I once opened an 8-track cartridge, and to this day I don’t see how they worked. It looked to me like the tape couldn’t possible come off of the center spool and pass underneath to the outside without jamming. It must have required enough extra tape slack. To me this is one of those “If we can land a man on the Moon, we should be able to…” .
I did the same thing in my ’65 Mustang…….
I once opened an 8-track cartridge, and to this day I don’t see how they worked. It looked to me like the tape couldn’t possible come off of the center spool and pass underneath to the outside without jamming. It must have required enough extra tape slack. To me this is one of those “If we can land a man on the Moon, we should be able to…” .