72 TA : New Project

[mockingbird812]

Let me get this straight Mac, are you saying that there MAY have been discrepancies on processes coming out of the GM factories. HOLY COW!

Seriously, good stuff. Love to hear of the differing processes among and within plants.

[njsteve]

I am just so disheartened to learn that the only plant that was making Camaros and Firebirds (Norwood) in 1972 did not follow the proper shaker assembly procedures as dictated by GM. Just astonishing.
No wonder they went on strike and shut the whole plant down for the rest of the model year. They were just too ashamed at how they built my car.

[southernfriedcj]

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Okay, so I was posting to the companion novel I have of my progress on the T/A, at the Performance Years website and this guy jokingly asks me how I am going to "restore" that grungy old 8-track tape of the "Pontiac Stereo 8-track Sounds for 1972".

Having laid down the gauntlet I decided to go ahead and do just that, just to bust his balz.

Here is the before tape:








I took the tape and scanned all three surfaces of the label into my computer, and converted it into a jpeg. I then spent about 12 hours on the Microsoft Paint program at 800% magnification, erasing all the yellow from the background and from between every single letter, pixel by pixel. It was like Pac-Man on a massive scale. (I should have let my kids do it, it would have went much faster). Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is a wonderful thing. Once that was done, I cut and pasted the three images together into one image file. The next fun was the 2 hours of adjusting the size so it printed out in the exact same size as the original decal. I had to keep adding to the length of the image to get it to center properly on paper with the right width and length.

Here is the final version. I printed it out on adhesive backed label paper that I had at the house. A glossier paper would be better but this gives you an idea of how it looks. Now all I need is a nice clean blank 8-track to put it on. Anybody have one?





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Steve, you are unbelievable! Your T/A is going to be awesome when done.

[njsteve]

I just got my AM/FM Stereo radio and 8 track player back from Wards Classic Car Radio Repair www.wardsclassiccarradiorepair.com They did a very nice job on the whole set up. It cost $175 total, including return shipping. It took about 2 weeks, which included an entire weekend that he let the 8 track player run just to make sure it checked out after they finished cleaning and refurbishing everything. I asked him what he was using to play for 48 hours straight. He said they have quite a collection of old 8 track tapes just laying around for that purpose. Knowing how bad these things sounded back then compared to today's sound systems, I cant imagine how they deal with it, but hey, they are the experts! I guess you have to scarifice for the sake of your art.

[Mr70]

I prefer the original sound of 8tk tapes over <u>ANY</u> other music media today..

[TC]

So, 8 tracks are not making a come back, And I should finely through these away?







BTW...the T/A in loking AWESOME
Tom

[budnate]

Dang Rick, where did you find the picture of Bruce??

[SSJunkie68-69]

HA HA....that's his OTHER job after taking pics at Pavillions. He sure does have a strong pimp hand.... just kidding Bruce~

[njsteve]

You're in for a treat cuz Disco Stu's diggin that 8-track beat.

[Xplantdad]

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Dang Rick, where did you find the picture of Bruce??

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Too funny Bud.


I thought I told you not to tell...now I'll have to let everyone know about you and the Zebra...in that hotel room in Collinsville...LOL