Vintage Stereo stuff

[ORIGLS6]

Rummaging through the garage earlier tonite looking for something else and this popped up.

My old reverb unit Mfgd. by Tenna Corporation.

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m57/dmcumby/DSCF0381.jpg

Also found this burried in another box. Anyone else ever seen an AR 8 track? I'm thinkin it might find its way back into a Chevelle.
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m57/dmcumby/DSCF0374.jpg

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m57/dmcumby/DSCF0377.jpg

[Keith Tedford]

You original owner guys must keep EVERYTHING. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[njsteve]

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http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m57/dmcumby/DSCF0374.jpg


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Is that actual size? I knew those old stereo units were big but that looks like an F78x15.

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[ORIGLS6]

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/haha.gif Pre alpha-numeric. I think it's a 7.35 x 15.


(Smart a$$) http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Keith Tedford]

Those old ash trays are getting to be quite the collector item.

[ORIGLS6]

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You original owner guys must keep EVERYTHING. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

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So show us what ya got. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif

[68l30]

That is one sweet tape player! Thanks for showing us... http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif


Steve

[Keith Tedford]

I've still got the 8 track player for my Chevelle along with the box of tapes. I still have the AM radio cartridge that plugged into the tape player. Chromed 15" aftermarket rally wheels, Hurst shifter, Delco CD ignition kit. Original Uniroyal spare tire and SS wheel. Guess I should have said we. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[ORIGLS6]

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One thing I haven't been able to find yet is my FM converter that slid into the tape deck. It had a plug for the car antenna to attach and although it seems unlikely, I think it picked up power somehow from the tape deck. (Maybe there was a battery in it. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif) Too many years have passed and I've raised too many mugs to all the folks here! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[njsteve]

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One thing I haven't been able to find yet is my FM converter that slid into the tape deck. It had a plug for the car antennae to attach and although it seems unlikely, I think it picked up power somehow from the tape deck. (Maybe there was a battery in it. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif) Too many years have passed and I've raised too many mugs to all the folks here! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

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You must mean this unit: http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif

It slides right in and pulls power from the tape deck itself through two metal tabs in the face plate. The wire on the side is actually an antennae that you drape over your visor or some lay on the dash. This one actually works reasonably well. I used it in my Chargers AM 8-track multiplex stereo. (which sounded like crap on it's own, but at least this gave it the capability for the FM to sound equally crappy, too.)

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b216/nk15268/P2210001.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b216/nk15268/P2210003.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b216/nk15268/P2210004.jpg

[ORIGLS6]

That's exactly the unit I had/have. Didn't recall it being an Audiovox but it may have been marketed under a different name. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif

I had an adapter that fit over the end of my antenna coax to connect the car antenna to the converter. I found the cable but haven't run across the converter yet.

Thanks Steve! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif

[Steve Shauger]

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One thing I haven't been able to find yet is my FM converter that slid into the tape deck. It had a plug for the car antenna to attach and although it seems unlikely, I think it picked up power somehow from the tape deck. (Maybe there was a battery in it. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif) Too many years have passed and I've raised too many mugs to all the folks here! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

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Dennis I have a couple of NOS ones. PM your shipping info and I will send you one for free. I actually have a 8track converter that is CB radio also.

Regarding how they work, they simply get power from the contacts that are used to switch tracks and the end of the song ( metalic strip on the tape shorts the contacts which activated a track switching solenoid). It also used the tape head pickup to transmit the modulated FM signal.
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[Chevy454]

Whoa...never knew those existed! I have a regular underdash fm converter, but this 8-track piece trumps it! I just recently picked up a brand new still in box Pioneer underdash 8-track player for my 'Sub, so this will solve my am only radio dilemma!

Off to Ebay... http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

I kinda like this stuff too, Hmmmm..... wonder how it would sound in the Deuce? Can you put a reverb thingy on an AM Radio, and then plug in one of those FM 'verter thingys?

Where the heck would I find an 8 track tape - with some cool music????

BTW, I would want a 'Lear-Jet' brand stuff/junk, did they make something/anything?

[Chevy454]

M: I've got a JC Penney converter that is a self contained unit...plug your antenna into the converter, then the lead from the converter goes to the am radio...if your current radio works, then this would work slick, and you could hide it if'n you want. My problem is, my am radio in my 'Sub quit, and they are a sonofagun to change in the '67-'72 trucks...so the 8-track w/plug in converter could band-aid it for me...

