Stock dash speaker?

[cdnwillyg]

I am at a loss as to how the under dash speaker is suppose to be installed. I didn't take the speaker out so not sure what if anything is missing or am I just not seeing it and I don't have it so can't even try it to see. A pic would be nice and a size, thinking 5x8 is what I think I read. I have two working original radios so would like to put this back to stock with a speaker similar.
Thanks

[Bill Ramsey]

if i remember correcty, there is a bracket that the speaker fits into. then the bracket goes into a slot under the dash, and a bolt other end. I saw one of the brackets sitting in the bed of one of my parts trucks yesterday.

[cdnwillyg]

Any chance of a pic of this bracket to see if I have one ?

[Ohiotinkerer]

Here's one that's on eBay........

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1968-1972-Ford ... B2&vxp=mtr

[Bill Ramsey]

yeah that's it. the og speaker has a square magnet that fits in the square bracket hole.

[cdnwillyg]

Thanks both of you, and yes I don't have it but then with a new speaker it wouldn't have worked anyhow. I will now try and fab something up but have a question. You said that the magnet went thru the square hole, is it okay that the magnet touches the holding bracket?

[DuckRyder]

IIRC the stock speaker magnet is a sort of square roll not typical of current speaker magnets.

I would try to fabricate something that held it by the basket is possible.

LMC and probably others sell a set up that puts 2 Smaller speakers in a special bracket...

[cdnwillyg]

Robert I went and look at LMC and can not find the speaker bracket you said they have? No luck in finding others either. It would be really easy to modify an original to work if I had one. Anyone have an extra one they would sell?

[jzjames]

I wanted the dash speaker in its original location and when I changed my dash pad I just bought a speaker of similar size to the original
and then I was able to just use 4 zip ties through the 4 holes of the speaker and looped through the 4 holes in the dash.
Worked for me and the dash speaker sounds good too.

[cdnwillyg]

Good solution if I had my dash pad off, not wanting to take it off after the pain of getting it on so it fit right.
I went thru my parts again and I found the bracket...not sure how I missed that the other 3-4 times??? My eyes must be playing tricks on me as this is not the only thing I have found...after I bought ANOTHER.
So now the speaker can't fit because its not stock, and I don't think there is enough room to make a bracket that will work with out interfering with the radio.

[Bill Ramsey]

I used the bracket to mount 2 4" speakers. I can't remember what I did, I just know the sound sucked.

[cdnwillyg]

Well I made a speaker bracket to fit my 6x9 in the same config as the original.

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It went in like it was meant to but.........
the speaker is deeper than the original by 1/2" I guess because the radio would not go in.

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So now I need to find a 6x9 speaker that is 2.5" deep.