[TPR] Updated tunes for the old girl

[TeamPantera]

Your both gay :-)

David <adin at frontier.net> wrote:

>At the risk of being "one of the boyz" ---- what's wrong with the Cleveland Symphony Blues Band +3???
>
>Mine came out last summer- cassette deck/radio and pre-amp - to the tune of ten plus pounds. Pass the donuts, please. 
>
>Tweetch Hizone, Esq. (to each his own, you silly boy)
>Run with the bulls, swim with the sharks, race with the Italians!
>
>Good to hear  Sam will get out and get socialized- look what happened to me!
>
>Sent from my little hand held gizmo
>
>On Jul 27, 2013, at 12:14 PM, Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com> wrote:
>
>> Risking invoking the wrath of the Mad Dawg, I've decided to install a 30
>> year old Alpine head unit into the Pantera.  She's been without a
>> working radio since I got her nearly 15 years ago.  The last five she
>> hasn't even had one installed as you may have seen from prior photos.
>> 
>> Driving around with a huge hole in the dash (or three as the case may
>> be) was getting tiresome and just a little embarrassing.  Years ago a
>> friend gave me an old Alpine AM/FM Cassette player, with -knobs-;
>> perfect for the Pantera without having to hack up the dash.  All I had
>> to do was buy a new faceplate and the plastic knobs, which I did very
>> shortly after he gave it to me years ago (you can't actually find parts
>> for this one anymore, at all).
>> 
>> Fast forward to today.  I had to open up the rectangular hole in the
>> dash by about an eighth inch lengthwise and the radio slipped right in. 
>> Yeah, new tunes.  But of course, the speakers were upwards of 40 years
>> old.  The drivers side was so bad there was no paper left and the magnet
>> had become separated from the voice coil.  Nice.  So I -did- have to buy
>> a new set of speakers, oh, and a new antenna.
>> 
>> I'm probably into the whole thing for only $50.
>> 
>> Isn't it pretty?  :)
>> I bet this gives me at least 5 more MPG and 50 more HP and 25 more MPH
>> on the top end.  I just might have to challenge Mad Dawg for that
>> $10,000 prize purse for anyone that runs SSCC faster than him.
>> 
>> On the down-to-earth side, I did receive my new arm restraints and my
>> K&N cleaning kit for the air filter.  It may not need to be totally
>> cleaned; I'll probably just use some low pressure air to dust it off and
>> then re-oil it this year.
>> 
>> The rack is totally in the car and my appointment for a front end
>> alignment is this coming Wednesday morning.  I'd drive it to a car show
>> today but I really don't want to chance scrubbing the tires any more
>> than I have to, to get it to the alignment shop.  So we'll stay home,
>> besides, Sam has been such a good helper in the garage these last few
>> weeks working on the car, we're taking him to the local block party
>> later today.  He's excited about that.
>> 
>> As Chuck would say...
>> Cheers,
>> Asa
>> 
>> -- 
>> Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
>> & Shelley Marie
>> Spokane, WA
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