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Watching some of the AM/FM radio posts, I have am looking for any referrals
for someone who can restore
an 8 track player. I have not put anything in it for years and I know the
belts or player needs to be tuned up. The old matchbook wedged under the
tape trick is getting old. It would be nostalgic to be able to actually
play a tape.

I don't have any tapes but would like to have the player working when I
finish my 1965 fastback project.

Any referrals to restore my 8 track?
E-mail: (email redacted)

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Mail From: David J. Hammar (email redacted)

On Mon, 17 Aug 1998 17:13:22 -0700, (email redacted) wrote:
>Watching some of the AM/FM radio posts, I have am looking for any referrals
>for someone who can restore an 8 track player. I have not put anything
>in it for years and I know the belts or player needs to be tuned up.

I can recommend Sutton Auto Sounds <(email redacted)> -- Eric Sutton can
repair, restore or convert (to modern AM/FM Stereo) any classic AM, AM/FM
or 8-track player (with or without radio). His rates are fairly
reasonable, and his work is guaranteed for one year.
The address is:
Sutton Auto Sounds
3463 Rolling Trail
Palm Harbor, FL 34684-3526
(813) 787-2717
FAX (813) 789-9215

>The old matchbook wedged under the tape trick is getting old.

Now the bad news -- these early 8-tracks weren't exactly horsepower giants,
and may still have some trouble, particularly with the "double length"
8-tracks popular in the 70's.

>It would be nostalgic to be able to actually play a tape.

Yes, but actually a bit *too* nostalgic if you put it in your '65. The
8-track itself wasn't even around then -- the players *and* the format were
new to the market when Ford helped launch the Car Stereo industry by
offering 8-track players in their entire line.
And unlike the AM/FM radios, the players *weren't* available in late '65
models.


-- Dave H.
hammar.dyn.ml.org/~djhamma
hammar.detour.net/~djhamma


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Mail From: John Dettori (email redacted)

(email redacted) wrote:
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> Watching some of the AM/FM radio posts, I have am looking for any referrals
> for someone who can restore an 8 track player. [...]

I have been watching this thread too, an have two thoughts to add:

1) I am sure I have seen more than one '66 Mustang with an AM/FM unit that
looked factory stock. I need to check a few references that I have at
home, but I wonder, could there have been a dealer installed option for
an AM/FM radio?

2) At the All Ford Nationals in June '98 (Carlisle, PA), I ran into an
antique radio specialist, who has cores, rebuilds radios original or
modernized, can add FM to an AM, and add hidden CD & cassette players.
I imagine that he can fix an 8-track player too. Costs were $300 to
$750 for what he was demonstrating. His name is Mike Hagan, and he
was very knowledge, had patience to answer questions, and seemed to
guide people to the best solutions for them.

Mike Hagan's Antique Auto Radio Repair
235 Glouster Rd.
Fairless Hills, PA 19030
215 547 7145

Hope this helps.
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John Dettori wrote:
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> (email redacted) wrote:
> >
> > Watching some of the AM/FM radio posts, I have am looking for any referrals
> > for someone who can restore an 8 track player. [...]
>
> I have been watching this thread too, an have two thoughts to add:
>
> 1) I am sure I have seen more than one '66 Mustang with an AM/FM unit that
> looked factory stock. I need to check a few references that I have at
> home, but I wonder, could there have been a dealer installed option for
> an AM/FM radio?

By now it should be clear there's *no* question Ford
offered a "factory" AM/FM radio for 1965-66 Mustangs,
but it might interest you all to know there was also
a non-stock "dealer" part. Automatic Radio sold one
that looked pretty much like a standard Ford AM unit,
but had a dual band face and "reversible" pushbuttons
...push in one when it read "FM" and you switched to
the FM number-set.

In fit, they were identical to the original equipment.
These were widely advertised in industry publications,
but not until after the Mustang bodysytyle had changed.
--
MrF
Allen Cross
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