Anyone here still rock an 8-Track?

[J.B.]

I haven't listened to one since my friend's dad used to drive us to high school in his Firebird Trans Am during the early 80's. I heard my share of Tom Jones, Elvis and The Commodores those early mornings. Love to see some pics of your car or home 8-Track player.

[Zemo]

imo somethings should be left in the past. Even my 69' has a Pioneer with blue tooth. lol

[rche]

does 2-XL count?

[boss]

My parents finally got rid of theirs in 1997. Good times.

[JediJaida]

We haven't had one since ours died back in 1975. After that, it was mostly LP's, and when cassettes came along, I collected those. Then I moved onto CD's, then to an Ipod and downloading music.

Thomas Edison would be amazed at what his little invention has turned into.

[fallensaviour]

Not since I sold my 76 camaro,but one of my buddies still does.

[Figuremod73]

I'm kinda suprised that some of them still work. I figure the player would be a tape eater by now OR the tape inside would start to turn to dust.

[HardyGirl]

Yeah, that's the only one I have now. But he doesn't work so well anymore; he plays multiple tracks at the same time and the answer is never correct.

does 2-XL count?

[Hector]

I loved the 8-track back in the day...good memories.

But it's a technology that's way past its prime...I prefer to fondly remember the 8-track...not use it, lol.

[Hector]

imo somethings should be left in the past. Even my 69' has a Pioneer with blue tooth. lol

My man, I need to get a stereo for my Mustang.

Which you recommend that fits into the radio area?

I don't want to place a modern stereo that does not fit in the dash area and place it inside the glove compartment...and use my old non-working original radio as decoy on the dash...I want one of those modern ones that custom fit that dash area.

What do you think of something like this?

http://www.retrosoundusa.com/products/details/id/14

Hec

[Mikey]

I always thought 8-tracks produced better sound (less hiss) than cassettes

[Mongoose1983]

I have this model. I unfortunately had to sell the separate Dolby device which was an Advent model 100 (if my memory doesn't fail) that I remember using with this one and a Bang & Olufsen reel-to-reel recorder that I also sold years ago.

As it happens with most everything that is recorded magnetically, I happen to hate the way these things sound. I just kept the deck just in case someday I felt like playing another Bee Gees' or Bachman-Turner Overdrive 8T tape

[Zemo]

My man, I need to get a stereo for my Mustang.

Which you recommend that fits into the radio area?

I don't want to place a modern stereo that does not fit in the dash area and place it inside the glove compartment...and use my old non-working original radio as decoy on the dash...I want one of those modern ones that custom fit that dash area.

What do you think of something like this?

http://www.retrosoundusa.com/products/details/id/14

Hec

Yea, that pretty much the way you need to go, unless you wanna start hacking up your dash. On the 69-70 they just make a reproduction bezel that has a wider narrower slot. But for yours, you would have to modify it yourself.

[Rallygirl]

Back in the corner of the basement, I still keep an old stereo system complete with cassette, turntable, and an 8 track player. You just never know what fabulous, odd music you might find out there on outdated media.