Yep, only when you tell it to!
Speaker Wire
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Cool you had the Opals in common.
My neighbor has 2 of them - rotting in the snow in his yard.
I told him I'd help him sell them - someone would want them, as parts cars if for no other reason.
But, he imagines fixing them up. Thats likely not gonna happen.
What a waste. Fun in their day & still a cool look today.
Thank you Akustic, I tried last night and could not hear anything. I believe I'm good! Just trying to figure out these used but new speakers for me (Vandersteen 3's). Really digging them. But a different sound from what I'm used to. Now just need to figure out placement. Thank you for your advise!
What's that got to do with cars? 
RobRoy
It's just stuff - but fun
Well, stop driving like a maniac!
RobRoy
It's just stuff - but fun
I think I started it with this post: https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/speaker-wire.948546/#post-14529002What's that got to do with cars?
And since the speaker wire thing kinda ran its course, the rest of us sort of repurposed the thread.
I so miss rear wheel drive fun in the snow...I loved those things. Mine was yellow. I replaced the big round turn indicator lights in the front with "bow wow" small headlight housings and installed Cibie halogen pencil beam driving lights and did "friday nighter" rallies. I connected them, via a relay, to my high beams switch. I had standard halogens in the main lights. One of the other rally guys said that at one time when I was coming at him it looked like "A 747 coming in for a landing".Lebre wheels, of course.
BTW, I owned it for years before I finally rode in the passenger seat one day. I did not know the drive shaft was not in the center. There is definitely less room for the passenger than for the driver. I also put a rear axle on from an Opel Kadet that came standard with the rear anti-sway bar. It was standard on European GT's. I just popped out the nylon plugs over the bolt holes in the frame and bolted the anti-sway bar to the frame - instant European suspension.
It's also the reason I bought my Scion FR-S. It is, for me, a throwback to the Opel, except it handles a LOT better and kicks out a heck of a lot more HP from the same 2000 cc's. I've put 190,000 miles and nine sets of tires on that thing.
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Well, stop driving like a maniac!
these Stangs eat front tires, check the internet.
I've tried everything. The tires wear on the inside tread, even installed camber bolts to try that, helped a bit. With the camber now adjusted to dead center, toe to dead center I'm getting 18,000, up from 12,000. Rear tires I get 30,000, so not my driving, though it is a factor with the rear not getting 50,000 lol.
Really bugs me to throw away a tire that looks brand new except for the first inside tread, especially when they cost $300 each. That's a lot of nice speaker wire down the drain.
See how I nudged that back on track lol?
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Splatter Pak
High-End Scrounger
Do you all realize that once thread drift sets in, every drifted thread becomes a discussion of the flat earth...
Since we've drifted OT, I too had admired those "mini-Vettes". My wife's first BF had one but she traded his GT for me ... and my '74, 2 door, 4-on-the-floor, Manta. Could it have been the back seat? Appropriately, as I was always into electronics, the Manta was copper colored, and the Opal emblem looked like lightning.
Appropriately, as I was always into electronics, the Manta was copper colored, and the Opal emblem looked like lightning.
RobRoy
It's just stuff - but fun
Heh. I drive the FWD Scion xB in the snow. That FR-S has summer tires on it. It's like driving on wooden tires when it's cold. Michelin Sport 4S's. It's like a slot car.
Hi Steve,
I own the Vandersteen 3a Signature’s feel free to PM me if you have any questions about them . You can also head over to our Official Vandersteen owners thread and ask questions etc.
https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/the-official-vandersteen-owners-thread.906070/
Audiofreak71
Enjoy those Vandersteens .. they're classics, and they will only sound better every time you make an improvement in the electronics that are driving them ..