what kind of radio was in your first car ?

renovation · Post by **renovation** » Fri May 04, 2012 11:04 pm

AM / Fm stereo factory installed.

normalicy · Post by **normalicy** » Sat May 05, 2012 1:57 am

My first that I owned was a Kraco cassette player with the knobs. It was my cousin's & I used a CD to cassette adapter in that thing for years before I could afford a car unit.

wvjohn · Post by **wvjohn** » Sat May 05, 2012 6:46 am

whatever came in a 61-ish studebaker

EvilHorace · Post by **EvilHorace** » Sat May 05, 2012 9:35 am

The first car I bought when 19 was a '62 Volvo P1800 and it had an AM radio in it which had to go. So, its replacement was an in dash AM/FM Cassette radio. I never owned an 8 Track, always hated those things as they were non-recordable, huge, and the tracks just changed in the middle of a tune.

Err · Post by **Err** » Sat May 05, 2012 10:35 am

EvilHorace wrote:The first car I bought when 19 was a '62 Volvo P1800 and it had an AM radio in it which had to go. So, its replacement was an in dash AM/FM Cassette radio. I never owned an 8 Track, always hated those things as they were non-recordable, huge, and the tracks just changed in the middle of a tune.

My dad actually had an 8-Track recorder. It was an Realistic TR-801 and I think it still works.

http://vintageelectronics.betamaxcollectors.com/realistic8-trackrecordermodeltr-801.html

They were still terrible though. We had to put a matchbook under some of the ones we played in the car so they wouldn't double track. I got my first car in '92 and it was an '86 Mustang 2.3L. The radio was a factory AM/FM Cassette with factory amp. It was actually nice but I put a Pioneer CD player in it 2 years later. It developed issues and I ended up taking it back to SUN TV twice before the manager gave me store credit and I got a JVC CD player. It was probably the best CD car stereo I'd ever owned. I also changed out all the factory speakers and wiring as the factory amp wasn't compatible with either CD player.

Executioner · Post by **Executioner** » Sat May 05, 2012 11:10 am

What came in my 67 VW bug - am radio.

Koo Koo Mouse · Post by **Koo Koo Mouse** » Sun May 06, 2012 10:49 am

Those dang 8tracks couldn't do anything right. But yup I had a reciever 8track recorder combo and made my own and tuned the azmith to mine and not store bought. Had a shotgun amp a seperate tuner for the 8track and an anntenna booster. All sitting on the tranny hump in my 71 Impala. Pretty high pile! The original radio? I have no clue..

Lmandrake · Post by **Lmandrake** » Sun May 06, 2012 10:40 pm

Delco AM. 5 Presets.