1937 Ford Coupe - Hidden Sounds

Gabe Lopez uses 1/4-inch panels to construct the interior. You can see one of the four 5-1/4-inch Arc Audio midrange speakers used in the car (two in the rear quarters, with the other two located in the forward kick panels).

There’s no evidence of a big-sound speaker system once Gabe gets the rear section covered either. The slot is behind the material, just above the mini storage box mounted over the tunnel. An advantage was in the material choice: fabric instead of leather (which would have necessitated holes punched in it or vents attached).

Inside the trunk, the mini-amp is the only visible audio component and, in all reality, it could have been covered, too.

The kick panels contain another pair of 5-1/4-inch speakers and, once Lopez covered the panels in cloth, you don’t see a thing.

The kick panels contain another pair of 5-1/4-inch speakers and, once Lopez covered the panels in cloth, you don’t see a thing.

A small 4V pre-amp with tone and fade controls were installed in the glovebox.

A small 4V pre-amp with tone and fade controls were installed in the glovebox.

Audio Shoppe also offers aluminum mounting brackets for the fifth-gen Nano so the unit doesn’t slide around the car’s interior, but Reed doesn’t use one of these with his system.

When someone looks into Reed’s ’37, the small fifth-gen Nano connected to a data buss cable (which allows charging of the Nano, too) is all they will see.

A mini volume control was mounted out of view and under the seat where Reed will sit.

Here’s Jack the shop dog at Audio Shoppe.

Besides an impressive audio system, the rest of Reed’s ’37 turned out pretty spectacular, too.