Speaker doubt

[rakov]

So here, a local electronics store is closing, and a can get a jensen 16r ceramic vintage 15" for 20 euros, and I am going to build a custom cabinet.
My only doubt is: the speakers are 16 ohm, so I am going to wire them as 8 ohm, but each one of them can only handle 100 watts, if i wire them that way, can they handle 200 watts?

[billfitzmaurice]

You will get a 200 watt thermal rating, but be sure they're bass drivers. Most Jensen vintage drivers have guitar driver specs, with only the vicinity of 20 watts displacement limited power handling.

[RickenBoogie]

I also have doubts, that they *are* bass speakers. Be sure to find out BEFORE you buy them.

[will33]

Those are guitar speakers. Throw one in an old Ampeg Gemini II or any Fender with reverb and see what happens. I wouldn't be buying them for a bass, but I would be to put in a guitar amp or two or to resell.