Mysterious 'Tomboy' 8 track player rescued from landfill

[@InaldoTavares]

Congratulations on the whim in every detail! Excellent work! 👏👏👏😃👍

[@handsomemann1]

What a great work done on this 1972 8 track cartridge. brought it back to life and the Cartridge sleeve cover , copied to look like new. Great Work!

[@ramzac1993]

Man I'm Soo hooked on your videos thanks for not adding annoying music - sweet,simple perfect!

[@SpareTimeRepair]

Thanks!

[@denniseldridge2936]

Well let me congratulate you on a truly fascinating restoration of this beautiful little machine. I had a similar 8-track player back in my youth, so it brought back memories. I did want to say I got a chuckle seeing you use the wood-grain vinyl wrap to cover the case at the end. Fake woodgrain wrap and wallpaper, oddly enough, a very 70s thing, and that paper you used is identical to that which I remember seeing when I was a wee lad in the early 1970s.

[@helperguy1360]

Good job. That was a tremendous amount of work especially with the controls but you got it almost like new.

[@SpareTimeRepair]

Thanks! It was fun to work on.

[@spooktasticaparanormal]

Superb restoration. I used to own the exact same machine. Great sound. Well done. Kind regards. Paul. 😇👍

[@waukee321]

Nice video. Wow, a lot of disassembly to get capstan off! Plug looks German. The "chrome-like" finish that's pitted and greenish can usually be cleaned/polished with metal polish. Rust can be removed with Drexel and wire rotary brush

[@Aussie_vinyl_dude]

How were you able to open the 8- track cart? I saw the heat gun and all that but after heat do you just give it a twist?

[@SpareTimeRepair]

After applying heat it just pulls apart. The metal fastener is ribbed rather than having a thread, so the heat softens the plastic retainer enough for it to pull out.

[@Aussie_vinyl_dude]

@@SpareTimeRepair ah alright. Thanks!

[@rienpost]

1:04 Most of mainland Europe runs on 220-240V, 50 Hz, and used those plugs. So the machine could come from the Netherlands indeed but since 8 track never really caught on there, my money is on Germany or France.

[@BENBOI_1]

Thanks for showing how to take apart that cartridge, most of mine have screws but one of them had the same style of metal thing that you had. I probably would have used the wrong thing and destroyed the cartridge if I hadn’t seen how you did it. Thanks!

[@ChibiButo]

Cool video these old electronics are pretty finicky.

[@brianeastman3547]

Sweet,I have that on the Digital Remastered CD,keep up the good work man

[@absoluteaudio0028]

impressive work

[@brianeastman3547]

Awesome job man

[@terrymiller111]

"Movie prop level" restoration right there.

[@rhen1215]

9:44 made my matsushita which is Panasonics parent company

[@soluzaroi]

Wow!

[@88081jeffreyg]

I hope I can find a good 8 track player someday.

[@88081jeffreyg]

I found a very good 8 track system. Thank you to the person who sold it to me. It plays very good: