[TPR] Updated tunes for the old girl

Sat Jul 27 14:56:37 PDT 2013

I knew you dug Kornholio

John Bentley <gndplne at yahoo.com> wrote:

>Korn, Disturbed, god smack, whatever. 
>
>Sent from my iPhone
>
>On Jul 27, 2013, at 4:40 PM, TeamPantera <teampantera at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>> ******************************     
>>> http://www.racingagainstautism.com
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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
>>>>> Spokane, WA
>>>>> ******************************     
>>>>> http://www.racingagainstautism.com
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>>>>> http://facebook.com/racingagainstautism
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