i am about to put a sound system in a 72 chevy and i want to know what are my options. i want to put in a cd player and some speakers. i want to stay stock- not cut the dash for the cdplayer. what are the other mounting options. in the glove box, under the seat, make a center counsole? i saw some kick panels on ebay for extra speakers but what are other options. this is a nice stock truck and i want to keep it that way but need some sound. some pics would be amazing

for an easy you can get an amp run wires to all the speaker and subs.

for the input take an old set of headphones cut the wires a good distance away from the plug. there will be 4 wires total, a positive and a negative for right and left. use these wires to hook up to the amp. you may need to switch the leads if you get the positive and negative mixed up.

then you can use any portable device to suplly your music and can keep the dash stock.

i've done it without the amp as a temporary stereo in my old truck. if you have anyquestions let me know.

whats the best place to mount a cd player

I'll take some pictures after I get off school today of mine. My cd player is mounted under the dash just below the heater and fan switches and I have two 6 1/2 speakers in little box type mounts on the floor up under the dash.

Here's a pick of where mine is.
http://www.slickorange.com/Album/1971_gmc_page4.html
I have aftermarket A/C so I just swapped the two, and didn't cut my dash. Just made an adapter plate for my A/C controls to bolt into the radio opening and put my radio in the factory spot. I realize this isn't a good option though if you have factory heat/air.

The glove box is an option too. I am sure someone will pipe in with pics and details on that.

I have an amp and Infinity 693.7i 6x9's (http://www.crutchfield.com/S-tZZldF1aCO1/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?g=52300&I=1086937I) which sound amazing under the seat.

I have some more Infinity 6-1/2's to put in the kick panels, but that's going to take some work. I don't want to cut my metal either.

I have some really nice seperates with tiny magnets that shoul fit in a kick panel! I sell them for 125 shipped to anyone in the U.S. This is right at dealer cost http://www.directed.com/audio/speakers/default.asp! They are cx650's!You are on the right track as far as head unit mounting! I'd go in the glove box or make a console! You might do a search for glove box radio someone here was gonna make a brkt!

Let me know if I can help!

Kevin

I put a 3 speaker JBL system in my '72. Made a 1" blocks to raise my bench seat , just enough to instal 2 custom *" subs (not JBL), and space for the amp. since there were speaker holes in my doors already, my JBL 3 way system has; 6" in the door. 4" mounted in the "ebay" kick panel, AND, the tweeter speaker fits perfectly in the A/C round outlets at each end of the dash. crossovers are mounted in the passenger floor board under the carpet up high. the sound is awesome from rock to jazz and I get nothing but compliments. you can buy a main deck that mounts where your radio was without holes that has RCA outputs for a remote CD stacker, and now available, a deck that will accept an iPod

does anyone have pics of mounted cd players

for the input take an old set of headphones cut the wires a good distance away from the plug.

Sorry man, but you know you can go to Radio Shack and buy a Y-cable for $5-7 which does the same thing, without the risk of shorting something out, right? This kind of advice reminds me of this person I saw telling another dude you could splice RCA cables into the speaker wires coming out of the stereo to plug into an amplifier (I guess he didn't understand what happens when you shove 15w-50watts of power into a low-level input on an amplifier :haha: )

A lot of people put the CD player in the place of the heater controls or mount it inside the glove box. To find pictures of glove box radios, use the search feature and hunt for "glove radio" and you'll find several (most likely).

I can post some pics of stuff tomorrow when I get to work.

I might be building a bracket to mount mine bellow the heater controls. I don't think the screen will clear the dash, so I am just going to make a mounting plat and secure it to the under side.

Heres a glovebox I made

Some pics of alternate installs....

(I CANNOT PROVIDE MORE INFO ABOUT THESE PICTURES, SO PLEASE DON'T ASK)

any pics of one mounted below the dash?

Sorry man, but you know you can go to Radio Shack and buy a Y-cable for $5-7 which does the same thing, without the risk of shorting something out, right? ...

