Re: And the award goes to.... (& 4kq sub woofing)

["Douglas Hurst Quebbeman" <dougq@iglou.com>]

> > Dave's right, Huw, they look great, and more visible than I'd
> > expect... did you swap the original Coupe seatback for one
> > from a plain 4000?   -dq
> 
> 4kq and coupe rear seats are identical, I;ve had both in there.  Current
> back seat is brown leather outta an 83 UrQ.  Speakers are mounted in a
> 3/4" sheet of plywood which just happens to fit into a groove that runs
> around the back and sides of the inside shet metal.  There's a vertical
> front piece and some bits of heavy cardboard tubing on the ends to
> finish it.  brown auto carpet over it all.

My 83 ur-Q and my 84 Coupe has headrests built-in to the rear seatback.
But in the photo of your car, I couldn't see the seatback headrests.
Thus my comment... but you do have them, and they were merely obscured
by the front headrests (and the limited image resolution)?

> PS I don;t think the 4k is as accomodating of the 3/4" plywood, we
> looked at one briefly at Mt Washington last year and the parcel shelf
> set up is different.  I think the bottom of the rear window is higher or
> something.  But I bet it could be done...

I bought an extra parcel shelf for the Coupe a few years ago, but never
got around to using it. Having known of your plywood arrangement for
a while, putting mere speakers into another parcel shelf just didn't
seem like much of a big deal. But then again, it was looking like the
Coupe was at the end of its life. Once my transmission arrives, though,
it will have new life.

-dq
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-Douglas Hurst Quebbeman (dougq@iglou.com)       [Call me "Doug"]
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       74 100LS Auto,   77 100LS Auto,   84 Coupe GT 
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