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**70cst** · 12-27-2010, 02:17 PM

This is a NOS GM fit RCA AM/FM MPX 8 track that I just bought. It fits a 70 Nova and Chevelle without any dash mods so this should fit my truck without any dash cutting. I thought I might install this as a different approach towards a 8 track AM/FM radio install.
If it doesn't work I still have my factory AM/FM radio (although not a 70 factory option) and dealer GM 8 track.

rsavage · 12-27-2010, 02:55 PM

Very cool. Share installed photos when you do it. Nice find.

redbaron69 · 12-27-2010, 02:58 PM

WOW

thats a nice piece.

DEISS · 12-27-2010, 03:27 PM

Cool find.

basemodel67 · 12-27-2010, 07:22 PM

Hi, I'm only 31... what's an 8 track?

Haha, just kidding old guys

ChevLoRay · 12-27-2010, 08:35 PM

[QUOTE=basemodel67;4372803]Hi, I'm only 31... what's an 8 track?

When I was 19, back in '66, adding a tape player was the only stereo you could put in a vehicle in our area. FM radio wasn't available. Cassettes were still a couple of years away (late '68). So, the first ones were 4-track. Muntz was a manufacturer, for instance. Lear came out with an 8-track. We butchered a buncha doors on '64 1/2-66 Mustangs for speaker locations.

So, what is a 4 or an 8-track? If you look at the tape surface, imagine that it has 4, or 8, lanes....like a highway. Two of the tracks are at the top of the tape surface, with two more below that, and another two under those and the last two at the bottom. If it is a 4-track, it only has 4 "lanes". Cassettes only have two. Reel-to-reel tape has two, unless you had an Akai X-track recorder that could record on 4 channels. I knew a guy when I was at Biloxi, who was from Atlanta, GA. He had that Akai and could play a mean guitar. He recorded four parts of a song, doing each part on a set of tracks, then when it was played back, all four parts were there as if four guys were playing guitar....only it was him.

In the first part of '69, I wanted a cassette player for my stereo system, but they weren't out for cars yet. So, I bought a Pioneer deck that played both 4 and 8 track tapes. Never installed it. Never bought a tape for it. I did buy an Ampex cassette deck when I got back from overseas in July, '69. So, I sold the Pioneer.

BTW, I have some 8-tracks now, as well as a Lear 8-track recorder and a few blank 8-tracks.......

**68 Stepside** · 12-27-2010, 07:46 PM

That is awesome. I've wanted one for a long time.

into69z · 12-27-2010, 08:35 PM

That's neat-I have been watching for an 8-track for my truck and I too have the factory am/fm in the 69-it looks like those posts are adjustable. Waiting to see how it fits-looks awesome!

12-27-2010, 02:17 PM	#1
70cst Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: New Madison, Ohio Posts: 21,373	NOS RCA 8 Track for the Circuit Rider This is a NOS GM fit RCA AM/FM MPX 8 track that I just bought. It fits a 70 Nova and Chevelle without any dash mods so this should fit my truck without any dash cutting. I thought I might install this as a different approach towards a 8 track AM/FM radio install. If it doesn't work I still have my factory AM/FM radio (although not a 70 factory option) and dealer GM 8 track. __________________ A husband can be right...or...A husband can be happy. 67-72 Chevy and GMC Trucks...The Classic Truck for the Classic Folk. 1970 CST Two tone green, 402BB, 400 Automatic, Tach, Buckets, AC, AM-FM, Tilt, GM CB, GM 8 Tract, LWB, etc JOHN 17:3...The better side of "LIFE" Remember: Everyday is a good day...Some are just gooder!