As for 8 tracks, folks around here just give 'em to me... http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif

[ORIGLS6]

Used to see a lot of Lear Jet 8 track stuff. Not sure they offered a reverb though. These things all work in conjunction but you'll need to have the reverb as the last unit downstream.

8 tracks? I got a ton of em. Some are still good. Just plugged in Cricklewood Green by Alvin Lee/Ten Years After' a couple of weeks ago while I was in the garage. Then I started smelling something like sweet grass burning so I popped it out and headed for the house! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

Steve,
Thanks a bunch for the offer but I'm reasonably sure I still have mine somewhere. Hang on to them, or make Rob/Marlin an 'Offer they can't refuse'. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/worship.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/flag.gif

[Steve Shauger]

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I kinda like this stuff too, Hmmmm..... wonder how it would sound in the Deuce? Can you put a reverb thingy on an AM Radio, and then plug in one of those FM 'verter thingys?

Where the heck would I find an 8 track tape - with some cool music????


BTW, I would want a 'Lear-Jet' brand stuff/junk, did they make something/anything?

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Years ago my inlaws were throwing out an 8track player/ recorder which I have now. Never used it but in "theory" I should be able to record current music on 8track tapes. I am not sure of the integrity of 8track tapes. The ones I own play like back in the day, horrible, but a shim here or there and the old tapes come alive.

[Steve Shauger]

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M: I've got a JC Penney converter that is a self contained unit...plug your antenna into the converter, then the lead from the converter goes to the am radio...if your current radio works, then this would work slick, and you could hide it if'n you want. My problem is, my am radio in my 'Sub quit, and they are a sonofagun to change in the '67-'72 trucks...so the 8-track w/plug in converter could band-aid it for me...

As for 8 tracks, folks around here just give 'em to me... http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif

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OK Rob you are the winner of a brand new 8track to FM stereo converter. Just PM me your shipping info. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[ORIGLS6]

While cleaning out my Dad's house last fall I ran across some blank 8 tracks. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/hmmm.gif Now what did I do with them? And how was he recording them???????

[sYc]

They actually made home 8 track player/recorders. Plug in the old turntable, put the needle to your favorite 33 or 45 rpm record, BINGO.

[ORIGLS6]

Yeah, I'm still working in that house and the 'Home Stereo Console' is still there and functional. I'll check it out tomorrow. I know the turntable still works and it MIGHT record 8 tracks! Wouldn't that be sumpthin? http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Hey M; ya want a couple of 'Sly & the Family Stone' tapes? Or I could send you some from my Dad's collection. Choose from Slim Whitman, Ernest Tubb, Don Williams,.........Or an Andy Williams Christmas tape.http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsdown.gif

[Chevy454]

The Chevrolet demo tapes usually had a good song or 2 per 8-track...

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Who's 'Sly'? I didn't know that Stallone was in a band! Cool!

[Salvatore]

Hey M, I have some 8 track tapes and an NOS, in the box 8 tracker player. Made by Realistic (Radio Shack) Dated 9A8. Perfect for the nova and camaro because they are November of 68 cars. Its small and will fit in the nova and camaro! Us old guys got all the vintage stuff you need young fella! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Hmmmm....

[x Baldwin Motion]

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Who's 'Sly'? I didn't know that Stallone was in a band! Cool!

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it must be Stallone's brother from another mother...

Sly and his scoot

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j112/filthyessence/sly_stone-vanity_fair.jpg

[Xplantdad]

My brother Gary probably still has Boston/Boston, Joe Walsh/ Rocky Mountain Way, Frampton/Frampton Comes Alive and Gary Wright/Dream Weaver on 8 track....

I remember cruising around with him in his Trans Am listening to all of the above http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Steve Shauger]

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M: I've got a JC Penney converter that is a self contained unit...plug your antenna into the converter, then the lead from the converter goes to the am radio...if your current radio works, then this would work slick, and you could hide it if'n you want. My problem is, my am radio in my 'Sub quit, and they are a sonofagun to change in the '67-'72 trucks...so the 8-track w/plug in converter could band-aid it for me...

As for 8 tracks, folks around here just give 'em to me... http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif

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Here is a pic of your FM Stereo converter. It contains 7 transistors and 9 diodes worth of leading edge, hi fidelity enjoyment. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif http://www.yenko.net/attachments/321386-IMG_1334.JPG

[njsteve]

So that's what the antennae contraption is supposed to look like! I had to make my own by getting the correct connector at Radio Shack and adding a wire to it. (Bought the unit off ebay and it had no antennae wire at all.)

