My quad thread got me thinking

[SASKFARMER]

cant find my super man lunch box and thermos it was in the basement of the frm house.

[Blaithin]

You guys were all so deprived. I still have a couple of Furbies in my cupboard. Now that was childhood.

[helmsdale]

Av'r *Chief* still has all his 8tracks in hard-cover suitcase style boxes. Some legitimate gems, but a few you can tell were bought for "that one song"...

8 tracks in the truck, LP's in the house. LP's are back in vogue, perhaps 8tracks will become cool again, and you guys will be sitting on gold mines!

Speaking of gold mines... who's got all their old comics? I know one guy in particular that has a SLUG of batman/superman/avengers comics. They're well read, but theres hundreds of em.

[malleefarmer]

Think about 73, 8 track 4channel deck, 4 speakers, lots of Bass/volume. A reverb add on. Moontan Radar Love. Then add CB radio, 8' whip antenna. Party on. Started driving in 68, a $400 used 64 Acadian. 45 cent gas.
Still have an old home deck in shop with a few 8 tracks, tape probably rotten/dust.

A Fox tail on whip Ariel was considered quite cool

[fjlip]

Any one remember the 8 track tape players in cars like a darn video cartridge.

I started driving in 79 they were just getting phased out

Think about 73, 8 track 4channel deck, 4 speakers, lots of Bass/volume. A reverb add on. Moontan Radar Love. Then add CB radio, 8' whip antenna. Party on. Started driving in 68, a $400 used 64 Acadian. 45 cent gas.
Still have an old home deck in shop with a few 8 tracks, tape probably rotten/dust.

[Old Cowzilla]

Any one remember the 8 track tape players in cars like a darn video cartridge.

I started driving in 79 they were just getting phased out

Started driving legal in 76, AC/DC and Foghat Live on 8 track. Gas was 65 cents a gallon and White Seal was $3.80 a dozen. 20 bucks could buy you a lot of fun or a bit of trouble. Remember coming home from a night on the town at sunrise and dad having coffee already. He goes good yer already up we can start fencing through that bush first thing this morn !

[burnt]

Any one remember the 8 track tape players in cars like a darn video cartridge.

I started driving in 79 they were just getting phased out

I still have a few kicking around the place. Not sure why.

But the 8 track got more miles than my new GMC pickup on my trip to the west in '78. The beauty of them was that they never had to be rewound or reversed - the Eagles just kept playing and playing and playing...

Still would listen to them if I had a player. Just like some other things - "...you can check out any time you like, but you can never leave..." :-)

Some of the songs on my favorite tapes were lost for a couple of decades until the arrival of YouTube's magical restorative powers.

[farming101]

Often used to see 8 track tape ribbon along the edge of the road

[malleefarmer]

Any one remember the 8 track tape players in cars like a darn video cartridge.

I started driving in 79 they were just getting phased out

I went straight from an XJ radio telephone to the first flip phone.

Me too, still remember fighting with operator and others to get out
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