Thx Trevor. This technology was a bit before my time. I never had an opportunity to play with them. Nice to see how they look inside and how it is serviced. I work on audio equipment as a hobby and enjoy your videos. Lots of tips. Thx.
Built like a Tank. Never ever seen a 8 track with F.F. and I was a 8 track freak in mid 1970's when I was a dumb teenager. 1 Big elec motor. Enjoyed the "are you kidding me" when you dropped that nylon washer, sound like me. Kawasaki, Ill be damned, owned 2 of them Motorcycles.
Kawasaki Heavy Industries had their fingers in many pies, motorcycles were not their main business, the built ships, heavy excavators and electric motors for industrial use.
8 track players never really caught on here in Britain, I have not seen very many and those that I heard playing sounded awful ! I appreciate their foolproof usability and ruggedness but can't take them seriously. One thing that always gets my attention is those toggle power switches because in Britain the on position is down, we lift up for off, I'm pretty sure this must have been required as a standard for all devices imported into the UK with rocker or toggle switches and must have been a headache for manufacturers because many European countries also use the 'up for on' position that North America uses.
@@erikdenhouter Makes sense, sound quality wouldn't be important in a moving truck at that time and I doubt they would be bothered by fluctuating tape speed either. They would probably just be happy to be able to choose some music rather than listen to the radio. I'm guessing that home 8 track players became popular because people wanted to play their tapes at home too and some people just accepted the drawbacks for the sake of convenience.
@@ianc4901 Yes, I think that is the way it went. I think that a good 8-track player is comparable with a low end cassette player, and people bought that too. The USA was absolute the biggest market for 8-track.