Never thought it had such an involved antennae splice-harness. Got any more of those NOS contraptions lieing around?

[Rixls6]

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The Chevrolet demo tapes usually had a good song or 2 per 8-track...

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Yep, some mighty fine listenin' on this one. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e43/Rixls6/DiscMCsCowlswitchetc005.jpg

[drdave69]

I've been trying to find an old AM/FM/Cassette radio for my Nova for months now with no luck. Two that I have bought would not fit (although the seller stated they would) and another did not work. I have already installed two small modern speakers in the dash waiting on sound to flow thru them. It has proved to be difficult to find a radio that has a shaft width of 6 - 1/4 inches.

[njsteve]

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The Chevrolet demo tapes usually had a good song or 2 per 8-track...

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http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e43/Rixls6/DiscMCsCowlswitchetc005.jpg

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DOC SEVERINSON...TOUCH ME IN THE MORNING?????

That's Gross! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/no.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/no.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/no.gif

[Verne_Frantz]

Alfie???????????? Give me a break! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

[Dog427435]

Did someone say 8-track?
This is the entertainment center in my garage. The top unit is an 8-track recorder.
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Remember the great big bulky boxes you needed to carry around your 8-tracks?
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[John Brown]

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Alfie???????????? Give me a break! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

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and Morris Albert with Feelings?? I'm feeling sick already. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[kwhizz]

You Guy's are Killing Me here............

Ken

[Steve Shauger]

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So that's what the antennae contraption is supposed to look like! I had to make my own by getting the correct connector at Radio Shack and adding a wire to it. (Bought the unit off ebay and it had no antennae wire at all.)

Never thought it had such an involved antennae splice-harness. Got any more of those NOS contraptions lieing around?

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I will take a look tomorrow. Here is a pic of my 8track to CB radio converter. I am sure it has a mega watt output. http://www.yenko.net/attachments/321446-IMG_1335.JPG

[ORIGLS6]

OK, I'm mildly curious to hear Dr. Teneley's Incredible Plugged-in Orchestra. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif

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http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif Damn Glenn; is there anything you DON'T have? http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/worship.gif

Yes, I still have an 8 track carrying case but mine isn't alligator skin! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[70 Forest Green Zee]

That tire ash tray is very cool Dennis!! I you ever decide to give it away, I wanted to get my name on the list before Darrin....he's been getting all the free stuff lately!!! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif

[Keith Tedford]

A friend of mine had a 4 track tape player in his '68 Firebird. It's the only one that I have ever seen. Someone should go into reproduction of the GM demo tapes. Perry Como....WOW. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[PeteLeathersac]

You guys ARE nuts...love it!!!

Just Monday I was in my folk's basement looking at Dad's new oil tank and saw my old portable radio/8-track unit poking out of a box...guess I'd better put the grab on that thing before it's on Dad's next dump run!.
I forget the brand name but it's a fairly small early ghetto-blaster type unit w/ a carry handle and hole in the side you jammed the tape into...it worked Ok but was a battery hog if you used the 8-Track a lot..

I had a Kraco brand player hooked up to a set of those cheap Base48 speakers in my '69 442 Post car...and I think a Sears one later in the love van.. I don't know what ever happend to the Kraco job but remember some bastard busted into the van and stole the other one..

You guys remember fixing the broken 8-Tracks and how you had to quickly pull and let go of the tape so it would wind itself in tight at the end?.

Ok...great Cars, old 8-Track units and even threads on streamliner Fridges...what's next?.

~ Pete
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[DarrenX33]

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Or an Andy Williams Christmas tape.

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Awesome!

[x Baldwin Motion]

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I've been trying to find an old AM/FM/Cassette radio for my Nova for months now with no luck. Two that I have bought would not fit (although the seller stated they would) and another did not work. I have already installed two small modern speakers in the dash waiting on sound to flow thru them. It has proved to be difficult to find a radio that has a shaft width of 6 - 1/4 inches.

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Dave I have a Pioneer super tuner KPA700 that may have adjustable shafts, it's from the mid 80's. I'll dig it out on Sunday and let you know.

