Brownie got a sound system installed this month. Nothing extravagant when it comes to a "performance" sound system, as the 6.5" and 6x9" speakers are no where near high end, but they are much better than the single 6.5" I had temporarily in the dash running off the cassette deck (previously the AM radio), that would crackle and cut out.
The deck and speakers are Pioneer. They all came as a set that I purchased from Walmart for $99.99, which wasn't a bad deal at all considering a low end similar deck alone would have cost me $129.99 or more. The sub and amp added up to the same price I paid for the deck and speakers. The only other things I had to get was an amplifier wiring kit (ebay @ $15.00) and the sub enclosure (would have built it but I don't have the time to right now) which was $29.99.
Total system cost - $244.97, and I can transplant it to another car in the future if need be.
I didn't cut up any of the stock panels or radio bezel, I have spares and luckily I had a spare metal radio bezel the same color as Brownie's dash from a bobcat I pulled apart a few years back. Kick panels are some I had in storage with a few broken door jam tabs, but no bad cracks, so I painted them and cut holes for the 6.5" speakers.
So, everything is reversible should I ever decide to sell the car and not loose much of the car's value!
For the rear 6x9 enclosures, I got the idea from Pintopower. He did this box design for his 77 wagon a few years back and I really liked how it is removable, yet has some style to it and simple to assemble. While mine varies in design a bit to accommodate the subwoofer box and the finish on mine is stained and lacquered, the concept is the same. You can see Pintopower's thread here:
http://www.fordpinto.com/your-project/wagon-speaker-box/msg127267/?topicseen#newAll of my speaker, remote gain, and amp remote power wires are routed under the driver's door edge, and the amp's 8 gauge power wire is routed under the passenger side door edge, with a 40 or 50 amp (I cannot remember at the moment) AGU fuse in a water tight fuse holder located on the outside of the firewall above the blower motor hole.
The amp is secured to the back of the subwoofer box to make things more "portable" if I need the cargo space. Nothing special here, a "Walmart Special" amp, manufactured by BOSS Audio, rated at 600W but an actual RMS rating of 150W (half of what my 78's Rockford Fosgate is).
The sub is also nothing special, but 2" more cone surface than my 78's sub (also a Sony Xplode), which is a Sony Xplode XS-GTX100LW 10" Subwoofer. The box needs some matting in it, as it sounds a little odd and empty right now. Maybe later down the road when I "care" about it.
On to the pictures!
1) The deck (fits nice, black matches the 2-tone interior, don't like the red lighting though)
2) Passenger side kick panel speaker
3) Driver side kick panel speaker
4) Amp remote gain adjustment knob