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@GreenGL writes:

Can't say I'm aware of a national Volvo club? Did the wattage of the factory radio get upgraded in the rebuild too?

The quarterly magazine, "Rolling", is sent to members of all the official Volvo clubs in Australia. In fact, the multi-talented @carnut222 is the editor of this excellent publication.

Craig (from the SA Volvo club) does conversions of Volvo OE tape decks to MP3 / USB input for an extremely reasonable price. You can buy a unit for him and he also will modify your existing unit. He may be contacted at csrasmussen [at] bigpond.com with that and other questions about increasing the audio output power.

FWIW, I plan on replacing the OE tape deck in my 242GT with one of Craig's modified units.

    Major Ledfoot

    @OhNoesAVolvo writes:

    Can't say I'm aware of a national Volvo club? Did the wattage of the factory radio get upgraded in the rebuild too?

    The quarterly magazine, "Rolling", is sent to members of all the official Volvo clubs in Australia. In fact, the multi-talented @carnut222 is the editor of this excellent publication.

    Craig (from the SA Volvo club) does conversions of Volvo OE tape decks to MP3 / USB input for an extremely reasonable price. You can buy a unit for him and he also will modify your existing unit. He may be contacted at csrasmussen [at] bigpond.com with that and other questions about increasing the audio output power.

    FWIW, I plan on replacing the OE tape deck in my 242GT with one of Craig's modified units.

    Thanks for the kudos! :) Mag goes out 6x per year - I wish sometimes it were only quarterly...although I'm not doing the layout any more as I have one of our younger club members Jeremy Kenneally who does that now...more of a creative eye than I have! :)

      Thanks for all the replies, I've since got spare surrounds to toy with and i'll look through some of the speakers mentioned above to best suit my radio. I have an old school Sony with motorised face. Was top of the line back in the day, was capable of running a CD drive for navigation too.

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKv8ciOP9CY

      2 years later

      After all this time I managed to finally upgrade the front speakers to JBL and install OEM rear speakers.

      Fronts needed spacing away from the door as the rear of the speaker was making contact with the window. Looks & works great and having the rear speakers is a nice touch. The door cards already have template ready at the rear for installation. I also used OEM wiring connectors to the radio.

      Pics to follow

      6 months later

      I'd put small woofers (Dayton) in the rear doors with a seperate amp if I wasn't putting seperate components in the rear shelf plus a small sub.

      Mine is a wagon so dont have the rear shelf :/

      Works out ok, i even installed that fader knob on the dash for a more retro look and extra gadgetry!! haha

      Tweeters can be put up the back like P80s have , adds a good rear channel .

      Have you got pictures of what this would look like on a 240?

      If you envision the splits you can buy (mid bass and tweeters seperate or just the tweets themselves) they can go in pods to mount them and point them towards the front.

      All brands have pods or the tweets and buy pods, Jaycar may have.

      You could get dual speaker pods or bigger pods for the mid bass if you purchase a set of splits with crossover and put both on the frame around the tailgate area.

      BarelyRunning

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      Drill a hole in the glovebox, and out one in there

      Then where would you put the spare MAF and the logbook?

        If you like OEM look, check this out, 3D-printed rear frames to fit a standard 5.25" speaker with more depth to give clearance for coaxial tweeters.

        Seen them but they dont suit windy windows as the arm will catch the speaker :/

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