[TPR] Updated tunes for the old girl

Sat Jul 27 14:40:59 PDT 2013

You know JB would never admit it but before he was a cop beating up drunk Bangaladeshi engineers in Santa Clara he used to design stereo systems or speakers or something  that music camr out of....I figure I gotta have 1,000 watts to hear any music but maybe technology has improved. It would be fun to being cruising an ORR road at 150 mph listening Korn ;-)

Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com> wrote:

>Absolutely -nothing- wrong with listening to the Cleveland Symphony
>Orchestra.  I listened to it all the way to Las Vegas, back to Ely, back
>to Las Vegas and back home last year.  No radio.  Honestly, at road
>speed, it will probably never get turned on; I have no sound deadening
>and no air conditioning.
>
>However, it does look good in the hole.  I could have simply put a radio
>delete plate there, but then the speakers really looked bad too.  For
>whatever reason... Sam is enthralled with it, and that's good enough for
>me. :)
>
>Asa
>
>Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
>& Shelley Marie
>Spokane, WA
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>On 7/27/2013 11:45 AM, David 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
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