I had a perfectly good working 8 track player I had out of an old Grand Marquis. I wish I could get that thing in there. I would use it in a heartbeat. Then I could have a big case of 8 tracks in my truck.
My 76 F250 came with the 8 track still intact and worked great... I never replaced it either. Had a cool indigo backlighting on the tuner. Funniest thing: It would only play Def Leppard and Johnny Paycheck 8 tracks LOL