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Old Dec 30, 2021 | 11:22 AM
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Original Pontiac Cassette

I have a 1984 Trans AM with a cassette player. Does anyone have the cassette that came with the car & would be willing ell to me? It would be dated 1983 copyright.
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Old Jan 11, 2022 | 12:17 PM
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Re: Original Pontiac Cassette

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I have a 1984 Trans AM with a cassette player. Does anyone have the cassette that came with the car & would be willing ell to me? It would be dated 1983 copyright.
A cassette came with the car, interesting?
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Old Jan 12, 2022 | 07:57 PM
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Re: Original Pontiac Cassette


100 0986
I have this one if your interested,this is a spare I keep for my 86.
I don't think the cassette works but it has the AUX Jack for a MP3 Player or iphone
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Old Jan 12, 2022 | 08:29 PM
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Re: Original Pontiac Cassette

You mean an actual cassette tape? I've owned three brand new 3rdgens, and I don't recall there ever being a cassette tape that came with all of the documentation. However, in this thread in the History forum, if you scroll down to post #13, there's a cassette tape! Is that what you're asking about?
What came from the dealer? - Third Generation F-Body Message Boards
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Old Jan 12, 2022 | 10:14 PM
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Re: Original Pontiac Cassette

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You mean an actual cassette tape? I've owned three brand new 3rdgens, and I don't recall there ever being a cassette tape that came with all of the documentation. However, in this thread in the History forum, if you scroll down to post #13, there's a cassette tape! Is that what you're asking about?
What came from the dealer? - Third Generation F-Body Message Boards
That is the cassette tape that I am talking about. Only for the 1984 which I am interested in.
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Old Jan 12, 2022 | 11:16 PM
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So you want the center console cassette holder??and not the radio itself
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Old Jan 13, 2022 | 04:56 AM
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Re: Original Pontiac Cassette

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That is the cassette tape that I am talking about. Only for the 1984 which I am interested in.
Do we know what is on the tape? Promotional radio spots, instruction details, Van Halen’s Jump or Boy of Summer by Don Henley 😂
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Old Jan 13, 2022 | 07:44 AM
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Re: Original Pontiac Cassette

I've never had a cassette tape like that with any of my cars, including the Firebird bought new in 1990. But when I was a kid, they'd sometimes come with my Dad's cars, at least once in 8 track format. It would be a description of the features of your new car. Not unusual. When I had a 2014 Jeep, it came with a CD describing everything, although that was more of an interactive thing and not just an audio presentation.

Car companies used to do some odd promotional stuff.

With a least one Cadillac, it came with an 8-track featuring symphonic music, including a Cadillac theme song. which I could still hum part of. The Cadillac theme was actually a good piece of music.

And my parents had this vinyl record, which I remembered the name of. It was a promotional record from Ford with the title "The Going Thing." Found an image. I remember seeing this record in their collection, but never heard it. I bet these are some swingin' cats! They never bought a Ford in my lifetime, but must have done a test drive.





Here's the Cadillac theme. Okay, maybe not a great piece of of music, but it does include, without words, kind of a nice hook that clearly could be sung as "Cad il lac." My parents had this tape.


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Old Jan 13, 2022 | 10:09 AM
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Re: Original Pontiac Cassette

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So you want the center console cassette holder??and not the radio itself
No. I only want the cassette tape. I have the original am/fm etr radio/cassette player. remember I purchased the correct wiring plugin harness from u.
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Old Jan 13, 2022 | 06:03 PM
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Re: Original Pontiac Cassette

The tape that came with my car was from the dealer (Rinke), not Pontiac Motor Division.





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Re: Original Pontiac Cassette

I' m the original owner of my 86 and I didn't get a cassette either
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