Baldies XC Falcon discussion

[Bearded Baldy]

Just bought something else on trademe. Something usefull this time.

 

Any guesses?

Pics once they arrive

 

[tortron]

brush and shovel?

[Bearded Baldy]

Now now @tortron, the sedan isn't near as bad as the ute.

So far.

[igor]

The wagon is still here when you're ready to come get it.

[Bearded Baldy]

2 minutes ago, igor said:

The wagon is still here when you're ready to come get it.

I have a price from the transporter. Was quite reasonable considering distance and interisland etc etc.

Have a plan to work the cost into the shed/wifes kitchen reno bank grovel session after xmas. Which will also hopefully give me a space to put it.

Not bad considering i haven't seen it yet. Should bring up a south island tour idea...

[igor]

No real rush. I still have to sort out every bit of shit that is blocking it in. The firewood pile is getting smaller at least.

[dmulally]

On 23/08/2025 at 22:51, Bearded Baldy said:

Just bought something else on trademe. Something usefull this time.

 

Any guesses?

Pics once they arrive

 

Hillman Imp?

[Bearded Baldy]

NO!!!!

[Tiger Tamer]

Well. I suppose if it's not a Hillman Imp it must be a Morris Minor with a Barra engine.

[Bearded Baldy]

While i am a lifetime fan of the Morris Minor, and having owned a lilac coupe 20ish years ago, unfortunately not.

My dream mog would be an extended body van on an old l200 chassis, with a dirty 5l windsor, auto and side pipes.

[dmulally]

I'm enjoying the generational levels of scope creep/distraction in your build thread. Makes me feel good about making a speaker box for my chev that doesn't even have engine mounts yet. 

[Bearded Baldy]

Distracted procrastination is my greatest superpower. 

[Bearded Baldy]

Favourite speaker brands and reason why please gents?

 

[dmulally]

19 hours ago, Bearded Baldy said:

Favourite speaker brands and reason why please gents?

 

Back in my speaker days I always thought Kenwood was the classy bogan's choice. But after getting some for my jaguar I was pretty unimpressed. 

What has excited me more is the leap in bluetooth flavoured amps. My chev doesn't even have a head unit. You connect direct to the amp as you switch the ignition on and control it all from your phone. 

[Raizer]

3 hours ago, dmulally said:

Back in my speaker days I always thought Kenwood was the classy bogan's choice. But after getting some for my jaguar I was pretty unimpressed. 

What has excited me more is the leap in bluetooth flavoured amps. My chev doesn't even have a head unit. You connect direct to the amp as you switch the ignition on and control it all from your phone. 

Used to be, Kenwood is just JVC's slightly lower spec brand these days. 

 

Focal speakers ftw.

[Tiger Tamer]

Sony always made good stereo gear. 

[Bearded Baldy]

Never been a big fan of sony car audio stuff, always seems to focus on bass as opposed to overall sound. Pioneer and kenwood used to be my go to speaker choices but the times have changed and i have no idea what the modern good stuff is, my taste in music is the same though.

I am currently debating between some focals, rockford fosgate and infinity kappa'. Hard to find options in 5x7. And none these days seem to come with grills in the 5x7 range.

6x9s which i have a few variations of here, just will not nicely do what i want them to do. 

Aliex has lots of 5x7 grill options, but i might just buy some perforated mesh yet and make my own, in the factory rectangle styles.

Need to measure the front kickpanels up too, see what can fit in there. Had some 4inch components in there but there is way more space to occupy.

Looks like bogan baldy will win in the end, since i still have a pair of 12 or 15 inch subs in the back shed.

 

[chris r]

+1 on focal stuff, or higher spec alpine always goes good too 

[dmulally]

Nice speaker work. I'm looking forward to the next piece of scope creep. I'm predicting making an external sunvisor from scratch or towbar wiring. 

[Bearded Baldy]

Ooo000ooo sunvisor.....