Pretty cool system. I’m replacing my blown dash speaker with a new one. Gonna leave my original dealer added 68 am/fm radio and add a $18 Bluetooth unit that plugs into cigarette lighter.

@LarsonSplitBus-

13 күн бұрын

Yeah, I left my Sapphire AM radio in there, and the Bluetooth is hidden up front under the bonnet. My 61 has no cigarette lighter, so I added a double USB plug to the right of the ash tray and I am good to go. Good luck with your project - balancing the volume of the dash speaker with the volume of the rear speakers is also tricky so the front one is audible but not overwhelming the sound coming from the rear with a tinny small speaker sound…

Very nice job on that speaker mount! Well everything on the beetle came out looking awesome!👌😎👍great job!

@LarsonSplitBus-

Жыл бұрын

Thanks - so I adjusted the fuel gauge and hammered down and bent the seam of the right front heater channel so it wouldn’t rub against the tire when turned all the way to the right. So now there are only the 2 gauges left to wire up - the ammeter and volt meter

Looks awesome! You did such a good job on this car!!

@LarsonSplitBus-

Жыл бұрын

Thanks - it is not a professional restoration, but it has zero rust and is very powerful for its weight!

Very good video thanks, I have the original one am radio on my bug just wondering if it is possible to add another speaker as the original one is designed for only the dash speaker. I will appreciate your help ty

@LarsonSplitBus-

3 ай бұрын

Well - I have 2 6x9 speakers in the back and the one 6 inch round in the front. My Bluetooth had a setup for 2 back, 1 front so it was perfect. Not sure where you would put a second speaker in a beetle dash without going under the dash or mangling it…

@TheOsolito

3 ай бұрын

@@LarsonSplitBus- thanks for the reply I made the original radio work with the original speaker on the dash I want to add another speaker not in the dash I was thinking in the right door, my question is if i can connect the second one to the original radio? As originally it was designed for only one speaker. Thanks for your reply

@LarsonSplitBus-

3 ай бұрын

Ok I see. The original radio if it is pretty old is almost certainly not a stereo radio with a left and right channel. So you can just split the wire and run two mono speakers - but I doubt you could get a stereo left and right without a newer radio…

@TheOsolito

3 ай бұрын

I appreciate your reply I will give it a try spliting the cables , I do not intend to make it stero just increase the sound a litte bit . I enjoy your videos ty@@LarsonSplitBus-

My '64 had a 4 to 6in. Adapter. Speaker was ripped up. Appeared to be original, dealer installed 6 in.

@LarsonSplitBus-

Жыл бұрын

Nice! I saw something listed by RetroSound that cost $89 so I figured I would make my own adaptor for free!

That’s a lot of wires you got there . Remove the original stereo. Put a nice Kenwood Bluetooth. They sell a kenwod per amp that controls everything. There called high mid and lows You really wanna hear that symphony put that on

@LarsonSplitBus-

5 ай бұрын

Yeah - too many wires. I would love to organize them like some of the photos I see online. But that was the first wiring harness I ever did and some of it was just learning. As for the bluetooth - I put in a Kenwood marine system - the newer version of what I have in my Split Bus. 1961 VW Beetle (65 Pan) - Installing the Bluetooth Stereo - 137 kzread.info/dash/bejne/f3lrpNekg7mYnNI.html