Despite all of the mouse traps laden with peanut butter that I set in, around and under the car and a few bottles filled with moth balls for good measure, a mouse got past my defenses and chewed a hole into my wagon's head liner and built a nest there where he, she or they spent a long winter, having no regard for proper toilet etiquette. The smell in the car was overwhelming when I took it out of storage last week, requiring me to slice it open to vac out the nest. The liner was ruined anyway.Off to three upholstery shops for estimates to replace the liner, new covers for the visors to match and a repair to a front seat panel, another victim of the rodent. Two estimates are back and I'm looking at $1,600 to $1,800 in repairs. The ruined liner had been about the best feature of the interior, it was new, bright and otherwise in perfect condition. The visors had been made of the same material and were very nicely done. My antique car insurance policy will cover this 100% as there are no deductibles.
The opportunity arises here to run some speaker wire overhead and hopefully connect to two speakers, one in each of the two rear side panels. Here's my plan, see if you think this will work.
Run the wires from under the dash, up behind the right, painted windshield frame trim, under the roof to the rear then down either side of the rear window, behind the painted trim there, to the side panels. From what I can see in the illustrations, there seems to be an opening in the structural sheet metal on either side that a speaker could fit into. Does that sound like a plan?
This is also a good time to fit rear shoulder belts. Does anyone have an idea of how long they should be? The wagon seems to have all the required mounting points in place already. A hole in the post behind the rear doors reveals the presence of a nut that is built into the post a 1/2"+-
behind the finished sheet metal. Others are located under the rear seat. It does not look as thought here will be room on the sides of the seat for a retracting mechanism. There is a place, upstate, called "Juliano's" that has a wide variety if aftermarket belts, it may be best to actually go there with the car to get a proper fit. Any thoughts on this?
If you made it this far thanks ahead of time for your help. hairy apple