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- From: crs@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Charles Spillman)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: Toyota Landcruiser
- Message-ID: <7750173@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>
- Date: 14 Aug 92 23:04:55 GMT
- Article-I.D.: hpfcso.7750173
- References: <1992Aug5.095209.14753@colorado.edu>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- > Mechanically the car's fine except for the speedo cable. However,
- > I need some music in the thing. The previous owner had installed a
- > stereo, and I have speakers (2 6x9 ovals, and two cheap surface mounts)
- > but no place to stick them.
- >
- Where did he find to put it? The stereo in my '65 is laying on the floor.
- Of course, assuming yours is newer, some models actually had a dash.
-
- > Summer configuration has to be a bikini top that barely keeps
- > the seats dry in a rain storm, and no doors.
- > Not too many dry places to stick the speakers.
- >
- > So, where do people mount front and rear speakers in a landcruiser?
- >
- > I was thinking of under the dash for the fronts, but the back speakers
- > ought to be in back, behind the seats. Wooden enclosures of some kind?
- >
- I'm considering the small enclosures rated for outdoor use. Not great quality,
- but that helps solve the security problem :-).
-
- > An ignition kill switch hidden under the dash or some other location
- > seems like a good idea - what have people done with this?
- >
- I've seen one inside the glove compartment on a Land Cruiser. The only
- problem was when you had something heavy rolling around in there. Life
- could get exciting in a hurry.
-
- Charlie Spillman
-