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Subject:Re: what is under the passengers feet? (subwoofer mounting)
From:Gregory Mitch Daughtry
Date:Mon, 16 Dec 1996 18:11:18 -0500

It would be really nice to see a picture of your installation.

Would it be possible to have one posted on a web page some where?

I'd like to see just how much leg room this installation might take up.

On Dec 16,  5:04pm, Ian Webb wrote:
> Subject: what is under the passengers feet? (subwoofer mounting)
> Volks,
> 	After much thought and many hours of crappy sounding music, I've
> finally purchased a subwoofer for my van.  I don't really listen to loud
> music (mostly bluegrass, really), and I already have a pretty good
> stereo and speakers, but any bass I could hear at a stoplight went away
> with the highway noise--you know how it is.  This subwoofer is a small
> one, a six and a half inch round tube about 19 inches long that will fit
> under the glove box in my 90 camper without really intruding on any leg
> room (my girlfriend has short legs).  Its made by SAS Bazooka (stupid
> name) and sounds great.  Anyway, I need to mount it to the floor and
> before I do, I wanted to find out if I was going to damage anything by
> shooting some sheet metal screws thru the floor under the glovebox.  To
> give you some idea of where I'm thinking doing this, it would be about
> toe level of anyone with their legs stretched out, maybe hidden from the
> line of sight by the bottom of the glove box.  Anyone know whats under
> there or if I'll screw anything up?
>
> TIA.
>
> 	By the way, I've looked into all kinds of possibilities for improving
> the low-end of the music spectrum in that van.  I put a wedge subwoofer
> behind the drives seat (not really enough room to sound really good),
> boxes between the front seats (takes up too much space, although one
> might make a nice console if cupholders were added), under the back seat
> (too muffled and took up too much storage space), on the floor in front
> of back seat (too noticable to would-be theives). And any speakers
> mounted in the doors just can't deliver the low-end.  So I finally
> decided on this SAS Bazooka tube.  Its has an 80 watt amp built in and
> was very easy to hook up (5 wires) and is rather inconspicuious under
> the glove box--and will be even more so with a little carpet thrown over
> it.  I don't have any connection with this company or anything, but for
> some of us I know music is important and I thought I'd pass this little
> gem along.  Cost me $300.
>
> Ian
> --
>
> Ian Webb, Assistant Director
> University of Virginia Roanoke Center
> Phone: 540.857.7922
> Fax: 540.857.7936
> mailto:ian_webb@virginia.edu
>-- End of excerpt from Ian Webb

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