, attempting to build a system for my daily driver (year 'round) '49 Chevy 1/2 ton truck. Think minimalism...no head unit, running an MP3 player directly off the multi channel amp..... suggestions appreciated. Thanks much
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