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THANKS to your gorgeous designs -

i am  inspired to make the 550 case with 2 10" woofs-

it will be all wood -

hope it looks 1/2 as great as your artwork

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in case anyone has a spare JVC emblem - ?

and a pair of the 550 side bars -     ?

i would like to buy these

PLEASE send a dialogue

Go for it rebenjoe I would love to see how it turns out. How thick is the wood your going to use? I think a textured coating would probably be best for this project.

the initial plan is to make the 12 piece frame from 1/2" X 3/4" oak

or maple - for the strength and durability -

but the 6 big panels - only need to be 1/8" or 1/4' ply

( to save weight )

the entire case may weigh less than 4 pounds

here is a pre-prototype

with time & luck ...to acquire a pair of 550 donors -

then - the correct woofer trims, side crash bars, top mics, etc etc

would make this as close as possible to your original dual 550 design

its 29" x 15"  with 10" woofs

very fun project-- so far

So far so good, are those coaxials your using? I wan't to try something similar with a three piece unit and custom moulded parts.

havnt selected the speakers or the amps --yet..

here are a few more views -

with the 3 stainless crash bars

adding chrome around the woofer grills --later

Excuse me redbenjoe...is this a real boombox??? forget that poxy bombeat 40

i want it

in a few months --

i think it will be a real 10" boomer

beutiful forget jvc floyd....you will be my new boombx god

Wow, this is looking very smart indeed.  What's the fascia made of?

Nice work RBJ, coming together nice

Nice work Ira....that box looks BAD A$$

Those woofers dwarf the tape compartment

thanks all for the replys --

the front panel will end up made from 1/4 " tight plywood --

should be plenty strong ( with some spot bracing ) to hold

the heavy woofers, crash bars etc

this pre-prototype is only 1/8" ply

So, Ira, the above pics, they're just a mock-up?

yes cris --its a front face mock up --

and thru the top clear acrylic you can see the tuner and meters

of a jvc m70 , along with its top controls-

since i dont have even ONE 550 here -

the m70 is my best model to work around

very interesting love to do something like that my self good work ira

well -- to make it REAL -

like retros awesome dual 550 design -

all i need are a few JVC RC 550s ......

anyone ??

I have 2....i'll take your bomneat 40 in trade

RR --

the 550s i need would have to be --not worth $$ much -

as they both will be very sacrificed to create this design

i have 2 silver ones rbj......just kidding my friend you knoe the 550 has never been my thing

huge thanks to old member SINISTER --

he made this project alot closer to completion-

sent me these 2 grills and 2 trims -- plus the screws-

all i need now are the 2 side bars and the deck trim-

anyone ???

Nice to see this project moving along....good luck with it Redbenjoe, nowt like building your own boomer....can't wait to see the final result

Congrats on scoring matching pair of grilles redbenjoe, I can't wait too see the final product.

thanks --the plan is to wait//hope a few more months to get

the 550 side bars and deck trims -

after that --either way .. the project will be finalzed

What amps are you using redbenjoe???

lovely project, i can't wait to see the début video of the retro-redbenbox! 

the amps are the m70 --which are plenty clean and strong to run 10"

woofers 

I will shoot you pm.  

the sinister 550 grills are installed --

stormin normin added his great led light kit

and member blasterpunk came thru bigtime with a set of 550 sidebars

and the 550 deck trim...

( they are on the way from germany )

thanking lots of terrific members for all the help

all i still need are the 2 swivel mics --ANYONE ?? 

bad news

is that when we click the link to RETROS fabulous designs-

that was referred to in the first post on this thread -

its been DELETED !!!  NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO --

that was a valuable set of photos -

can somebody here PLEASE retrieve it and re-post it now ?

Hopefully Retro has these tucked away somewhere else so they can be reposted.

This is the most inspiring, creative project thread I've seen in many moons. Congrats on the fantastic work RBJ, cannot wait to see the finished product.

looks tickerty boo Ira.....nice one

great but... why a jvc? it has to be a rbj 

thanks guys for your replys --

i found a few of retros designs --which were the real reasons for

this fun project 

that's why it should be a RBJ: the Retro Ben Joe D-1

Good luck with the search Ira. It's looking great, and thse mics will be the icing on the cake!

So when is the production line going to be ready for shipping? 

Looks great redbenjoe , I'm glad you got a pair of the original grilles.

ok --finally --15 months later --this is almost as complete as its ever gonna be -

found the 2 roll bars = YESSSSS !!

need to install the deck door --do a few paint touch-ups , etc -

perhaps --down the road --i will find 2 swivel mics --anyone have a few for sale ??

still --even without the mics -

extreme happy with the looks and with the sound of these 10" woofs

and the stock M70 tweets

wonderful! may i suggest, as a final touch, to paint the handle black? it seems to me it would be more in keeping with the jvc style. fantastic project anyway, hat off!

thanks --you are right --black will soon be the handle color 

Darth Vader.....your JVC M-100 is ready!

Beautiful Ira!!!

If this is actually real now redbenjoe (not a mock up) it's the best work i have seen on stg....not bad for an old timer

thanks -

yes its 100% real and fully functional --

and it seems to prove that JVC could have produced

a dual 10"  ( stereo RC 550 ) in this exact size case =

 29 1/2 " x 15 1/2 " 

same dimensions as the conion c100f

i wish they had done it

that looks fantastic top job ira   

so glad we have this old thread --

had lost some key photos in a recent computer crash- now i have them here again

great memories --

Glad to see this thread revived, there are also tons of old forum photos I uploaded to the clips section. I also found another hard drive with more images.

redbenjoe, check your PM.

thanks - check yours

Got it, thanks.