teamSPB : Kevin's 1974 Beetle Audio Build : Pioneer/Gladen/AudioSystems

[teamSPB]

Hi everyone,

This is a build we started many months ago but had to stop while the interior was being trimmed.

Some history of the car;

The car has been in Kevin's family since 1979 and he is the second owner of the car. Himself, his father, his sister etc all used to drive the car at one point or another and it is still in the family to this day.

Last year, Kevin was in the process of getting the car fully rebuild from ground up. When it was going back together, he wanted a nice sound system to compliment the vehicle on his long drives.

After sitting down with Kevin and working through the requirements of the system, it was decided to use the following equipment;

Pioneer P88RS headunit

Audio Systems 100.2 amplifier for the front components

Audio Systems 280.2 amplifier for the subwoofers

Gladen Audio RS165 components

3 x Gladen Audio RS8 8inch subwoofers

Ground Zero cabling

2 Bulk kits of Silent Coat sound deadening

Custom build enclosures for components and subwoofers

What was immediately decided was we were not going to cut holes into the original door cards to just 'lash' the speakers in. We would make kick builds to house the components so if needed, the car can be returned to stock and the audio system removed with no trace of it ever being there.

Right, time for some pics!

Some other interesting vehicles

[teamSPB]

Random engine shot

Test fitting sub box for the Gladen Audio RS08's

Amps will be going here

Speaker pods made

A nice selection of 8inch subwoofers!

[philrab]

Good decision on not cutting the car up, she's too pretty and well preserved for that. Little more work, but much respect for it.

[Smoove]

Interesting build. tuned in

[teamSPB]

[teamSPB]

[Azagtoth502]

Very nice.....love Beetles & the euro Benz.

[Smoove]

this is coming together nicely. really nice work