[DarrenX33]

I picked up this NOS item a while back to install in my L78. Vintage late 70's early 80's I believe.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v370/darren_costello/IMG_1969.jpg

[Salvatore]

Very nice item Darren! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif

[Kim_Howie]

This 8-track comb center I bought new 40 years ago. Still works in my garage. :bigthumbup:

[Kim_Howie]

Now in the summer time and we are having a party, I play this in my Garage. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/flag.gif

[ANDY M]

Sly & the Family Stone, OHIO STATE FAIR, 1968!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Lrt2RAnOyBo&feature=related
This helped get them to WoodStock.
This is what you'd hear on the 8-track:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14yEO8nfqxE&NR=1
Real cruisin tunes, real live music.

[Salvatore]

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This 8-track comb center I bought new 40 years ago. Still works in my garage. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif

[/ QUOTE ]40 years ago.......I did not think you were that old! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/no.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif

[Kim_Howie]

I bought it when I 17. That was 1967, 40 years ago. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif

[drdave69]

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I've been trying to find an old AM/FM/Cassette radio for my Nova for months now with no luck. Two that I have bought would not fit (although the seller stated they would) and another did not work. I have already installed two small modern speakers in the dash waiting on sound to flow thru them. It has proved to be difficult to find a radio that has a shaft width of 6 - 1/4 inches.

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Dave I have a Pioneer super tuner KPA700 that may have adjustable shafts, it's from the mid 80's. I'll dig it out on Sunday and let you know.

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If it will fit a Nova/Camaro dash (6 - 1/4 shaft width) I'll take it off your hands. Thanks for thinking of me.

[Dog427435]

For you younger guys who only know cd's - before cd's & cassette's there were 8-tracks - but first there were 4-tracks

Earl "Madman" Muntz, the creator of the Cadillac powered Muntz Jet, invented the Muntz Stereo-Pak 4-track system in 1962 as a way to play prerecorded tapes in cars. 4-track tapes were originally thought of as unmarketable.
In the 4-track format, the pinch roller (the wheel that moves the tape along as it plays) was housed in the player. The 4-track cartridge had two programs--the tape played all the way around the loop, then started all over again. In fact, the format took its name from the fact that two programs, each with two tracks of information (left and right channels of a stereo mix) equals four tracks. The two programs of the 4-track format were like the two sides of an LP, each holding roughly half the total program material.
Despite 4-track's potential to deliver better sound quality, it was the 8-track format that eventually dominated.
The development of the 8-track format took the basic 4-track technology and refined it, making changes designed to make the tape less likely to jam while playing, and to increase accessibility to individual selections on the tape.
The tape ends in a Stereo-Pak are not connected by a splice made of a conductive material — as are the later "automatic" switching 8-track cartridges. 4-track cartridge players had to be switched manually between programs 1 & 2 by a lever on the machine.
This is a 4-track cartridge.
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[John Brown]

Dog, got any of the little wheels to adapt 4 track tapes to a 8 track player?? http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

[ORIGLS6]

Well, I checked out the stereo at Dads place and Sho Nuf................. it's an 8 track player/recorder. Even found some 'still in the wrapper' blank tapes'. Lots of other tapes too, some with the little plastic head covers still on them. Now I gotta dig out my '65 Winternationals Vinyl and convert it to that new fangled 8 track thingy. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Mr70]

You have to pick the right year Demo Tapes if you want the good music.
I like to collect NOS 8Tk tapes and have everyone Chevrolet ever made,right into the demo cassettes.

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t142/peterspix_2007/8tktapesALL0014.jpg
Left to right is 1967-68.......................1969-70...................1970.
I have the years after as well,but these represent the best listening music they ever put on one.

[Mr70]

Cartridge door pockets are a must for these as well.

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t142/peterspix_2007/8tktapesALL0013.jpg

[Mr70]

These things were really thought out for their time.

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t142/peterspix_2007/8tktapesALL0004.jpg

[Mr70]

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t142/peterspix_2007/8tktapesALL0008.jpg

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

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Hey M, I have some 8 track tapes and an NOS, in the box 8 tracker player. Made by Realistic (Radio Shack) Dated 9A8. Perfect for the nova and camaro because they are November of 68 cars. Its small and will fit in the nova and camaro! Us old guys got all the vintage stuff you need young fella! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif

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Well, all this talk of 8-track units got me in the buying mood! Yenko actually offered an AM/FM 8-Track Stereo unit in the parts catalog, made by Lear Jet Co. So, thanks to Cumby's EBaY sleuthing, I bought the exact same model that was offered by Yenko SportsCars! The best part is that it's not the type to replace the indash unit, it's a stand alone unit - so I can put it in the glove box, hang it underneath, etc...