PHEW i was really hoping someone would point that out!!! :crazy:

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I have some really nice seperates with tiny magnets that shoul fit in a kick panel! I sell them for 125 shipped to anyone in the U.S. This is right at dealer cost http://www.directed.com/audio/speakers/default.asp! They are cx650's!You are on the right track as far as head unit mounting! I'd go in the glove box or make a console! You might do a search for glove box radio someone here was gonna make a brkt!

Let me know if I can help!

Kevin


What watts are the speakers. Do you have a pic of the grills? what subs would you pair with them? OOPS i just scrolled down and saw the answers to my questions.

kelsfine69 is there anything you dont like about it being in the dash. I mounted one upright in the center console for a friend (put a tv in the dash and the ac control in the glove box.) it was a little annoying to have to open the armrest to change the radio and such. anyone have one in the glove box and not like it?

i know when i do it i will just moun tthe cd player under the dash,,like cb radioi will put the 6x9's and subs behind the seat once the tank it out...but i like kels idea

kelsfine69 what dud you use to make the setup you have in your glove box...i like the way it looks..plus it would be out of site,,

if you want the stock look, you could get a stock style look with the aux plug in to run mp3 players, cd players so forth there run about 180 or so.

Yea with an mp3 playere it works really well. I just could not cut the dash and i have gauges under the dash so...in the glovebox it went. Its made from aluminum. heres the old thread

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/showthread.php?t=174225

I have a few left and after I talk to Josh, I plan on sellin them again probably in Jan.

I only thing i dont like about it is if I leave the glovebox door open and I smack it off the lights, all my cds end up on the seat.

hate to keep bugging but i would still like to see one mounted under the dash

Well, if mine doesn't fit in the dash, I might have mine done in a few weeks mounted there. Not sure what other options are at this point, but I haven't even hooked it up to see how far the screen comes out.

How about the headliner with the cd and speakers. I don.t know who makes it. It was in the truck when I bought it.

i would love to know about one of the headliner mounts also. i wanted one for a cavalier and never could find one

Sorry I took so long on these pictures my monitor went out so I couldn't see **** lol. Here they are.

Here is my glovebox radio. The bracket is an underdash radio bracket that I used upside down. It came free from Crutchfield with my radio. I bought a Pac IRx off Ebay so you can use the remote with the glovebox door shut.

Heres a good cheap mount to mount a stereo under your dashboard:http://www.circuitcity.com/ccd/categorylist.do?c=1&mobileFitAction=seeWhatFits&carId=&year=1968&make=GMC&model=FULL+SIZE+PICKUP+-+C20&type=2DR+TRUCK&trim=&carFilter=true&c=1&catOid=-13116&N=20013088+20013100+20013105+20013116

Man Circuit is high on that stuff as my wife gets better I can help on this stuff!

EROC, I just installed my son's CD player with that same underdash bracket in the glove box. It was $9.00 from Buy.com. That's were I got the Pioneer TS-X150 surface mount speakers. These are really good speakers and fit right under the seat. I've put them in my son's trucks and have a set for my wife's '63.

Here's some pics of my setup. I have 2 8" subs and an amp in the center as an armrest.

thats a pretty sweet set up chevy dog 66, is that whole console custom?

I really wish i had some better pictures for you but i dont on this comp and the other comp and the truck are in storage right now so hopefully this helps this is the undedash kit everyone was talking all i did was sand down the plastic clean it hit it some highbuild and painted it shiny black

Yes, I hand made the whole center console. It took me about 14 hours of cutting, gluing, installing the MDF, pad and vinyl. If you look close behind the drivers side armrest, by the seat belt fastener, you can the the sub woofer. The are installed back to back and fire out towards the seat. Thanks for the compliment.

chevydog66

I like your console also but for future builds I would fire the subs at the floor with about 2.5 inches between the face of the sub and the floor!

Kevin

i bought a universal mount from circuit city for 20 bucks and then cuztomized it, it sticks out a fair amount but all my lady friends are small enough to sit in the middle. i drilled 2 holes under the heater controls and used 2 bolts to mount it, i also bought some puckboard from the lumber yard and made a custom lid for it to keep dust out of it. i took some pipe fittings and made a stabilizer bar going from the heater fan housing thing under the dash to the bottom and its nice and sturdy and my alpine deck looks nice in it. i'll get you some pics when i get out of school some time