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  1. 04-21-2015, 01:45 AM #1
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    Speaker panel removal!

    Hi guys, I need to take off the speaker panel from my '73 911, how do I do this safely without damaging the ageing plastics? The reason is I'm fitting a Blaupunkt Franfurt and can't find the speaker wires behind the dash so I need to re-run some new wiring. Where does the speaker cable emerge under dash? Thanks in advance.
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  2. 04-21-2015, 03:19 AM #2
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    Open the hood (I mean bonnet) and remove the cardboard protection panel at the rear of trunk. You should now see the speaker wires.
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  3. 04-21-2015, 03:29 AM #3
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    Or perhaps through the clock hole. I would strongly recommend NOT to try and remove the speaker cover..

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  4. 04-21-2015, 04:00 AM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by 76911S View Post
    Or perhaps through the clock hole. I would strongly recommend NOT to try and remove the speaker cover..

    Mark..
    Many thanks Ed, Mark, for taking the trouble to reply - this was very useful and I'm glad I asked - I had a hunch about that speaker cover!
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  5. 10-05-2015, 12:27 PM #5
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    Hey Von Zipper,

    Any learnings you could share? I'm trying to fit a Becker radio in my '71E in replacement of a modern radio.
    Good news is that previous owner didn't make any holes in the doors but instead he used a rear shelf assembly including two good quality speakers. I'll post if for sale soon if anyone is interested.
    On the other hand I have to figure out the wiring for original dashboard speaker... hence my interest in this thread.
    Thanks in advance for any hints/tricks you could share.

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  6. 10-05-2015, 01:00 PM #6
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    I did this a few weeks ago and noticed the speaker cover was starting to pull up from the dash so I popped it out. I discovered there are some bake-light (?) nuts that the speaker grill scews attached to. The bake-light nuts had dry rotted and cracked allowing the speaker grill to basically come right off. Is there a way to get the bake-light nuts and reattach the speaker grill to the dash without removing the entire windshield/dash? I hadn't really looked at it in a few weeks and the grill is essentially just sitting in the dash hole at this point.

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  7. 10-05-2015, 08:02 PM #7
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    The original speaker just had threaded studs that popped into plastic inserts that held them. Those deteriorate so I use plastic molys available at my local Ace hardware.
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  8. 10-07-2015, 07:09 PM #8
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    Ed,

    As always you're the man. Thanks for this, I'l look around and find some.

    I saw your car at RR V and waited around to see if you'd drop by (while looking at the million other cars in the corral obviously) but never did get a chance to meet. Maybe RR VI I guess :-)

    Thanks again,

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  9. 10-07-2015, 08:19 PM #9
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    Damn,,,,,sorry that didn't work out!!
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