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Just got the stand in today  just have to finish wiring it up tomorrow.
One of my clients wanted one for her husbands birthday in May. :smile:

Wow, those look great Pat. Did you find them locally?

Had the Speakers  ,The J-box I had to go out and find on Ebay and  the rest of the hardware I order. :smile:

Those cleaned up really nice... are those painted, polished?.... very nice.

Cool! Was the stand an Ebay bid?  I  have some ideas if I can find a good source

Looks nice.


Is it wired for real sound, or just "wired"?

What's a drive in? :biggrin:

  Eric they are sanded down then polished  :smile:  ,And they will be set up for real sound not sure
if it going to be for the door bell or his man room that he has.  :smile:

Those are awesome! I miss the drive in they had near here. My parents took me there a few years before the place closed down and it was a blast. I tried to get some speakers when I heard that they were going to tear it down but after they announced it was closed it went away really fast. But I did find a drive in that is 2.5 hours away and I am pretty excited about going down there.

Very Nice Pat!!
Many good times at the "Rocket Drive In" Sadly long gone. You can fit 3 in the trunk of a 65 mustang and one more hiding under a blanket on the back seat floor.
Creighton
 

Very nice job Pat... what are you using to polish?... I've done a couple of sets, and am beadblasting with aluminum oxide in the blast cabinet, but haven't tried polishing them...

Chris

Where do you guys find these speakers? Would be fun to find some like they had at the drive in here.

 WOW !!! What a tight fit  in a Mustang   :biggrin:

Chris, I  did sand them down and then hit them them in my blastcabinet with glassbead  Then just went to town on polishing started with Jewelers Rouge then finished with chrome Green polish.


check out Ebay under Drive in Speakers  and for parts I like this guy  http://www.driveinmemories.com/ he has parts
and seem to be alright on his price's :smile:.

That speaker set and pole look great Pat, awesome job!!

On finding them. Ebay is good as well as swap meets and yard sale's. I found mine another way.

We have (2) Drive-in Theaters within 30 minutes of the house. The one north of me still uses field speakers and has the low power FM transmitter for tuning in via car radio. The other one south of me just uses FM. We were at a Saturday night double feature and took a journey over to the snack bar. I asked the manager if they had any of the old speakers left. He directed me to the owner who was busy manning the ticket booth. When I mentioned the conversation that I had with his concession stand manager he replied that he thought he might have some laying around and that if I came back the next night he would take a look for me.

Welp, I showed up the next night and he led me into the storeroom behind the concession stand. He produced two Projected Sound speakers that were in great shape. I asked what he wanted for them and he replied, "Does $10 sound ok?" I jumped on it!! He then asked if I liked "old tube type stuff". I said that I did and he produced the original 50's vintage, field speaker amplifier! I ended up walking out of there with the amp and the two speakers for $30!

Bottom line, if you have an active drive-in near you, just ask, what's the worst they can say? :biggrin:

Thanks Pat, I'm going to try the polish

Chris

Oh man that is awesome! Closest places around here are around 100 miles away but that is not going to stop me from asking though.

I actually found a drive in about an hour away from where I might be going on vacation and I am thinking of calling them before I head down there. Do they have people there during the day at the drive in or should I call them at night when they are open?