Post by Mike B on Jan 3, 2009 15:59:37 GMT -4
Here's one little project.
The Drive In speakers are from Tibbs Drive In in Indianapolis. When I opened them up the looked like they had been sitting under water or in the mud. The speakers were shot, one of the cases had a crack up the front, and the cables looked like they were victims of someones careless painting (yellow paint probably from them not being taken down when the poles were painted?).
The speakers had been repainted but they lacked the attention to detail because everything including the muddy speakers were painted silver.
I took the speakers completely apart and sand blasted the cases to remove the old paint, mud, and oxidation. I then fixed the crack, primed, sanded, and repainted the cases. I purchased new speakers and cable from our local electronic store (not Radio Shack, they no longer sell stuff that you need). I found the junction box and speaker baskets on ebay for a decent price. The junction box that I ordered had the little red light inside the box to keep the speakers from being run over at night.
While I was soldering the new speakers in I added a little self contained amplifier and stereo jack to plug an MP3 player into. All of which his hidden so you kick back and enjoy what ever you want to listen to with out having to worry about any wires being tripped over.
The Drive In speakers are from Tibbs Drive In in Indianapolis. When I opened them up the looked like they had been sitting under water or in the mud. The speakers were shot, one of the cases had a crack up the front, and the cables looked like they were victims of someones careless painting (yellow paint probably from them not being taken down when the poles were painted?).
The speakers had been repainted but they lacked the attention to detail because everything including the muddy speakers were painted silver.
I took the speakers completely apart and sand blasted the cases to remove the old paint, mud, and oxidation. I then fixed the crack, primed, sanded, and repainted the cases. I purchased new speakers and cable from our local electronic store (not Radio Shack, they no longer sell stuff that you need). I found the junction box and speaker baskets on ebay for a decent price. The junction box that I ordered had the little red light inside the box to keep the speakers from being run over at night.
While I was soldering the new speakers in I added a little self contained amplifier and stereo jack to plug an MP3 player into. All of which his hidden so you kick back and enjoy what ever you want to listen to with out having to worry about any wires being tripped over.
