Vintage Stereo stuff

[Keith Tedford]

You original owner guys must keep EVERYTHING.

[ORIGLS6]

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You original owner guys must keep EVERYTHING.

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So show us what ya got.

[68l30]

That is one sweet tape player! Thanks for showing us...


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.

[ORIGLS6]

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. ) Too many years have passed and I've raised too many mugs to all the folks here!

[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. ) Too many years have passed and I've raised too many mugs to all the folks here!

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You must mean this unit:

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.)

[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.

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!

[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. ) Too many years have passed and I've raised too many mugs to all the folks here!

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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.

[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...

[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?