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Re: AM/FM/MPX 8 Track

To: "Scott Gardner" <gardner7@pilot.infi.net>
Subject: Re: AM/FM/MPX 8 Track
From: mmcewen@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca (John McEwen)
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 1998 22:55:55 -0500
Hi again Scott:

I have a few cars with 8-track but the thing which I most covet is the
8-track recorder which was given to me by a friend a few years ago.  He was
going to throw it out when he thought of me.  He gave it to me saying,
"You're the only person I can think of who would want something this
useless".  It's a large, table-top Radio Shack unit, which still works
perfectly.  Now you can buy all those old religious and country 8-tracks
and put what you want on them.

John


>> On 09-Jan-98, KILE, PAUL D wrote:
>> >Ben,
>> >I agree that you should update your sound system in your 1978 B, but
>> >make sure you carefully save that gem of an 8 track deck.  They may be
>> >in disfavor now, but wait 10 or 20 years.  Someday you will have
>> >fanatics like me who are restoring their cars and want "period" auto
>> >accessories.
>>
>> I would be one of those collectors now.. I have a British Leyland supplied
>> AM/FM 8-track in my 74 1/2 'BGT and I listen to 8-tracks all the time.
>> The '70 America has an under-dash 8-track as well. My homepage has
>> links to 8-track collecting. http://www.russellks.net/scw
>>
>> I like going to flea markets and buying 40 minutes of music for 10 cents,
>> but sometimes the 8-tracks need restoring as much as the cars!
>>
>> Scott
>>
>> --
>With the advent of direct-track access on CDs, I don't know if our
>kids will ever understand what it was like on the early 8-track
>players that didn't even have fast-forward or rewind.
>
>(crotchety-geezer voice mode ON)
>"In MY day, we switched to the appropriate track and we just DROVE
>AROUND until the song we wanted came up!  THAT was our
>fast-forward!!"
>
>(Note:  I'm only 27, so truthfully speaking, The heyday of 8-tracks
>was a little before my time, but I've always been fascinated by
>older stereo gear. As a result, I have a collection of about 200 Cds,
>400 cassettes, 532 albums, and 50 reel-to-reel tapes.  Alas, even *I*
>got rid of my 8-tracks a few years back, even though one could still
>catalog-order an 8-track player from Radio Shack until 1991!)
>Scott



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