77 ford ranchero GT sub box and amp rack

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Topic: 77 ford ranchero GT sub box and amp rack

Posted By: sawhit4
Subject: 77 ford ranchero GT sub box and amp rack
Date Posted: June 22, 2006 at 11:00 PM

I just started my first fiberglass project in my 77 ranchero. This isn't my first time to work with fiberglass. I did some stage peices for my school, but they were pretty rough. The closest anyone in the audience ever got to them was maybe 30 feet, so they were by no means perfect.

Behind the back seat of my car, or truck whatever you want to call it, is a large space, meant to hold the spare tire and jack. I decided to box in this area and make a fiberglass enclosure for a sub behind the drivers seat and an amp rack behind the passenger seat. The sub and amp right now are cheap sony explod stuff. Nothing special. I got everything for $50 from my cousin. He totalled the car they were in and needed cash quick. They'll work for now, until i can get the cash for something better.

I just finished the install tonight, at around 10:00 so, i havent taken any pictures yet. I'll snap a few tomorrow. Heres a few of my car, and the box right after the fleece was streched. Tell me what you think.

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Posted By: Melted Fabric
Date Posted: June 23, 2006 at 11:14 AM

sawhit4 wrote:

Heres a few of my car, and the box right after the fleece was streched. Tell me what you think.

I do not see any shots of the box or fleece in those shots. Uploaded the wrong photos maybe?

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Posted By: sawhit4
Date Posted: June 23, 2006 at 11:25 AM

sorry there was a mix up with the pictures, i messed up when i tried to upload the pictures, and a mod fixed them, but left out the fleece picture. here it is.
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its only a picture of the driver side so its kinda hard to tell exactly what it is. I'll get more pictures today after work, it should make it easier to see what it looks like.

Posted By: Melted Fabric
Date Posted: June 23, 2006 at 11:55 AM

How many watts you pumping through that enclosure? What size woof?

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I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

When you do not know what you are doing and what you are doing is the best -- that is inspiration.

Posted By: sawhit4
Date Posted: June 23, 2006 at 12:19 PM

I took some pictures during my lunch break. The sub going in is a 12 inch sony xplod. The amp has 800 watt peak power.

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Posted By: blufab
Date Posted: June 23, 2006 at 1:16 PM

Great build dude! You should look into covering your masterpiece in suede flock the color of your interior. it would look awesome.

Posted By: sawhit4
Date Posted: June 23, 2006 at 1:22 PM

thanks. I thought about covering it, but $$$ is always an issue. All the paint i used cost a total of like $15 so it was the best choice for the project. I have another project planned though that I am going to cover. I'm working on a center console type thing that will hold my ipod and a 7.5 inch monitor along with two cup holders, since the car doesn't have any.

Posted By: Melted Fabric
Date Posted: June 23, 2006 at 1:43 PM

nice, be sure to post photos of that too, but take them as you are doing it.

Great work

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I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

When you do not know what you are doing and what you are doing is the best -- that is inspiration.

Posted By: sawhit4
Date Posted: June 23, 2006 at 5:22 PM

yeah, sorry no build up photos of this build. I just found this site, so before hand i had no reason to take build up pictures