Radio / Speaker Removal

[Rick Allen]

Want to remove my AM/FM radio from my 64 Avanti, remove the faceplate so far, now two questions:

Does the radio pull out from the front, drop from the bottom, or come out the top after removing the speaker?

How to remove the speaker grill, does it just pry up from the top of the dash?

[Gunslinger]

If your car has no a/c you can probably remove the radio from underneath…where the a/c evaporator would be.  If you do have a/c the dash has to be removed which is actually not that tough a job…especially if you remove the steering wheel, drop the steering column and remove the bucket seats.  You really don’t have to completely remove the dash…just enough to remove the radio from behind it.

If this is the route you take…tag any and all wires you have to disconnect…you’ll save yourself grief later.

[Rick Allen]

7 hours ago, Gunslinger said:

If your car has no a/c you can probably remove the radio from underneath…where the a/c evaporator would be.  If you do have a/c the dash has to be removed which is actually not that tough a job…especially if you remove the steering wheel, drop the steering column and remove the bucket seats.  You really don’t have to completely remove the dash…just enough to remove the radio from behind it.

If this is the route you take…tag any and all wires you have to disconnect…you’ll save yourself grief later.

No A/C; could it be made easier working through the top to remove any support brackets or wiring, before lowering the radio out the bottom, if so, does the speaker grill just pop out or is it held in with some kind of fasteners from below?,,, Thanks

[mfg]

1 hour ago, Rick Allen said:

No A/C; could it be made easier working through the top to remove any support brackets or wiring, before lowering the radio out the bottom, if so, does the speaker grill just pop out or is it held in with some kind of fasteners from below?,,, Thanks

It also helps to remove the console upper plate...four phillips screws.

[Rick Allen]

How can the speaker gill be removed?

[Gunslinger]

Once the radio is out the speaker and grille can be taken out from underneath by removing four nuts.  The speaker will drop down and the grille will then pull out from above.  If you plan on replacing the speaker…two things to make sure of…get a speaker of the same impedance (ohms rating)…and get a speaker the magnet is not so big it hits the radio body.  

[Rick Allen]

18 hours ago, Gunslinger said:

Once the radio is out the speaker and grille can be taken out from underneath by removing four nuts.  The speaker will drop down and the grille will then pull out from above.  If you plan on replacing the speaker…two things to make sure of…get a speaker of the same impedance (ohms rating)…and get a speaker the magnet is not so big it hits the radio body.  

Thank you, that is the info I needed, the front and rear speakers I believe are original and suspect the front, like the rear, has a broken cone; too bad Studebaker didn't make the front grill removable from the top, it's a lot of work just to see the speaker's conditon,,, 

[Gunslinger]

You’re better off replacing the speakers while your already there…you don’t want to pull the dark any more than necessary.

Another tip…while you have easy access…replace all the gauge bulbs at the same time for all the same reasons.