HELP..need detailed pics, 8 track Camaro, console

[budnate]

Guys I need modern tunes in my driver I have a idea of mounting a modern CD player in the factory type console mounted 8 track box for 68/69 Camaros...I dont like them in the glove box and dont want it under the dash..anyone have one they can shoot me some detailed pics of and measurments..I cant seem to get direct pics of one off the web....another question can a guy run a 4spd hard and not hit the front of this box when pounding 2nd & 4th..??? with Hurst comp plus console linkage

Thnx Bud.

[68l30]

I've got one in my 68.....shouldn't have a problem with the four gear.....

I made a adapter from the 8-trk to a portable cd player.Kind of like the casette to cd adapters.I slide the cd player into a saddle mount GM litter container and use batterys.Very undetectable and has the unique 60's sound I desire..Works for me!


Steve

[Mr70]

I still have yet to hear a CD player replicate that beautiful 8TK authentic sterophonic quad sound,with the melancholy hiss & classic "Ka thunk" when switching in between tracks. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/peacefriend/headphones.gif

[68l30]

Play it thru an 8-trk player......It will! The head to head transfer with the transistor sound amp comes mighty close.Just hit the track button and that will adjust for pops and hiss...Oh yeah,you still may need the pack of matches to adjust the tape or in this case head alignment.

Best of all...You can still remove the adapter and plug in your Iron Butterfly for the purists....Heavy...



Steve http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif

[bbg]

That's funny. My friend Ronnie was quite a bit older than me and had a silver 69 Z, which is what got me hooked and caused me to get one of my own. It was around 71 and it had the 8 track on the console. He had the Iron Butterfly tape which I really liked and he had just bought Elvis' Poke Salad Annie. Every chance I got I would yank Elvis and go for Iron. He would get tired of it and go for Elvis. The only thing that made it tolerable was when he would turn it loose going up the ramp onto the bypass - those were the days. Nothing bad meant here, but the deck on the console lid sucked. Fit poorly and flopped around. At first I thought he did it.

Ed

[budnate]

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I've got one in my 68.....shouldn't have a problem with the four gear.....

I made a adapter from the 8-trk to a portable cd player.Kind of like the casette to cd adapters.I slide the cd player into a saddle mount GM litter container and use batterys.Very undetectable and has the unique 60's sound I desire..Works for me!


Steve

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Steve please shoot me some pics and send them over..I am having no luck finding a box may have to make one from scratch that looks close...

[68l30]

I'll see what I have when I get home today........My Camaro is still packed away for winter.. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif I can shoot some pics of a spare I have..


Steve

[budnate]

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I can shoot some pics of a spare I have..



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http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif sounds good what ya need in trade for that box??? need anything????

[68l30]

Here ya go Bud....Hope they help!

Side view...

[68l30]

Mounting u-brkt dimension....

[68l30]

Front.....

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Front 2.....

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convector...

[68l30]

Wire bezel inside console....

[68l30]

Hole under bezel inside console....

[68l30]

Console 8-trk only front drilling of mounting holes......Note,could also be 2nd casting of lower console..Still researching..

[68l30]

feet cast into lower console to support x-tra weight of 8-trk.....Again,could be second design....

[68l30]

console lid drilling and mounting...flocking shown also.

[68l30]

Eight track to CD adapter....

[68l30]

Guts to above..Note: keep tape roller in tape cartrige to give player something to drive....I didn't want to free spin the drive belt and possibly wear motor/belt.??

[68l30]

This player was missing the pad.They are extremely difficult to locate.I was in the process of reproducing the pads.Shown is a skeleton to which the foam and vinal cover were to be vacuum formed over and later bound like the OEM to the player.I've since located the missing pads and lost the interest/drive in reproducing a cover.


Steve http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif

[budnate]

Thnx Steve that helps alot..I have seen that player on e bay loose called out as a under dash unit..what does the console lid look like looking straight down with the player off of it??? I know last thing you want to do is take another pic...for some reason I thought it was taller..isnt there a arm rest thing that lands ontop of the player?? I thought I saw a pic somehwere and it barely had the player in the pic but I thought I caught a glimpse of a arm rest pad???

Thnx again brews on me, Bud.


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[68l30]

The pics I took are of the console mounted unit,it's just missing the arm rest pad.The under dash unit is similar.That unit used a different mounting bracket than the console unit.The pics I took have the unit mounted to a broken console unit.If you look carefully the console is from the front edge of the storage compartment to the rear ash tray.The pad adds approx 1/2" to 3/4" on the top and side surfaces and about 1" on the rear which tapers off at the bottom.The steel form in my last pic shows the correct shape/outline of the pad.....I have some detailed pics of the pad in my 68 somewhere...I think Paceme's 69 in the rides section has a decent shot of the pad.

Steve

[budnate]

ok..let me run over to the rides section and snoop around before I cut into any more of your Miller time....

Bud.