[catzodellamarina]

Previous owner did a butcher job on installing the rear deck speakers. Maybe I'll take some pics to gross you guys out. Twisted metal, jagged edges, looks like the underwater view of a torpedo hit on a sunken ship. Fortunately, the speakers installed are 4X6. I always installed 6X9's in my Chevelles so that is what I'm going to upgrade with. By cutting a larger hole, this should also clean up the ugly metal.

I'm shopping for a pair of 6X9's that are inexpensive, reliable, and have a grill that is more minimalistic in design than stylish. These speakers will not nee to take heavy bass since my amp is set to High-Pass and I run no bass through them. I don't really want to spend over $100. I could shop all day but I'm looking for actual Chevelle owners feedback. If you have 6x9's tell me about them.

 

[oldcutlass]

You can't go wrong with name brand coaxial speakers. Pioneer, Kenwood, Sony, Panasonic, Kicker, etc should work well staying within the parameters of the output wattage of the amp.

 

[64Elc]

Focal has some 6x9 for around $100 that are very efficient. Using a set for full range and they are very nice and don't suck power.

 

[Ghaasl]

I have a pair of Pioneer 6x9s in my ‘68. From what I remember, they were less than $100. They sound pretty decent. I keep my more serious listening to the music room. That’s where my 2 channel vinyl rig lives. Currently playing Deep Purple’s “Machine Head”.

 

[68SSTribute]

Over the years, I’ve had Polk Audio, Focal and Audison in my 68. Settled on the Audisons in the past year. The Focal and Polks are very good sounding, solid speaks but put the Audisons to handle the ew high powered amp I put in. If you’re interested, I have the Polks and Focals sitting in boxes in my shop.

 

[64Elc]

Cat, go for it. Nice offer.

 

[68SSTribute]

Ok, I was wrong. Recurring theme as I get older (grin). The Focals are already mounted in boxes (will probably put them behind the seats in the Mrs 68 Firebird convertible). The Polks however are stowed I their original box with grills included.

 

[catzodellamarina]

I decided no new speakers. The mess under my rear deck is so ugly, I'm avoiding it at all costs. I adjusted my crossover to take out all mids and highs from my tiny rear speakers. It no longer farts and is basically a tweeter. I'm fine with that. Here is my twisted metal mess. The foam I put in to fill air gaps:

 

[427L88]

FUGLY shit right there. Yuck.

 

[Jim Streib]

On my 68 Chev II Nova I opted for an optional rear package shelf cover with the speaker perforations in it and then mounted the 6x9 speakers to the underside of the rear deck.

1968 Chevy II Nova (Rear Speaker Installation) 2014

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Replacement cover with perforated speaker openings:

On mine I had to make up a 3/4" spacer since I wanted to keep from cutting any metal on the package shelf and then too the speakers tweeter also stuck up above the perimeter edge of the speakers flange.

Jim

 

[Jayhawk500]

Previous owner did a butcher job on installing the rear deck speakers. Maybe I'll take some pics to gross you guys out. Twisted metal, jagged edges, looks like the underwater view of a torpedo hit on a sunken ship.
Did ithey look like this???
I call these morons "Brain Surgeons". To this day I still cant figure out, why?

 

[Jayhawk500]

On my 68 Chev II Nova I opted for an optional rear package shelf cover with the speaker perforations in it and then mounted the 6x9 speakers to the underside of the rear deck.

1968 Chevy II Nova (Rear Speaker Installation) 2014

737 views as of 2022-10-26

www.flickr.com

Replacement cover with perforated speaker openings:

On mine I had to make up a 3/4" spacer since I wanted to keep from cutting any metal on the package shelf and then too the speakers tweeter also stuck up above the perimeter edge of the speakers flange.

Jim

Jim, I did the exact same plywood spacer thing in my wife's 74 Nova.

 

[Hotwire]

I went cheap and grabbed a set of kickers from the local wally world when I was putting my car together. The grilles aren't great, but I was surprised at their sound.. I'm usually a boston acoustic / Polk kind of guy. I put in kickpanel speaker enclosures and find myself continually fading to the rear as the 6x9s sound much better. HPF cutoff set to 100 Hz.

 

[catzodellamarina]

My interior package tray is clean but underneath my metal looks similar to this pic.