Originality purists, close this thread now. You've been warned.

Regardless of how good these motors sounds, I NEED DECENT TUNES for long road trips. So....

Just finished a Retrosound install, and 4 speakers, into my 68 400 (clone) Convertible A/C power window car. This is obviously not good for you originality guys, but my car is a hacked up resto-mod/clone/build-out-of-a-catalog machine anyway. Before putting my seats back in (which are black power/leather from a 2003 Chrysler Sebring...I also need comfort when cruising to tunes) and before buttoning down my carpet fully, I snapped a few pics of what I did here, just in case there may be others fishing for a similar idea for their machine...we all know how incredibly challenging it is to fit a 4 speaker system into a first gen convertible with no parcel shelf...so this is how I did it.

Up front I was pleasantly surprised to coax a pair of full sized 6x9's into the kick panels. I had to trim a bit of steel out of the car to make them fit, but not a lot. I also had to add some port holes to the kick panel near the right speaker (see first pic) to reroute A/C blower intake air on that side. A little steel had to be cut out for re-route of air behind these holes also. And each speaker is installed with 3 screws instead of 4, because no drill or screwdriver will ever reach the upper front most location, and I wasn't about to pull my entire dash and A/C assembly just to put in a pair of speakers. With 3 screws, they're in there plenty solid and they don't vibrate or move. The parking brake pedal just BARELY brushes the metal grill on the left side if I cram it down. I don't use it much anyway, but it's functional if I ever need it, even if it scratches the grill a little over time.

For the rear speakers I put 5 1/4" rounds in the doors near the floor, by feet of rear seat passengers. Measure 8 times, cut once. If too far forward, the magnet interferes with power window regulator. Too far back, door won't close without crushing grille against quarter post. Too far down, door won't close without crushing grill against sill plate. Too far up, magnet interferes with regulator. You have about 1/2" of wiggle room in all directions, meaning NO room for a mis-cut of this speaker hole. But they DO fit if you locate them correctly.

The kick panel 6x9's are Kenwoods, they sell all over for about $40/pair brand new, nothing fancy. The 5 1/4" rounds are JL Audio, probably paid about $75-ish for the pair of those. I chose both specifically because they came with strong, steel, nearly plain black grilles that can take some kicking and abuse without damage, and I wanted the less intrusive look of plain black, rather than the big nasty colorful designer grilles that come on so many modern speakers these days.

This was a time consuming project. I probably have 40 to 50 hours in this speaker install. I'm not gonna say it was easy. But it's clearly possible. With patience and care, it can be done...and for reasonable cost.

RetroSound pics and info to follow shortly...