Correct mounting position for Blaupunkt radio speaker.

[56vw]

Hi, am looking for the correct mounting position for my period Blaupunkt external radio speaker.
I have the Motometer Rallye Guages installed were the speaker would normally go in the dash.
Many thanks.

[Eric&Barb]

Radios at least here in N. America were not "Correct" if you mean installed at the factory in Wolfsburg. So any radio, radio speaker, or radio antenna would be a VW dealer, radio shop, or DPO addition, so factory not correct. Additionally a Rallye gauge setup would not be a factory correct item, so having a speaker not in the radio grill is not going to be a factory correct placement.

If you want a speaker that would be as close as possible correct for the era, then you would mount an external speaker, and probably a Blaupunkt made one. Like this:

As to where to put that speaker, would be up to the non-factory installer. Just like there are so many different placements of the antenna.
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[bally]

I too am interested where people have their speakers with a rally pack installed (or even where the speaker is not in the factory oval position for some other reason) please post your pictures here.

Many thanks

Dave

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Don't care where the dealer placed our speaker, originally, but i placed that metal speaker box on the front fire wall, on our old Zwitter - see the edge of it under there, on the right?

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[bally]

Was it high enough up that people didn’t catch it with their feet?

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