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

My old reverb unit Mfgd. by Tenna Corporation.

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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.
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You original owner guys must keep EVERYTHING. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/wink.gif

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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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https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gif Pre alpha-numeric. I think it's a 7.35 x 15.


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

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You original owner guys must keep EVERYTHING. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/wink.gif

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So show us what ya got. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif

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That is one sweet tape player! Thanks for showing us... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif


Steve

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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. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/wink.gif

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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. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/dunno.gif) Too many years have passed and I've raised too many mugs to all the folks here! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/wink.gif

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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. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/dunno.gif) Too many years have passed and I've raised too many mugs to all the folks here! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/wink.gif

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You must mean this unit: https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/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/b2...8/P2210001.jpg

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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. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/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! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif

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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. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/dunno.gif) Too many years have passed and I've raised too many mugs to all the folks here! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/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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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... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif

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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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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... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/dunno.gif

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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! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/shocked.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/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'. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/worship.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/flag.gif

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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.

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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... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/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. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif

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

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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.

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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? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ins/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.https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...thumbsdown.gif

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

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

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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! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif

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Hmmmm....

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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

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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 https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif

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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... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/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. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/naughty.gif https://www.yenko.net/attachments/321386-IMG_1334.JPG

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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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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. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...s/rolleyes.gif

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

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

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Alfie???????????? Give me a break! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/crazy.gif

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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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Alfie???????????? Give me a break! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/crazy.gif

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and Morris Albert with Feelings?? I'm feeling sick already. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ins/tongue.gif

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

Ken

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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. https://www.yenko.net/attachments/321446-IMG_1335.JPG

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

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

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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!!! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...emlins/mad.gif

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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. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/smile.gif