If you have the original speaker from the car, you can have it rebuilt by a
vendor who specializes in that service - I believe they are listed in the
IML vendor list, as I recall a discussion about this a few years ago. Seems
to me there was a speaker rebuilding service right out here in Riverside.
Try a Google search on speaker rebuilders and I'll bet you find someone.
As for the impedance, this is not really critical, but anywhere between 4
and 12 ohms should work fine. The original spec was probably 8 ohms. This
is not a resistance that you can measure with an Ohmmeter, by the way, as it
consists of a resistive portion (which you CAN measure; it will be around
2-3 Ohms, probably) and an inductive portion, which you cannot measure
without special test equipment.
Dick Benjamin
----- Original Message -----
From: <Lib596@xxxxxxx>
To: <Mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2002 11:15 PM
Subject: IML: Speaker question
> Having done most of the major restoration on my '61 Imperial, I am now
> sorting out some of the little jobs that I have been putting off.
>
> One thing that needs attention is the front loudspeaker. It has been
replaced
> with a modern one and it sounds awful. I would like to find a more
> appropriate speaker.
>
> Does anyone know what the correct specifications would be? How many ohms
etc?
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Tony V.
>
>
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