Now, where do I get some of these old-fangled 8 Track tapes? http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif

[JRSully]

You need a Craig FM converter wired up with old lamp cord, throw it on the pass side floor and put a couple of ciggy burn marks in it for a period correct flavor...

[Dog427435]

Marlin

PM me your address and what you like and I'll send you some 8-tracks.

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Cool! Some old Led Zep or Skynrd would do just fine!

[PeteLeathersac]

Or these guys?.

http://217.160.164.51/pic/gtn1cd070.jpg

Sorry Marlin?.
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~ Pete

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Ha! B4 my time http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif

[Dog427435]

Actually that album (you can see how old I am) is from 2001! I believe they call that psychedelic trance music.

[Chevy454]

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Some old Led Zep or Skynrd would do just fine!

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I knew I liked you for some reason, M! You're a man after my own heart... http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/headbang.gif

[firstgenaddict]

NOS aftermarket cassette players? This is hilarious... never thought I would ever see the day!

[Schonyenko2]

Ok, so where are ya gonna cut the speakers in? When ya figure it out, let me know. I got a deuce out here that needs the same thing done. And running it through the radio speaker won't cut it, unless you want it to sound like a guy beatin a drum in a tin can. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif

[Steve Shauger]

This guy is serious about repairing these hitech devices.

http://www.camaros.net/classifieds/showproduct.php?product=25143

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

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Ok, so where are ya gonna cut the speakers in? When ya figure it out, let me know. I got a deuce out here that needs the same thing done. And running it through the radio speaker won't cut it, unless you want it to sound like a guy beatin a drum in a tin can. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif

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Gotta have some classic skynrd around!!

As for speakers, I was planning to either run it through the 4x10 in the dash, or maybe through some quality 4x6's in some small enclosures under the front seat - or on the back seat floors. I dunno? Got any ideas?

[Steve Shauger]

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So that's what the antennae contraption is supposed to look like! I had to make my own by getting the correct connector at Radio Shack and adding a wire to it. (Bought the unit off ebay and it had no antennae wire at all.)



Never thought it had such an involved antennae splice-harness. Got any more of those NOS contraptions lieing around?

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Steve,

If you haven't found the correct cable and connector by now, let me know I will send you a whole FM Converter unit. Just PM me your address http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif

[njsteve]

PM on its way! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Well, I received this Lear Jet unit - what the heck makes this thing so heavy??? I don't know where I'm gonna mount it, it's too big for the glove box, and I'm not putting any holes through my rubber mat... I'll figure it out.

My question for you old timers, what is up with these 'programs' on the tapes and lights on the unit? What is 'mpx'?

[njsteve]

What do ya mean "Old Timers?" An 8-track has four separate tracks (programs) of music on it. You press the track button to move it from one track to the next to locate the song you want (in your case, something from Shawn Cassidy or Leif Garrett, I bet). The machine will also automatically change tracks when it reaches the end of one. The drawback to this advanced technology was that sometimes the track ends in the middle of a song and you have to wait for it to click to the next track to hear the rest of the song. MPX stands for multiplex, a prehistoric stereo configuration.

Now where's my bottle of Vitameatavegamin?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBcdRDB14e0

[COPO 70 RS/Z28]

Steve,

I also remember that the head would get out of adjustment and start to play 2 tracks at once. There should be a head adjustment screw somewhere that would realign the head. As I recall this adjusting was a regular event???

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[njsteve]

That's one of the reasons they invented matchbooks. (Well, the other reason was for gapping the points in your distributor on the side of the road at night)

[COPO 70 RS/Z28]

I forgot all about the matchbook trick!!!!!!!!!!

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[ORIGLS6]

Steve nailed it. Each of the four 'programs' on the tape has two tracks, hence the term 'Eight Track'. The two tracks on each program give the stereo effect. If you catch a tape just right in its rewind configuration you can see a short section of metallic splicing tape which trips the sensors in the player head and moves the head up or down to the next program.

Find a junk tape and pop it apart sometime. The rewind system on them is kinda cool. "Back in the day" I used to salvage damaged tapes from some of my friends and rewind them. Many times they're still good even after the player 'eats them'. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Ah! I see, very pre-historic! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif I'm gonna hook it up to the car battery and pop a tape in it. It does have two adj screws, one for the head - forget what the other one was for. Hmmm... this thing will kill my et's is so stinkin heavy. I need some quick disconnects.

