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Did you ever have a car, with an 8 TRAC -PLAYER? =My MGB has oneMG:
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ski.dive Fred M
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My MGB still has the 'dealer installed' AM/FM 8-TRAC PLAYERsmileys with beer

Did you ever have a car, with an 8 TRAC -PLAYER?smiling smiley



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saanich2006 Robert Browning
Atlanta, GA, USA   USA
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Lets see some images of it. Is it a separate unit or radio /8-Track combo?

My neighbor, who is the original owner, has a mint condition1970 Olds 442 with the factory 8 track. Works great too


Oil leak?? What oil leak? That puddle under the car is just sweat from all that horsepower!!

Law of Mechanical Repair - After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will itch and you'll have to pee.






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mgbtf Silver Member Dave Kalp
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My 1977 MGB had an MG dealer installed Pioneer 8 Trac / AM radio. I drove it about four years before I put in a cassette player with AM/FM radio.

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ghnl Eric Russell
Mebane, NC, USA   USA
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We honeymooned in our 1972 VW Westfalia. It had an aftermarket 8 track tape player (installed in the glove box). We thought we were cool.


Eric Russell ~ Mebane, NC
1961 MGA #61, 1981 Alfa Romeo GTV6, 1984 Alfa Romeo Spider, 1991 Honda ST1100


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mgbanthony Platinum Member Anthony Henderson
Eastern Thousand Islands, ON, Canada   CAN
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My first B, a 70, had a Muntz 8 track mounted vertically on the passenger side of the tunnel when I bought it in 72.
My next B, a 72 had a Clarion AM/Fm 8 track mounted properly in the console…switched to cassettes in the 3rd B.

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GTgeezer Lynn Kirkpatrick
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My '60 Buick LeSabre & '78 Dodge B100 van had aftermarket players. "Those were the good old days." No rewind or fast forward, but four songs to choose from.


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Watauga William B
Richmond, IN, USA   USA
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My 73 MG Midget commuter car had a Craig 8 track and a Midland CB.

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saanich2006 Robert Browning
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In 1966 my parents bought a brand new Lincoln Continental (with the suicide doors).

It had a built in the dash, all in one, AM/FM & 8 Track. I still have it somewhere in my attic.

The car even came with a leather box with about ten, 8 Track tapes.

The radio unit even had the control buttons for the power antenna built into it


Oil leak?? What oil leak? That puddle under the car is just sweat from all that horsepower!!

Law of Mechanical Repair - After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will itch and you'll have to pee.



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29desoto Gold Member M Wayne Sanders
Otis, OR, USA   USA
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1973 MG MGB GT "Eliza - FIRST PLACE - MG2013"
1984 Chevrolet Corvette "The Green Weenie"
1994 Chevrolet S10 "Lil Red"
Geez, guys. I recall installing a FOUR track stereo in my 60 Impala.

Would have been around 67 or so. It looked like an eight track but the driver wheel came up out of the machine and drove it.

Some of you must remember that.


Wayne Sanders
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This car is now very nearly completely done. Sure to find something else, but not now.........And 12 years later, I'm starting to fix things that were new when we built the car. It's pretty well de-bugged!

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dhcoleago David Cole
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My first MGB came with an 8 track. It was a dealer installed option. I used to have the paperwork that showed it as an option, wish I could remember the cost. I have had 8 tracks in a few of my earlier vehicles.

I traded the 8 track out of the B for a cassette AM/FM

David Cole

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sharps4590 Vic Schaefferkoetter
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Well of course but, not any of my several MG's. I put one in my 1964 Dodge, my '69 Charger was factory, my wife's '74 Pontiac LeMans had one as did my '76 Dodge pick-up, they were aftermarket. We also had one in the "TV, AM/FM, 8 track, stereo record player console" in the house. I never had a cassette but the wife did in a couple of her vehicles. Those were the days!

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OldDuffer Silver Member John S
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I had a 4 track like Wayne. Had it in my ‘55 Buick back in 1971. Someone wanted it more than I did and broke open the wing window to open the car and steal it. Upgraded to an 8 track after that and installed it behind a grill in the dashboard.


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Simon Austin Gold Member
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Not in any of my LBC’s but did I install an under-dash unit in the ‘68 Torino I was driving in the early 80’s. I think I bought it from Canadian Tire.

My brother drove a ‘67 Lincoln Continental about the same time which had a factory 8-track player in the right side of the instrument panel.

Those cars are long gone but I may still have the tapes somewhere around here.


"Speed costs........how fast you want to spend?"

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I installed a Lear Jet AM/FM/8-track in my '66 positive ground B. Had to insulate it from the body, which worked until a wire under the carpet grounded out and filled the car with smoke and killed the unit, among other things. This was in about '71, learned a lot since then!!

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htd3 Silver Member Tom Dunn
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I've had several cars that had 8 Trac players, factory and under-dash. In fact, I still have an under-dash model in the cabinet in my garage. Worked great when I put it there about 50 years ago! lol. BTW, I had that exact Boston 8 Trac that you're holding in your hand in the picture. Great album!

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