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Has anyone installed these and how?
There is only a cutout in the metal for a center speaker
And there is metal bracing where the speakers should go with too large cutouts on either side.
Not sure what to do, mane mount them closer to the center than ideal and screw in plywood from underneath to support speakers.
Any ideas are welcome.
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Was stereo even invented yet in 1964? 
Seems like most older cars I've seen had dual rear deck speakers, usually installed by a previous owner. You'll probably have to come up with your own 'custom' solution.
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Do you think it is ok to cut out two pieces of the metal tray under the package tray that run from front to back to make room for the speakers in a proper location?
The are each about 4 inches wide.
Would it affect the integrity of the structure?
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When I was a kid, we use to cut up the rear decks all of the time to install speakers. We used a jigsaw with a metal cutting blade to get the job done. Often we had to cut thru metal bracing to install the speakers. I did this countless times. Never pretty to look at, but always functional. Don't recall any of those cars falling apart because of our handy work. LOL!
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I seen an article once where they put 6x9's under the rear seat facing forward. There is just enough room under the seat. I am not sure how well it worked though. 
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How 'bout using surface-mount speakers. maybe something like these:
I'm not sure about cutting any bracing supports, might be bad in a crash...?
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I already have the speakers.
I think I am going to cut into the braces, maybe not entirely through, but enough to get the speakers outboard enough to have good stereo separation.
I will look at a later year Galaxie shop manual for a drawing showing about where factory ones were located.
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462HO,
I don't know if your '64 package tray is like a '61, but if it is, here is what I did. I wanted rear speakers without cutting anything, and found that the rear speaker setup on a 1980 Buick Skylark had rear speakers that fit into a bracket and the bracket had tabs that kind of spring snapped into place (This is the best way I can describe it). The bracket and speakers actually fit into the big holes on each side of my center speaker hole. I don't remember what the speaker sizes were though ( This was 28 years ago.) I also did not cut holes in the package tray, and it muffled the sound a bit, but if you use this set up, you could modify the package tray panel to your liking. Also, I used a Skylark, but I imagine any small GM from about 1980-1987? might work. If you look up GM part number 20519146, this is the bracket I am talking about, and it says for 6X9 speakers.Hope this helps.
Dan
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FWIW- I actually cut holes and mounted my speakers in the vertical steel piece that runs below the rear seat bottom cushion. Plenty of space- made flat steel grilles for protection and installed the factory carpet over the top like it should. Voila- hidden speakers, great sound, and no holes in my package tray..
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Good idea.
I went ahead and mounted mine in the package tray in between the steel supports. A little closer to each other than I would like, but it still cranks and sounds great.
I can always redo it if I want more stereo separation, by cutting into the supports.
The package trays are only pieces of Masonite. I will just cut a new one instead of paying $50 plus shipping for a repro like I did first time.
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