Oh, this thing only has 4 wires out the back - did these old units just ground the speakers at their location or...?

[Verne_Frantz]

Geeeesz, you're young Marlin........... http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

At least you got the top of the line model of the day. The Lears were great! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/scholar.gif

[Chevy454]

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Find a junk tape and pop it apart sometime. The rewind system on them is kinda cool.

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Dad showed me the innards of a couple of 8 tracks last week when he repaired my Magical Mystery Tour cassette...how those things wind on the outside while feeding from the center is mind boggling!

Here ya go, M: knock yourself out (http://www.8trackheaven.com/work.html)

[P.J.]

How about a four track. had one in my 66 chevelle ss.
my friend was power shifting my car into 3rd and hit the tape deck with his knucles,let go of the clutch while the trany was in between second and third at 6000 rpm. Scattered the saginaw
into a million pieces.Thank god. Gm warantied this piece of
crap 6 times. I finally put in an m21.Took out the 4track.
PJ

[68l30]

I like to stick with the genuine GM stuff..... http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

And yes M it does weigh a ton, If you open the console it wants to rip the door off...... http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif


Steve

[Dog427435]

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Oh, this thing only has 4 wires out the back - did these old units just ground the speakers at their location or...?

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Marlin

Some units would have 4 wires - power, ground and left & right speaker. You would then run a wire from each speaker to a ground location.
They actually used to sell a bracket you mounted to the bottom of your dash, with a corresponding bracket mounted to the top of the tape deck. When you parked you would slide the deck out of the top mount and stash it in your trunk. Midnight Auto always did a brisk business in 8-Track players!

[Dog427435]

Slide Bracket (http://cbworldinformer.com/200111/slide_bracket.htm)

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

This stuff is nutz! Can't wait to hear what an 8-track sounds like http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif

[ORIGLS6]

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif Kids! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif





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[Schonyenko2]

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http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif Kids! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

You know it's hard to remember how they did sound, cause the pipes were usually so loud you couldn't hear it anyway, somebody was yellin for a beer in the back seat, or you were tryin to talk some sweet thing in a mini skirt into the car. Sound about right Mr. Cumby? http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif





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[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

All except for the mini skirt http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif Becky'd be kicking your asss for doing that!

[njsteve]

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This stuff is nutz! Can't wait to hear what an 8-track sounds like http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif

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Imagine punching a screw driver through your dash speaker, then putting the dash speaker in a 55 gallon drum, turning the volume up to max, placing your head into the aforementioned 55 gallon drum, and then playing Iron Butterfly's In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.

Now, hopefully you can picture the type of high fidelity we had back then. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUlIFpUuQY8&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AS_JvIelxbA

[Dog427435]

Steve - You must have had one of those high dollar units to get that good a sound!!

[ORIGLS6]

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You know it's hard to remember how they did sound, cause the pipes were usually so loud you couldn't hear it anyway, somebody was yellin for a beer in the back seat, or you were tryin to talk some sweet thing in a mini skirt into the car. Sound about right Mr. Cumby? http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif





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Honestly, I rarely had the radio/tape player on if the car was running. The sweet sound of solid lifters buzzing and the drone from header mufflers and shorty pipes combined with the 4.10 gears was all I needed. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

I had cheap speakers in flimsy containers that sat in the corners of the back seat. Tinny at best! (But we were http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif)

[Schonyenko2]

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All except for the mini skirt http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif Becky'd be kicking your asss for doing that!

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No, she was one of those who got in. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif Cool/hots, and go go boots. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

I won't be listening to it any time soon, as the 8track player doesn't seem to work. I guess I gotta get it looked at.

[68l30]

That sounds about right.....for an 8-trk player!



Steve

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not to steal the thread, but i can remember CB radios be the thing in the 70s. i still have dads old realistic navaho and "kicker" hooked up to listen while surfing around the internet. used to have a lot of fun, and meet some cool people back in the day. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gifdoc

[68l30]

I still like to stick with the GM stuff! Here's an old GM accessory 23 channel CB..And it's not going anywhere near my Camaro.. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Steve

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i used to work in the new car department in the mid 70s, we used to add audiovox am/fm/cb radios as a popular dealer installed option. now it gps/ipods/sync, times change. doc