1000 watt HotRodded Factory Sound System 1969 Ford Mustang Restoration Part 74 Mustang Connection

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The Factory AM\FM Mustang Car Stereo from 1969 gets the royal treatment and fully modernized to accept an amp and Ipod adapter. It's high fidelity wrapped in a stealth package. The factory head unit now connects to a pair of 4x6 door speakers, a pair of rear package tray 6x9s , and a pair of 10" subs in a custom box all driven by a 4 channel Crunch amp. It's tucked neatly in factory positions and even the speaker covers are factory. California Pony Cars makes rear shelf speaker covers that look factory fresh calponycars.com...
Now the car looks good on the outside and sounds good on the inside.

[@weskirkland5850]

Holy shit a bench seat? Thats so incredibly rare! This is the third one I've ever seen.

[@ziggassedup]

I like a sound system that has quality sound and not just a distorted bass that will rattle the bumpers off...That looks and sounds good...I particularly like to listen to the sound from my exhaust but that's another story.

[@MustangConnection1]

Thank you, I know the car has a very nice Magnaflow exhaust on it, so it's my favorite tune as well.

[@Rudderify]

Love the setup and a sneaky place to put an amp. Cruchfield sells small plastic speaker enclosures for the 6x9s that'll further blend the speaker 'guts' into the back seat area.

[@MustangConnection1]

Thanks Joe, I may have to check out the speaker enclosures. Thankfully they are tucked pretty high up so it's all hard to see.

[@jaimelopez8378]

Good Video! I really like how your Amp is mounted. and how the speakers look Factory /also the Subs behind the seat are Simple and make sense. I will try to mimic your set up on my 69 Pony. Except i will use a Aftermarket Sony Bluetooth Stereo . Your system sounds Clean !!!

[@Cheator40]

Cool setup Rich.

[@MustangConnection1]

***** Thanks for checking it out and commenting much appreciated.

[@mdkingsley]

Really cool Rich, the car is looking great!

[@MustangConnection1]

Thanks Mitchell! Much appreciated, getting closer

[@strokedfirebirdable]

Very nice setup

[@MustangConnection1]

Thanks Dave, I love stealthy stuff like this and hate those aftermarket "vintage" fit stereos, they all suck.

[@nowitsabadtime]

Thought ELO was going to start jammin' at 0:07 ;)

[@Fullthrottle440Garage]

awesome!

[@MustangConnection1]

Thanks Dean, I'm loving it.

[@assface1590]

Love it

[@MustangConnection1]

DANOMADINGO Thank you for checking it out.

[@yerslowgarage9849]

That's cool

[@MustangConnection1]

YerSlowGarage Thanks! I like keeping the stock look.

[@yerslowgarage9849]

Thanks for checking in,If there was not old crummy repairs done I would have left the deck lid wavy. Most virgin Shelby deck lids fit quite rough fit and are oceanic. I did not have much of a choice but to smooth it out

[@cdee974]

So cool , so did that shop do the conversion and parts that were installed when you say not China replacement core/guts. Thanks and what was replaced as of parts in head unit. Thanks again very cool . Also how much for just the head work

[@frankbeato3447]

That sounds really good. Where did you get it retrofitted? My 68 came with am from factory. Like to keep the stock look. Want to add fm and some outputs for accessories.

[@MustangConnection1]

Frank Beato Frank, I had a guy out of NY do the initial conversion. I am not sure what they can do with an AM only radio. Let me find his info and I will drop you a message.

[@clarenceelliott6807]

Your stereo looks and sounds great....but your music taste is a little disturbing ! Lol !

[@tonycooper2518]

Did you ever mention who did the work on the radio? I'm nearing completion of my resto, and would like to do something similar w/ the stock radio (am/fm stereo) I pulled out...

[@MustangConnection1]

William Cooper In the end Galaxy autosound reworked the work I had done if that makes sense. Their contact info is in the beginning of the video.

[@Cobrafanatik22]

Very cool. I think I'd be interested in doing this to mine if the price was right. I was actually looking for an aftermarket one but this is cool.

[@MustangConnection1]

Thanks Billy, It is not any more than buying an aftermarket unit and I really like having the factory unit in place. They make better "vintage" look new units for 65-6 cars than they do later cars.

[@Cobrafanatik22]

What company did this? And did they replace the chrome pieces? Very interested.

[@MustangConnection1]

Long story but I found 1 guy in NY to do the initial conversion. He cleaned it up, put an internal amp and the ipod jack. It was a pretty decent core to start with so no new chome or cosmetics After taking it to my local stereo guy, it was determined the unit needed RCA preouts to properly run the amp and they sent it out and had that done. He assures me he has a guy that could have saved my first go round. Best to have a phone chat if you wanna go this route and I will give you better insight.

[@Cobrafanatik22]

10-4. We may chat on a later date. Thank you sir.

[@MustangConnection1]

Cobrafanatik22 Billy can you send me your email? [e-mail] thx

[@freddiemac2847]

Very trick set up. How much did the conversion run?

[@MustangConnection1]

It was a few hundred after all was said and done but well worth it, can't beat the original look with modern sound. Thanks for checking it out.

[@wolfeman351]

Very nice. Do you happen to have the ford part number for the radio? I am looling for one. Got an idea. Mount the radio (working or not) add the speakers and amp. Then use a bluetooth adapter as the amp input. I havr several old Android phones and Apple Itouch mp3 players. Connect via bluetooth and music is on. No FM but I don't listen to radio much anyway. There are FM aps for the Android OS?? Just another idea. If I get the prototype running I will make a video.

[@MustangConnection1]

wolfeman351 Thanks and I don't have the PN for the radio, I do know that it's one year specific. I like your blue tooth idea, and that would make for a great video. I know that an AM can be retrofitted to carry an IPOD adapter but I think it's strictly Mono.

[@ACowGirlFan]

Where did you have the radio upgrade and restoration done? I have a '70 Mach 1 with the same radio that I want to have the same thing done to and upgraded to power an ipod.

[@MustangConnection1]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gHa2ZYOumJaIsJo All of his contact info is here, this is much more detailed. He does excellent work.

[@ACowGirlFan]

Thank you. I looked through his website and found the information on the conversions helpful and very informative. I called Richard and told him what I had and what I wanted to do. Really nice guy. He told me what he did to the units and gave me a ball park quote. He said he gets and sends back restored radios to locations all over the world. I told him I'll be sending my unit back to him to restore as soon as I take my dash apart. Thanks again for this video and the information.

[@MustangConnection1]

Great and glad it helped, please make sure and mention you mention you found him on Mustang Connection.

[@ACowGirlFan]

I did. And I mentioned that I had watched your video and that you had included a portion of his video in yours and how pleased you were with the work he did. (He probably already knew that) I told him I'd be call him when I got the dash apart to let him know when I'd be shipping the unit back to him, so I will mention you again then.

[@scottsinfl]

Thats a cool way to do it I always like the stock look(:>)}-

[@MustangConnection1]

Thanks Scott...It's not easy to find an original AM\FM any longer since so many were discarded for newer stereo systems.

[@wolfthornhawkridge5705]

Why is it whenever your demo’ing your sound system you can never decide on what to play!

[@richardblankenship8004]

Check out this one for a 1967 Mustang from R & B Vintage Auto Radio. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aojUXmSabs19nKs