'49 Chevy PU build, advice please

[Cosmo 49 10+ year member]

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 '62 3sp+od transmission that I can split the gears to get 6 forward gears, several 2k trips, many 1k trips, she's not just an around town girl.

I'm not going to cut into the doors so that's why I bought tweeters to go up on to the posts and the old AM radio center speaker area seen below as possible sites for speaker placement....

Thanks for the help,

Cosmo

 

[RED3 10+ year member]

nice truck

 

[dappa5 10+ year member]

well i agree w/ almost every thing

yes what you have is crap but it's what you got

any way do go w/ components but put them in kick panels @ each side and put a center stage or another set of speakers behind that center grill in dash and prob go with a single 10 or a pair of 8's under the seat will make that truck sound like a concert hall

if budget does become an issue just use the single amp idea

but if not then cram 4 quality channels and a sub stage in therte you will not regret it just my $.02

p.s. i wish you lived closer to me i'd say bring her in i'll take care of you

 

[Cosmo 49 10+ year member]

thanx dappa5!

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

thats a nice truck....

 

[supermaxx123 10+ year member]

My cousin has a 49 GMC and I put 2 6 1/2 Boston acoustic components in sealed enclosures and a jl audio 8w1 in a sealed box. Running off an old 4ch MTX. For input i he uses his ipod, and a small switch for remote. The only reason I was able to run the sub was becuase he has his gas tank in the bed.

The truck is loud and being all metal with no damping material anywhere, he usually has to turn it up, but everything is still really clear and sometimes the music can hide the roadnoise ha.

He doesnt have door glass yet lol.

Everything is behind the backseat, cant be seen, which is how he and i both wanted it.

Just a small free set-up, total cost was about $30 for the sub. Everything else i had.

Dont have pictures of the set-up, never thought it was picture worthy. Here's the truck

 

[Cosmo 49 10+ year member]

My cousin has a 49 GMC and I put 2 6 1/2 Boston acoustic components in sealed enclosures and a jl audio 8w1 in a sealed box. Running off an old 4ch MTX. For input i he uses his ipod, and a small switch for remote. The only reason I was able to run the sub was becuase he has his gas tank in the bed. The truck is loud and being all metal with no damping material anywhere, he usually has to turn it up, but everything is still really clear and sometimes the music can hide the roadnoise ha.

He doesnt have door glass yet lol.

Everything is behind the backseat, cant be seen, which is how he and i both wanted it.

Just a small free set-up, total cost was about $30 for the sub. Everything else i had.

supermaxx123,

 

Nice truck, couple of questions ...

So you didn't install a head unit? Like http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=243821&highlight=How+To%3A+Ipod ?!?!?

Did you run two channels to the 6.5" 's and then bridged the other two channels for the sub box?

Thanks,

Cosmo

 

[supermaxx123 10+ year member]

My cousin has a 49 GMC and I put 2 6 1/2 Boston acoustic components in sealed enclosures and a jl audio 8w1 in a sealed box. Running off an old 4ch MTX. For input i he uses his ipod, and a small switch for remote. The only reason I was able to run the sub was becuase he has his gas tank in the bed. The truck is loud and being all metal with no damping material anywhere, he usually has to turn it up, but everything is still really clear and sometimes the music can hide the roadnoise ha.

He doesnt have door glass yet lol.

Everything is behind the backseat, cant be seen, which is how he and i both wanted it.

Just a small free set-up, total cost was about $30 for the sub. Everything else i had.

supermaxx123,

 

Nice truck, couple of questions ...

So you didn't install a head unit? Like http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=243821&highlight=How+To%3A+Ipod ?!?!?

Did you run two channels to the 6.5" 's and then bridged the other two channels for the sub box?

Thanks,

Cosmo

I'm a weird person that doesn't use head units. You said you had an mp3 player so you could do it how i do. Only thing is you have to manually turn on/off the amp.

Yes the mtx 2 front channels running the comps, and the rear bridged running the 8. The 8 is getting very little power since its 8ohm impedance, but that amp still pushes it to its max.

 

[nutnbutcustm 10+ year member]

If you must use factory locations i would scrap the single 6x9 in the dash and get a set of 5 1/4 comps and put both mids in the 6x9 locale and then the tweets on the a-pillar then definately run a 4 channel and bridge the rear channels to your single 8 but be sure you get a svc 4ohm.

also for equipment search the for sale forumns on here spend the same amount of money and get good used equipment rather than cheap new stuff.