After countless hours of research for a better sound (lets face it, original AM radio talkshows are not that cool) I decided that a cd player head unit mounted somewhere in the car was the ticket.

Night view. Original AM still lights up and green in headunit matches interior lighting.

Ready to rock and roll baby!

Also notice that I added a steel cable so that the glovebox only opens enough to show the headunit's face, and have the headunit level. The DIN sleeve is bolted to the wood base and the base is bolted to the glovebox. Perfect fit!

Notice it is sitting on a flat surface, which I fabricated out of wood and covered in vynil to make it match. The hard part here was to cut the wood perfectly to size including a 45 degree angle along the front edge and a cutout for the lock.

For the front speakers I built some pods which are two wood rings that match the diameter of the speaker and 2 inches tall. These I covered in vynil and bolted to the metal panel behind the kicker plastic panel. The rear are not screwed down, but bolted through and cannot be removed withought someone in the trunk. I plan on getting black grills for the speakers to make them less conspicuous. These are powerfull babies that are loud enough to dorwn out the exhaust and road noise in the highway, yet keep a thumpy bass.

What I like about this installation is that when the glovebox is closed everything looks stock. Also  added a lock to the glovebox to keep thieves away. The unit sounds amazing, way better than what I had thought. I foresaw a high pitched sound along with the metal car panels rattling their life away. Instead I got a nice, clean, deep sound and a great look. This was a fun learning experience which I'm glad turned out well... many times it really put me to sweat.