Kraco

[losikid]

So, I just bought an old ford truck with a Kraco AM/FM radio with an 8 Track player


Anyone know what impedance speakers I can run off of it?

I was just about to buy some nice Polks till I realized they were 2.7 Ohm speakers. Then I got to thinking if the Kraco could even handle 4 Ohm speakers.

I'm just wondering if I can run modern speakers direct or if I should get a line converter and use an amp instead. The long term plan is an amp, but when I get the radio rebuilt I can get line outs installed, So I don't need to bother with a line converter.

 

[WHITE-TRASH]

8 track era will most likely be 8 ohm and there is a really good possibility the speakers ground to the body of the car but I'll assume you know enough to tell if it does or not.

 

[losikid]

8 track era will most likely be 8 ohm and there is a really good possibility the speakers ground to the body of the car but I'll assume you know enough to tell if it does or not.

Yes, Common ground for sure

 

[makya]

I ran 4 ohm speakers off of an 8track, can't remember what the brand was though.

Dude, why are you rockin' an 8-track? slingin' those radios should have made you a "thousand-aire" by now, you should be able to pick up a fancy am-fm cassette from goodwill with that kind of money.

 

[losikid]

I ran 4 ohm speakers off of an 8track, can't remember what the brand was though.

Dude, why are you rockin' an 8-track? slingin' those radios should have made you a "thousand-aire" by now, you should be able to pick up a fancy am-fm cassette from goodwill with that kind of money.

Because it came with my truck...I was going to just slap in a retrosound radio into it. But then I found out the 8-track player still works. So I'm gonna rock the 8 track player.

And the truck I bought

 

[makya]

I like that truck.
I ran my old 8-track through a 40 watt "booster-equalizer" into a set of 6x9's back in the late 80's and it worked well.

 

[losikid]

I have never heard of a booster-equalizer, but I'll google search and see what I can find.

I also want to get some speakers for the rear. But I can't find any pre-made speaker boxes for the rear of that truck :sad:. So I'm going have to get creative. (I don't think I want subs, just some good speakers)

 

[Duuuuuuuude]

I have never heard of a booster-equalizer, but I'll google search and see what I can find.

Kids. :roll:

 

[RANOVRU]

Unless you're planning on restoring this thing to #'s matching show quality I think I'd just get a modern head unit and forget about it.

Contrary to popular belief, you can get Kenny Rogers on CD or MP3/4.

 

[KJ10]

WOW, that truck looks familiar! I wonder if that's the same one my dad owned for a year or so.... Same 8-track player, even!

 

[losikid]

Unless you're planning on restoring this thing to #'s matching show quality I think I'd just get a modern head unit and forget about it.

Contrary to popular belief, you can get Kenny Rogers on CD or MP3/4.

No, far from a factory restore...it's getting a dana 60 swap up front, sterling in the rear. All new suspension, lifted for ~35's but springs spec'd out for an F250 or F350 (for towing). Eventually the 460 in it will be built into a beast.

But I still want the interior to feel classic. I was going to get a retrosound radio. But there's nothing wrong with this radio. But all I have is a dash speaker. I want to hook the door speakers back up.

And why not rock an 8-track? Also, when/if I get the radio rebuilt it's not hard or uncommon to add in an aux port for an mp3 player.

WOW, that truck looks familiar! I wonder if that's the same one my dad owned for a year or so.... Same 8-track player, even!

I bought it from a guy in Glenrock, Wyoming...but he bought it from a guy in washington not too long ago.

 

[makya]

I have never heard of a booster-equalizer, but I'll google search and see what I can find.

I also want to get some speakers for the rear. But I can't find any pre-made speaker boxes for the rear of that truck :sad:. So I'm going have to get creative. (I don't think I want subs, just some good speakers)

It's just an old school amplifier with an EQ built into it.

 

[losikid]

So, looks like I'm going to run this little guy to convert my speaker outs to a low level signal for an amp and run all my speakers through an amp.

Now the question is. How many channels do I need for my future amp. It would be nice to have front/rear speakers and a sub. But at the same time I have no idea where to put rear speakers and a sub.

 

[badhoopty]

omfg... NEVER heard of an eq booster? those were standard issue when i was young. spent many a night stoned in some parking lot watching leds bounce...

 

[hpiguy]

Yep, I too had one of the combo EQ / amp booster things, and also liked the dancing LEDs possibly a bit too much during those years of my life. :mrgreen:

 

[losikid]

I like flashing leds...I might have to get one.

Oh, I forgot to post the link. This is the line converter I mentioned

Robot Check

 

[badhoopty]

heres an e.q. booster. it was just a crappy amp with graphic equalizer. very popular add-on bitd. there are more vintage looking ones that would fit perfect mounted under the dash of that ford.

 

[snapon boy]

A 4 channel amp that is bridgable on 2 of the channels will run the door speakers and sub or a 5 channel. A memphis bell would be just rite.

Sent from the old leather shop

 

[Alexander_0_1]

Dude, I just crushed one of these with a D10 during the summer, it had a white top half of the cab, and the rest was painted orange. Nice find all the same...lol, Kenny Rodgers.

 

[RANOVRU]

No, far from a factory restore...it's getting a dana 60 swap up front, sterling in the rear. All new suspension, lifted for ~35's but springs spec'd out for an F250 or F350 (for towing). Eventually the 460 in it will be built into a beast.

But I still want the interior to feel classic. I was going to get a retrosound radio. But there's nothing wrong with this radio. But all I have is a dash speaker. I want to hook the door speakers back up.

And why not rock an 8-track? Also, when/if I get the radio rebuilt it's not hard or uncommon to add in an aux port for an mp3 player.

With all of that work ahead of you I think the radio would be the least of my concerns. JMHO....


Trying to make an 8 track sound good through modern means is a waste of time. If you want to keep the original unit for aesthetics fine, just don't expect much as far as sound quality. FWIW a lot of old school resto's keep the factory unit in place albeit non functional, and have a hidden head unit that actually controls the sound. Just food for thought...