koda6966
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- The green part of NY.
- Vehicle Year
- 1988
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 2.9
- Transmission
- Automatic
Nothing interesting happened with the project today. Just changed out all the speakers with ones I had laying around. 4x6 Sony xplod speakers up front (that was interesting to fit) and whatever size the stock ones are in the back in pioneers that I yanked from the Ranger before it went to the scrap yard. Sounds alot better. I'm thinking about getting one of those retro head units that have a AUX/USB in the back and a flip down front for CD's. I think a newer stereo would look out of place on this dash.
That's where I planned on putting it, The hatch has a slight ridge where it catches anything I mount there. That's kind of how I had it on the Jeep, I think I used one of the tail light bolts for a mounting bolt, and then slapped two tek screws in for the other three. I need to get my work bench cleaned off so I can get to my vice and see if I can bend something well enough to curve around the hatch lip.Couldn't you fab up a bracket similar to that and mount it onto the angled flat area directly above the tail light? I seem to recall access can be had behind there for some screws w/nuts if you remove the tail light housing.
Should provide acceptable performance with it mounted there (at least as long as the antenna is tall enough that 60% or more of it's height is above your roof).