Well Mr Wand, I don't know if this will help you but here is a picture of what my kick panel speaker set up looks like..
 I'm about 6'3"now, used to be 6'5", feet are still 14 though  and although there is no clutch pedal it gives you an idea of the real estate in the foot well.
 I wanted the larger speakers so I spun up a couple of spacers from MDF and covered them with thin aluminum sheet just for looks.
 I can see how the speaker intrusion would be an issue with a clutch pedal in there .
I don't see why you can't use the stock panel with a smaller speaker with a shallow magnet if there is enough room for it.

I don't mean to "slang-hot-water-on-your-ideer-butt......" these older cars just weren't built/designed for todays big speakers/big magnets/surround sound performance that we enjoy on new(er) cars. The new ones were designed for nice speakers and all the bells& whistles that make a great sound.
In other words  "there-ain't-no-room" for the  'big-speakz' except in the trunk and rear window deck.  IMHO
When my youngster had The Mustang he had it so full of speakers/driver/boosters/amps and stuff the rear window would vibrate so bad you could hardly see out of it! .  Butt nuth'in in the front except the single speaker in the dash (it was tri-axial).  I did put two 6" speakers in the front butt they are in the door (about ear level...if you rode in my Mustang you would understand why they are there!)
I like to use ear buds when I listen to "the-tunes" on my blue tooth. I know they are not legal to use in a lot of states butt........that's another reason why I like to use them!!
Hey......"if you ain't liv'in on the edge..........you're tak'in up too much space"!!
6sally6

I always resisted going with the speakers in the kick panels. I thought about it a time or two, but just never did it. In the end, a buddy of mine who is up on sound systems found me a set of decent speakers to fit the rear parcel tray. We didn't have to cut anything. I also found the best under dash speaker that I could too and in the end this worked out to be a pretty good combo. Later I fitted an amp and would say that sound and clarity is more than what I would have dreamed. The cabin in these cars is pretty compact and I question how many speakers a person needs in them.

Around the time I fitted the speakers and amp setup, I stripped the interior out of the car, re-insulated the floor with that dynamat stuff and we then fitted an MDF panel behind the rear seat and another MDF panel on top of the parcel tray. Amazing how much noise comes from the rear wheels and trunk. Absolutely biggest and best improvement I have ever done on an old car to cut out road noise.

In my opinion, I would never bother with kick panel speakers now. I have all the sound I need and want.

When I was a teenager in hs, I had a 1964 Ford Falcon.  Back then,  Pioneer made some wedge speaker boxes I had velcroed centered on the front seat.   For all the cheap flea market stuff I had, you know, Kracko and booster equalizer setup, those speakers sounded pretty good.

mine are the standard ones from CJs i think with 6.5" speakers. You know for good money you can get 4" or 5" speakers that can sound as good as 6" ones

Last edited by Cab4word67 (4/09/2020 9:54 PM)

I ended up the speaker issue location and found an original radio delete plate, there was no need for speakers anymore. all you hear now is the sound of the road, cant wait to turn it on again.

TKOPerformance wrote:

Rudi wrote:

Well Mr Wand, I don't know if this will help you but here is a picture of what my kick panel speaker set up looks like..
 I'm about 6'3"now, used to be 6'5", feet are still 14 though  and although there is no clutch pedal it gives you an idea of the real estate in the foot well.
 I wanted the larger speakers so I spun up a couple of spacers from MDF and covered them with thin aluminum sheet just for looks.
 I can see how the speaker intrusion would be an issue with a clutch pedal in there .
I don't see why you can't use the stock panel with a smaller speaker with a shallow magnet if there is enough room for it.

I did what Rudi did too, but made mine from oak, filled the grain and painted them black.  I have a manual transmission and have never found the speaker to be in my way.  I was initially worried about that, but it turned out to be a non issue. 

TKO you say these aint in the way of clutch pedal.
 

BILLY WALTON from GEORGIA wrote:

TKOPerformance wrote:

Rudi wrote:

Well Mr Wand, I don't know if this will help you but here is a picture of what my kick panel speaker set up looks like..
 I'm about 6'3"now, used to be 6'5", feet are still 14 though  and although there is no clutch pedal it gives you an idea of the real estate in the foot well.
 I wanted the larger speakers so I spun up a couple of spacers from MDF and covered them with thin aluminum sheet just for looks.
 I can see how the speaker intrusion would be an issue with a clutch pedal in there .
I don't see why you can't use the stock panel with a smaller speaker with a shallow magnet if there is enough room for it.

I did what Rudi did too, but made mine from oak, filled the grain and painted them black.  I have a manual transmission and have never found the speaker to be in my way.  I was initially worried about that, but it turned out to be a non issue. 

TKO you say these aint in the way of clutch pedal.
 

Not in my experience they aren't.  In my car that speaker is a 6.5" midrange from a JBL component set.  It was too deep to work with the kick panel as molded, so I either had to space them into the footwell or cut out the metal behind the kick panel (wasn't going to do that).  I initially had some reservations about this method, but it proved entirely unfounded.  No issues with using the clutch, high beam switch, etc.  Though, I did relocate the high beam switch, but given the amount of metal butchery in that area over the years I can't say it was ever in the factory spot anyway.  Easy enough to move regardless. 
 

I have the aftermarket kick panels made for 6.5” speakers on my 65, the distance from the speaker to the clutch pedal is about 2.5”.  I haven’t had any issues with clutch pedal to speaker interference while operating the clutch pedal. 

6sally6 wrote:

Rudi wrote:

BILLY WALTON from GEORGIA wrote:

What speaker you got in there?

 
IIRC they are cheapy Clarions. My hearing went for a crap many years ago and hearing aids don’t do justice to any sound system no matter how high the quality.

 
THIS ^^^^ fits a lot of us-guyz !
BILLY........with all the target shooting and hand gun training and all the drug runners you have shot at........
I imagine your hear leaves a lot to be desired anyhow.
jus say'in
6s6

I was a welder before that so I cant see too good either.
 

BILLY WALTON from GEORGIA wrote:

I was a welder before that so I cant see too good either.
 

Which means you hadda fire even more rounds...just to be sure.

I got the kick panel with the pods and ordered 2 6.5 speakers also 2 6x9 speakers for rear.