Cars We Remember: Earl ‘Madman’ Muntz, his Muntz Jet and 4-Track Tape Player. Greg Zyla More Content Now. Q: Greg I’ve enjoyed your columns on Malcolm Bricklin and Preston Tucker over the years.

The Maxell MXCP-P100 is a portable cassette tape player that looks straight out of the 1980s. It also has the old-school ...

Stereo 8 was an 8-track version of the 4-track Muntz Autostereo, the first commercial music player for a car. Stereo 8 allowed two stereo recordings on the same tape providing a similar experience ...

Playing both 4 track and 8 track tapes in the same player? Every DVD player does audio CD and DVD. Or perhaps Fidelipac = Video CD, 4 track = DVD, 8 track = HD-DVD, Compact Cassette = Blu-Ray ...

However, there are no 8-track players being produced today. The closest you can get is a refurbished version of the iconic Panasonic RQ-830S Dynamite TNT player, available on eBay for around $250.

Both his 4- and Bill Lear’s 8-Track design made Muntz a multi-millionaire. Lear is the same company and person behind the Lear Jet and worked closely with Muntz on the 8-track tape players.