Since I have the cluster out of my Laurentian, I felt now was a good time to remove that center dash speaker and convert to stereo speakers. Here is the original 40 year old speaker:



Utilizing the original bracket for that speaker, I mounted to Audiovox units I picked up at Princess Auto for a whopping $3.77 each:



I joined them together using a couple of screws and a dual-holed clip I had in my "junk drawer". The speakers stay nicely in place on the bracket thanks to their magnets. Once mounted under the dash, the bracket bolts tightened in such a way to "press" the speakers to the dash, thus ensuring a nice tight, rattle free fit:



Here's how they look from above:



Sure, I could have purchased the pre-made dual speaker conversion from Classic Autosound for over $50, but what fun would that be? My investment? About 7 bucks.
I still need to purchase a rear speaker cover to match my factory "auxilary" speaker cover as well as a pair of rear speakers. I haven't decided where to hide my deck (the 8 track will stay in the dash). It will either go in the glove box (my deck has a remote) or I'll purchase one of those accessory tissue dispensers and put it in there under the dash (even though I don't think GM offered them in 1969).

Todd

-- Edited by 69Laurentian at 01:05, 2008-07-20