Remember 8 tracks?
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Remember 8 tracks?
You know your old if you had an 8 track tape player.
How many people can go to thier garage and pull out a working 8 track player?
Does anyone still use one to this day?
And then thier was Quad
How many people can go to thier garage and pull out a working 8 track player?
Does anyone still use one to this day?
And then thier was Quad
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I had a box full of those, plus a portable player, one in my car, and one in my all-in-one home stereo. Sometimes the home stereo would 'double-track', and I remember Lynerd Skynerd's "Freebird" getting cut in half with a clunk as the track shifted. I sold the car (had a CB in it too - geez I must be old), tossed the home stereo and portable player, and got on with my life in 1979. Sold the tapes at a garage sale in 1984. I knew Quadraphonic's days were numbered when Steve Martin made fun of it on his albums.
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I had tons of 8-track tapes, and several tape players. My brother-in-law snagged them all from me a few years back and used them for tunes in his shop. Still has them. Anyone remember 4-track? The tape looked like an 8-track but with a hole in the bottom where the tape feed roller goes. You slide it in and pull a lever and the roller, which is attatched to the tape deck pops up into the hole in the tape. The head only has two positions instead of four. I found one at a swap meet when I was a kid, only found one tape for it. And how about under-dash 45 rpm record players? They wern't too good on bumpy roads! -TD
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In the Garage ?
I have five working 8-track players.
One of them is presently mixed with all the other stereo equipment because it is used occasionally
Now, How many people have a vehicle record player in their possession?
Auto manufacturer's used to have them as an option.
I think Seabreeze made them.
I have one for playing 45's on.
I also have an ElCassette Player ?
Best format ever. 1/2" tape (Reel to Reel) in cassette form.
I have five working 8-track players.
One of them is presently mixed with all the other stereo equipment because it is used occasionally
Now, How many people have a vehicle record player in their possession?
Auto manufacturer's used to have them as an option.
I think Seabreeze made them.
I have one for playing 45's on.
I also have an ElCassette Player ?
Best format ever. 1/2" tape (Reel to Reel) in cassette form.
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Originally Posted by Mil1ion
In the Garage ?
I have five working 8-track players...
I have five working 8-track players...
Now, How many people have a vehicle record player in their possession?
Auto manufacturer's used to have them as an option.
I think Seabreeze made them.
I have one for playing 45's on...
Auto manufacturer's used to have them as an option.
I think Seabreeze made them.
I have one for playing 45's on...
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Hey Jeff,
How about a Console style Ice Cube cooled air conditioner unit in the 50's Cadillac ?
Audio related again.
How about the 8-track to cassette tape convertor ?
I still have 3 of those as well.
I remember all of these being :"the New Technology for the ages"
How about a Console style Ice Cube cooled air conditioner unit in the 50's Cadillac ?
Audio related again.
How about the 8-track to cassette tape convertor ?
I still have 3 of those as well.
I remember all of these being :"the New Technology for the ages"
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Yes, I had a Muntz "Blue Light" 4-track in my 1965 Impala. It was all chrome and hung under the dash. The 4-track tapes looked exactly like the 8-track, but the idler wheel was missing. It popped up from the player itself. There was just a hole in the plastic.
Jim
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In the '60's I ran a bootleg AM radio station in the garage using a surplus WWII tank transmitter and ran a couple 4-track players for the announcements, funny sounds and special effects. The tapes had a metalized splice which made them easy to que up.
Later on I had a VW microbus with a Motorola Quad 8-track player, four volume controls, pretty cool but it ate my Lynyrd Skynyrd tape!
Later on I had a VW microbus with a Motorola Quad 8-track player, four volume controls, pretty cool but it ate my Lynyrd Skynyrd tape!
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Yes, my first car had an 8 track, but I ditched it shortly after I bought the car. Biggest problems with them was that the tape would strrrrrrrretch over time, and they also changed tracks in the middle of a song.
On the other hand, I've got a phonograph that plays cylindrical records. They are about 2 1/2" diameter by about 6" long. Many of the records are blue in color. Thank God I didn't buy that phonograph when it was new; if I did then I'd have to consider myself "old".
On the other hand, I've got a phonograph that plays cylindrical records. They are about 2 1/2" diameter by about 6" long. Many of the records are blue in color. Thank God I didn't buy that phonograph when it was new; if I did then I'd have to consider myself "old".