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[Old_Slapper]

OK gang, who had one (or two). Who'll ADMIT to having one? lol

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LOL...
I had 4-10's in my Bronco.

 

[Old_Slapper]

Holy crap man. I read this post when it was first put up, but I had not time to reply. I was a audio junkie who lived at the swapmeet. I was always looking for the tweeker who was trying to sell stolen equipment for cheap. I would sell them and install them in friend's cars and however else was willing to pay.

Of course I dealt with all the major current brands, but here is a list of brands that I played with that are no longer considered "good."

• Sansui
• Crown
• Redline
• Pro Pyle
• Jensen
• Sanyo
• Blaupunkt
• Kraco
• Of course the MTX Blue Thunders
• Petras
• Linear Power
• OZ Audio
• Boston Acoustics
• Power Acoustics
• Cervin Vegas, of course
• There's more, but I can't remember them right now.

I know I don't have any pics from the early 90's, but I'm sure I might have some from the early 2000's. I'll have to look for them. Taking pictures was hard to do before it was a standard feature on cell phones with a lot of memory.

 

[1aespinoza 10+ year member]

OK gang, who had one (or two). Who'll ADMIT to having one? lol

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First time I heard these was in my BIL's single cab flat face F150. They were so loud I thought he had 12s. They are (yes, he still has them) the 8" old metal mesh screen with binding posts (not push clip). MB Quarts on the doors and IIRC Autotek amps all around. I would ask him to go to drive thrus where friends worked and all were awed by the punch for the size of them. I liked them SAS' since then.

 

[BP1Fanatic]

OK gang, who had one (or two). Who'll ADMIT to having one? lol

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I tested a 6.5" bazooka tube at a car audio shop in the trunk of a 1983 Mercury Grand Marquis in the early 2000's. It was definitely a no go.

 

[RobGMN 5,000+ posts]

I tested a 6.5" bazooka tube at a car audio shop in the trunk of a 1983 Mercury Grand Marquis in the early 2000's. It was definitely a no go.

LOL. Might have been a good match with a set of Walkman headphones.

 

[RobGMN 5,000+ posts]

Anyone remember these?
Handy for quick parking lot repairs. Saved my butt once after sitting in my toolbox for ten years. Power out, and generator wouldn't start. Solder joint had failed.
Opened it up, fired right up without even needing butane. Still have it. Still works.

 

[BP1Fanatic]

First time I heard these was in my BIL's single cab flat face F150. They were so loud I thought he had 12s. They are (yes, he still has them) the 8" old metal mesh screen with binding posts (not push clip). MB Quarts on the doors and IIRC Autotek amps all around. I would ask him to go to drive thrus where friends worked and all were awed by the punch for the size of them. I liked them SAS' since then.

4 x 6.5" BP4 in a 2001 F150 SuperCrew.
It was a temporary situation. I blew 1 of my Lanzar 15's. I had to build a new enclosure for the Polk shallow mount 15's.

 

[BP1Fanatic]

I had Autotek 7100BTS and 7300BTS amps in the Grand Marquis and the Ranger.
No pics of the MGM, but here is the only Autotek pic in the Ranger. They were stolen while the truck was parked in our 1st house driveway.

I have a 7600BTS that needs to be repaired.

 

[RobGMN 5,000+ posts]

4 x 6.5" BP4 in a 2001 F150 SuperCrew.
It was a temporary situation. I blew 1 of my Lanzar 15's. I had to build a new enclosure for the Polk shallow mount 15's.

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Lots of smaller drivers. Like a Polk Audio SDA setup

 

[BP1Fanatic]

The 1st time I heard the Audiobahn AMD60Q was 4 of them in BR enclosure in the back of a Ford Explorer. Dude was making money out SPLing other systems. The bass that was coming from those drivers were ridiculous. When I got the Ranger, I wanted to try them in a BP4 enclosure. They didn't disappoint. When folks were sitting in my Ranger, they were trying to figure out where all the bass was coming from. They thought the enclosure was an arm rest.

 

[Old_Slapper]

Anyone remember these?
Handy for quick parking lot repairs. Saved my butt once after sitting in my toolbox for ten years. Power out, and generator wouldn't start. Solder joint had failed.
Opened it up, fired right up without even needing butane. Still have it. Still works.

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Yup. I still have it. Bought it off the Mac Tool Truck.

 

[Old_Slapper]

AAAAhh... I forgot to add

• Autotek
• Audiobahn
• Lanzar
• Planet Audio
• G & S Audio
• Gravity Audio
• Earthquake
• Sonic Green or was it Green Audio? Mid 80's stuff.
• Crunch
• Urban
• Treo Audio
• Xtant. These were a pain to tune. Had to use the Sip chips.

 

[BP1Fanatic]

AAAAhh... I forgot to add

• Autotek
• Audiobahn
• Lanzar
• Planet Audio
• G & S Audio
• Gravity Audio
• Earthquake
• Sonic Green or was it Green Audio? Mid 80's stuff.
• Crunch
• Urban
• Treo Audio
• Xtant. These were a pain to tune. Had to use the Sip chips.

I still have 1 of the Lanzar RMP15D's in the Polk Audio box and a Lanzar VW15D.

 

[Old_Slapper]

Remember when Micro Alarm use to sell car audio and hardware? Going through some old pictures, I found a digital catalog of theirs.

 

[Old_Slapper]

I believe this was in 2000. It's a Toyota Tacoma.

 

[Old_Slapper]

This was 2006, I believe. Got them bubbles in the tubes. I believe it was a Lexus 250.

 

[Old_Slapper]

This was in 2005. It's a BMW 325. All Diamond Audio.

 

[Old_Slapper]

Don't ask why. It's what the guy wanted.

 

[Old_Slapper]

I forgot to add Viper Audio to my list of old school car audio equipment I have worked with.

 

[Old_Slapper]

Before and after of a Dodge Magnum head unit install.