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Hi guys,

I know that most of you don’t like music in there car (only the sweet music of the IDA’s roaring) but I’m a music man so I really want to have some tunes in my car.  I want to install a more or less period  radio.  So I decided to go for an 8 track player.  Any comments, do’s and don’ts. Some models or brands that are recommended, maybe some pictures of dashboards with 8 tracks installed or even 8 track players for sale? 

Dem

8 tracks rock......  My friend Hector Bonilla has an 8 track on his 67 and it sounds nice...  I will find out the model and let you know... 

thanks!

are 8 track players always just 8 track players or do you have also models that also are a regular am/fm radio?

Dem

mmh, pictures would be welcome! yeah.

i'm thinking of a cool 70s radio with a DIN connection so i can connect an mp3 player.
but can you connect decent speakers on an old radio?

but well, it's not my top priority at the moment  ;)

I believe some of the latest ones came with radio as well......

Dude, get an iPod®... ;)

dude, check out Sarge's stereo in his '67

haha  ;D

how can you play music with you ipod in your car if you don't have a radio? 

I also found models that have an 8 track player and a am/fm radio, so the combo models exist!

The search continous...  :P

I installed an amp, some hidden speakers and a universal iPod dock in my glove box hooked up to the amp. now my iPod plays millions of tunes and there is no evidence. best still the Apple universal dock is remote control!

OH THATS BAD (BURN) U GONNA TAKE THAT SARGE.

with that thing:
(http://secretweaponlabs.com/words/wp-content/uploads/_ref_03ipod_buds.jpg)

Really neat imo, they call it headphones. Seems like you don't need a radio or any heavy speakers to use them.. ;)

It's been working for me for years...

too funny jim  ;D ;D

I love the nostalgia of 8-track players .
I have an original EMPI 8-track player below the glove box in my 1966 EMPI GTV MKIV.
 ;D

I also plan on using this NOS 6v record player in another of my cars !
( Sarge should be familiar with these)
 ;D

Blab a Blab a Blab, Peeps...in one ear and out the other. ;D  Here's a pic of Carlos' "clean" stereo set-up I photo'd last night... ::)

pretty neat!!
and what kind of speakers are connected to it?
i presume you're not using the stock mono speaker next to the speedo, are you?

stereo? I thought that was his tach wiring  :o

what's up with that 2000 idle rpm?!!!

By the lack of a speedy reply, I think you hit the nail on the head  ;D ;D ;D

oops  :D

That is pretty sweet. If I was going to put a radio in my car that is the way I would do it. Right now though the AM radio just fills the hole in the dash.

--louis

Any new pictures of that car?

I put this blaupunkt system in my car in 1987 and still use it today. I did not want to buy any of those round disc players in '87 and just stuck with a cassette player. Recently i added a cd changer in the trunk.

I have an AM/FM radio out of a Volvo P1800, late 60's. It fit the stock 67 dash using the VW bezel/knobs. I drove the car today, FM blaring through the stock single speaker in the dash. It sounds suprisingly good, similar to my Tivoli at home.

real cool stereo sound as well and dampens the noise as well. been doing it for years as well. first people looked irritated when they saw you with plugs, but now everybody has them for there phones.

Yeah,

Now I found a connector so you can plug in your ipod in a old model radio with a 6 or 7 pins din connection in the back.  If you look for a 60-ies radio, does these radios have these connectors?  Or are only the “expensive” models equipped with this din connector of are these kind of connectors only on 70-ies or maybe 80-ies radios? 

 ;D It's connected to a pair of sony 6x9 behind the back seat.....Just simple stuff...

ok so i want to save up for an ipod and be able to play more than 4 albums. so can i get a connection for an ipod that hooks up directly to an amp and speakers in the car. so i have a antitheftsystem as well. i want to make a connection in the glovebox and hook up the ipod to that. is this possible or do i still need a radio?

and carlos very nice avatar. i found it a couple days ago on the net when i was looking for suitable pictures to use in the classroom. that almost made the cut. almost

 ;D ;D