R11 6X9 speaker

[BZaar]

Anybody know of a good source for something resembling an original 6x9 speaker for AM only (R11) ?  Like many of us back in the day, one of the first things to go was the crappy AM radio & stock speaker!  I have the radio but no rear 6x9.  Also my broadcast sheet specifically says R11 is 1 rear speaker only - I've had some people debate me on that so feel free to give your opinion!

[R/T's 4 R/P]

Do you have the rear speaker control?
You could have gotten an R11 AM radio without any rear speaker and only the dash speaker

[pschlosser]

I will add, the speaker is covered by the grill, and cannot be seen, so no one will know the precise "look" of the speaker you're using.

The OEM speaker was a paper cone with fabric surround.  It did not hold up well to the sun's heat or UV filtering through the speaker grill.

Back in the 1980s when I replaced that speaker for the first time, the coaxial speaker was pretty popular.  This looks like a cone speaker, with a tweeter stacked on top of it.  I found the grill would not lay flat using this type of speaker.  A visit to Circuit City resolved this by choosing a speaker with modest fidelity.

You may have to pay $$$ for an OEM-looking reproduction paper 6x9 speaker.  Many of the speakers they make these days are made of polypropylene.  I recommend going with one of those, unless you really set on the paper OEM-type.

My car is also a single-speaker R11 car.  But the package shelf still has the speaker holes a prior owner cut.  Being a loud big block car, it seems a losing battle to fight engine noise with fidelity.

[BZaar]

I do have the rear speaker fader knob on the dash and my car also has   both holes cutout on the package tray.  I was told by a pretty knowledgeable Mopar guy that the passenger side hole was there for the rear window defogger option.  I have some 6x9 triaxial speakers I used long ago but since the resto I'm just trying to see what I could use to make it appear original-ish.  I will never actually listen to it (I prefer listening to the engine) but I  had a judge at the Mopar Nats. deduct a point for it missing

[usraptor]

I don't have a source for your speaker, however, I can tell you that the passenger side hole is not for the rear window defroster.  If you have the rear window defroster option there is a horizontal slit, with molding, that is in the center of the package tray close to the rear window.  In the 70s the rear window defroster was a blower that blew air under the package tray, in the trunk, onto the rear window to defrost it. 

[pschlosser]

I don't have a source for your speaker, however, I can tell you that the passenger side hole is not for the rear window defroster.  If you have the rear window defroster option there is a horizontal slit, with molding, that is in the center of the package tray close to the rear window.  In the 70s the rear window defroster was a blower that blew air under the package tray, in the trunk, onto the rear window to defrost it. 

I believe the rear defroster did indeed pull (presumably heated) air from the passenger compartment through the passenger-side speaker hole, and out the slit in the middle of the package tray.

[ec_co]

I didn't realize that R11 had a rear speaker, I always thought it was only the dash center speaker.

[Skdmark]

From the reference section on Radios.

https://forum.e-bodies.org/reference-material/18/radio-options-r11-r22-r26-r31-r32-r33-r35-r36/348/

[usraptor]

I don't have a source for your speaker, however, I can tell you that the passenger side hole is not for the rear window defroster.  If you have the rear window defroster option there is a horizontal slit, with molding, that is in the center of the package tray close to the rear window.  In the 70s the rear window defroster was a blower that blew air under the package tray, in the trunk, onto the rear window to defrost it. 

I believe the rear defroster did indeed pull (presumably heated) air from the passenger compartment through the passenger-side speaker hole, and out the slit in the middle of the package tray.

I stand corrected.  I was just thinking about the outlet and forgot about the inlet side. 

[pschlosser]

I didn't realize that R11 had a rear speaker, I always thought it was only the dash center speaker.

To clarify, the R11 car would not normally have rear speakers.  Yes, I posted a picture with the speaker - sorry if this confuses.   The rear defrost still pulls air through the passenger rear speaker opening.  Even when a speaker isn't present.

[ec_co]

From the reference section on Radios.

https://forum.e-bodies.org/reference-material/18/radio-options-r11-r22-r26-r31-r32-r33-r35-r36/348/

Very helpful. so R11 by itself (what mine has coded) is just the dash center, but other codes bring the rear into play 

[pschlosser]

From the reference section on Radios.

https://forum.e-bodies.org/reference-material/18/radio-options-r11-r22-r26-r31-r32-r33-r35-r36/348/

Very helpful. so R11 by itself (what mine has coded) is just the dash center, but other codes bring the rear into play 

R11 refers to the AM Radio.  Front center speaker-only.  The package tray would not have speaker cutouts unless..... it came with the rear defroster option.