[FWDLK] Speakers and Radios

["Larry C. Stanley" <peerless@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

All:

I bought a 1958 Saratoga that had the rear window blower/defroster and a
single rear speaker. The fan mounted in the right speaker hole and the
speaker was in the left hole. I wanted two speakers and the defroster fan
in my 1958 Belvedere sedan driver. 1970's MoPars had a diecast box that
allowed the use of the speaker and the fan in the same hole. I used the box
with fan and speaker on the right and a speaker on the left. I used the
factory speaker grilles on the rear package shelf. I made an adapter out of
an old speaker to put two smaller speakers in the front speaker hole. I
found a '58 Plymouth that had a radio that does not look like the radio
with the diecast faceplate and knobs on one side. This radio had a stamped
metal faceplate that had no preset buttons and the knobs on each side of
the dial. It may have been an aftermarket radio with an adapter plate for
'57-'58 Plymouths. (Anyone know?) The radio was a total rusty loss (No
windshield) but the chrome plating protected the faceplate. An aftermarket
(the 'Shack) FM/AM Tape deck fit the opening after a little filing to the
plate. Not 100% stock, but for a driver it looks enough like a factory unit
and I did not have to butcher the factory AM unit or dash.
I lucked into another similiar faceplate (no radio) for a '58 wagon I want
to make into a driver. Does anyone know anything about these radios and the
stamped faceplates?

Larry Stanley
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