12-27-2010, 02:55 PM	#2
rsavage Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Alden NY Posts: 2,705	Re: NOS RCA 8 Track for the Circuit Rider Very cool. Share installed photos when you do it. Nice find. __________________ 1961 C1 Corvette 1959 El Camino 350 TPI, 9" 4 w disc 69 Blazer K5 - sold July '20 2021 Durango RT 5.7

12-27-2010, 02:58 PM	#3
redbaron69 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: marion nc Posts: 588	Re: NOS RCA 8 Track for the Circuit Rider WOW thats a nice piece. __________________ 69 short fleet 350/350 "under construction" 70 short step 307/3 speed

12-27-2010, 03:27 PM	#4
DEISS Registered User Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Big Bear Lake, CA. Posts: 291	Re: NOS RCA 8 Track for the Circuit Rider Cool find. Last edited by DEISS; 12-27-2010 at 05:16 PM.

12-27-2010, 07:22 PM	#5
basemodel67 Factory Strippers Rule! Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Shingle Springs, CA Posts: 707	Re: NOS RCA 8 Track for the Circuit Rider Hi, I'm only 31... what's an 8 track? Haha, just kidding old guys __________________ "Feast your eyes on a feast of smoke." 67 Chevy Short Fleet PLAN: LQ9, 4L60, D60 Looking for School Bus Gauges - Help me out!

12-27-2010, 08:35 PM	#6
ChevLoRay Old Skool Club Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Benton, AR "The Heart of Arkansas" Posts: 10,880	Re: NOS RCA 8 Track for the Circuit Rider [QUOTE=basemodel67;4372803]Hi, I'm only 31... what's an 8 track? When I was 19, back in '66, adding a tape player was the only stereo you could put in a vehicle in our area. FM radio wasn't available. Cassettes were still a couple of years away (late '68). So, the first ones were 4-track. Muntz was a manufacturer, for instance. Lear came out with an 8-track. We butchered a buncha doors on '64 1/2-66 Mustangs for speaker locations. So, what is a 4 or an 8-track? If you look at the tape surface, imagine that it has 4, or 8, lanes....like a highway. Two of the tracks are at the top of the tape surface, with two more below that, and another two under those and the last two at the bottom. If it is a 4-track, it only has 4 "lanes". Cassettes only have two. Reel-to-reel tape has two, unless you had an Akai X-track recorder that could record on 4 channels. I knew a guy when I was at Biloxi, who was from Atlanta, GA. He had that Akai and could play a mean guitar. He recorded four parts of a song, doing each part on a set of tracks, then when it was played back, all four parts were there as if four guys were playing guitar....only it was him. In the first part of '69, I wanted a cassette player for my stereo system, but they weren't out for cars yet. So, I bought a Pioneer deck that played both 4 and 8 track tapes. Never installed it. Never bought a tape for it. I did buy an Ampex cassette deck when I got back from overseas in July, '69. So, I sold the Pioneer. BTW, I have some 8-tracks now, as well as a Lear 8-track recorder and a few blank 8-tracks....... __________________ Member Nr. 2770 '96 GMC Sportside; 4.3/SLT - Daily driven....constantly needs washed. '69 C-10 SWB; 350/TH400 - in limbo The older I get, the better I was.

12-27-2010, 07:46 PM	#7
68 Stepside huh? Join Date: May 2000 Location: Washington, Illinois Posts: 5,690	Re: NOS RCA 8 Track for the Circuit Rider That is awesome. I've wanted one for a long time. __________________ Someday when I'm lonely, Wishing you weren't so far away, Then I will remember Things we said today. RIP El Jay

12-27-2010, 08:35 PM	#8
into69z "brand new second-hand" Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: White House, Tennessee Posts: 526	Re: NOS RCA 8 Track for the Circuit Rider That's neat-I have been watching for an 8-track for my truck and I too have the factory am/fm in the 69-it looks like those posts are adjustable. Waiting to see how it fits-looks awesome! __________________ Steve 69 3/4t custom camper tilt,am/fm,speed warning,air gauge,buddy buckets,aux battery, big block,p/s,p/b,a/c 67 Camaro 96 Impala ss-sold 04 hybrid Honda-saving gas for the blue truck!:b69:



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