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Car tracking is where the whole thing began: the first commercially available 8-track players were introduced by the Ford Motor Co. in 1965 in a deal cut by the inventor of the 8-track, Bill Lear. Home players came later...it all started on the two-lane blacktop! After-market players were the way to go, though, because they were cooler looking and more powerful. Any way you slice it, car decks are the original -- and therefore purest -- form of 8-track listening satisfaction.
1979 Cadillac DeVille Factory In-Dash 8-track playerContributed by Yeruchmiel@aol.com
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Radiomobile 8-track playerContributed by Oliver Hennessey <ollie@dimera.freeserve.co.uk> |
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Auto Sonic 4-track playerContributed by Dan Jobin DJobin@kicker.com. This machine is cool because it has the speakers built in to matching chrome boxes that are mounted to the sides of the tape player. The layout is such that it will straddle the hump in the floor of your car. The power connection is made through a cigarette lighter plug. |
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Panasonic CX-601EUQuadraphonic 8-Track Under-Dash/Home Tape Player This unit can play in the home "base" unit (has 110v ac power supply for
house current), and the 4 home speakers would be connected to the back of the
"base" unit. The unit slides out of the home "base" and slides into
the car under-dash bracket for playing in the car. Also featured: an optional am radio
pack complete w/leatherette-style case, that looks like an 8-track tape and plugs into the
unit to make it an am radio. Year manufactured - 1972 |
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Craig/Pioneer 4+4This sturdy unit by Craig/Pioneer has worked year after year with no problems. Nice multi-colored track lights, and it has a huge amplifier, so it will really crank. Solid, functional, no frills, sounds great -- a true standard of 8-track audio excellence. |
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Craig 3133
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Ocean 8-track/Cassette/AM-FM Model FX-008 In-dash Tape Player Wow! Cassette and 8-track in one machine. The ultimate transition deck, when cassettes were taking over and 8-tracks were dying out but you still had a big investment in your track collection. I'd like to have one of these NOW, for that matter! |
*from the owner's manual
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