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Offline Jimbo

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Dash Speaker size
« on: January 16, 2023, 11:23:43 AM »
Hello everyone and happy new year.
Does anyone know the size of the speaker in the dash? Mine is missing. 65 sport coupe.

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Re: Dash Speaker size
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2023, 12:25:41 PM »
It is either a 5 or 6 inch round one. I have a good use one with the wiring, if you need one. Came out of my 65. I put a re-coned one in and iet is not much better.

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Photos of the OEM speaker. (Re: Dash Speaker size)
« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2023, 01:14:41 PM »
Dear Jimbo, gs spoken here, and mid-60s Buick caregivers who like to hear the music,

Does anyone know the size of the speaker in the dash? Mine is missing. 65 sport coupe.

It is either a 5 or 6 inch round one.

Yes it is.  For some reason, Custom Autosound has the speaker size for our cars as 4"x10" and I ended up having to resize one of their conversions back in the 1990s!  It wasn't pretty!  :BangHead:  Here are some pictures of Biquette's original speaker with some rulers to show the dimensions.  Here is the view of the back:



Here is a side view:



Cheers, Edouard

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Re: Dash Speaker size
« Reply #3 on: January 16, 2023, 03:20:46 PM »
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Re: Dash Speaker size
« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2023, 11:01:59 AM »
Thank you everyone for all the information. I found a brand new 6 inch low profile speaker that should fit. Have to wait until spring.
Jim
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Re: Dash Speaker size
« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2023, 05:29:21 PM »
Hi ,not original but I used 5.25 Rockford fossgate p152 speakers on our custom  auto sound  radio  they sound pretty nice.jim
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Re: Dash Speaker size
« Reply #6 on: January 18, 2023, 11:07:32 AM »
Jim, did you fit both speakers in the original location?
Jim
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Re: Dash Speaker size
« Reply #7 on: January 18, 2023, 12:22:28 PM »
Package  tray has the cutout for a rear speaker r so put one front one back old school.jim
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