# Lowell, Arizona is a treasure trove of old cars **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [March 18, 2024, 12:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lowell-arizona-is-a-treasure-trove-of-old-cars/194553 "2024-03-18T12:18:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 9:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lowell-arizona-is-a-treasure-trove-of-old-cars/194553/82 "2026-02-23T21:54:45Z")
> [@asemaster](#): > > Grandpa’s Sears Silvertone console quit and he went the component route I was my step-mom’s audio buyer, she had a nice old belt drive turntable and an HH Scott tube integrated amp. You could even pick the record equalization on it, before RIAA was the standard. Looked something like this: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/a/4/a4f4e1cc5e90ddba8a91b9d13e83ce6bb46e0611.jpeg) Later, her Altec speakers gave up the ghost (the paper cones fell apart) and I found a nice set of bookshelf speakers that fit in the big Altec boxes (she used them for end tables). ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 9:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lowell-arizona-is-a-treasure-trove-of-old-cars/194553/83 "2026-02-23T21:55:35Z")
Since this is Cartalk does anyone know how to hang a 65 inch CRT television on a garage wall ? ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 10:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lowell-arizona-is-a-treasure-trove-of-old-cars/194553/84 "2026-02-23T22:01:11Z")
I was wondering how long it would take for that. I’ve just about given up getting new questions on automobile-related topics, they are so few and far between. So a wander down this lane seemed as good a topic as any. ---
**Author:** ![ChrisTheTireWhisperer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/christhetirewhisperer/32/34798_2.png) [@ChrisTheTireWhisperer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ChrisTheTireWhisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 10:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lowell-arizona-is-a-treasure-trove-of-old-cars/194553/85 "2026-02-23T22:37:16Z")
Will other consumers accept the Movie/ Film Maker mode picture? ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 10:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lowell-arizona-is-a-treasure-trove-of-old-cars/194553/86 "2026-02-23T22:37:54Z")
> [@texases](#): > > Later, her Altec speakers gave up the ghost (the paper cones fell apart) and I found a nice set of bookshelf speakers that fit in the big Altec boxes (she used them for end tables). Have you thought about just reconning the speakers? Do you know the model numbers? Huge fan of Altec. I’ve owned a couple pairs over the years. ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 10:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lowell-arizona-is-a-treasure-trove-of-old-cars/194553/87 "2026-02-23T22:40:57Z")
> [@ChrisTheTireWhisperer](#): > > And it’s quite the obstacle to overcome when trying to get consumers to understand that their new TV is capable of a much more realistic accurate picture. No it’s NOT. [How To Calibrate Your TV - RTINGS.com](https://www.rtings.com/tv/learn/how-to-calibrate-your-tv) ---
**Author:** ![ChrisTheTireWhisperer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/christhetirewhisperer/32/34798_2.png) [@ChrisTheTireWhisperer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ChrisTheTireWhisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 11:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lowell-arizona-is-a-treasure-trove-of-old-cars/194553/88 "2026-02-23T23:14:49Z")
We know about that sort of thing. Does the average TV viewer/ consumer? ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 11:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lowell-arizona-is-a-treasure-trove-of-old-cars/194553/89 "2026-02-23T23:54:24Z")
> [@MikeInNH](#): > > Have you thought about just reconning the speakers? This was 30+ years ago. ---
**Author:** ![TwinTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@TwinTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TwinTurbo)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 12:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lowell-arizona-is-a-treasure-trove-of-old-cars/194553/90 "2026-02-24T00:43:12Z")
I have a pair of Marantz HD880 floor standing speakers I bought back in the early 80s. Probably some time in the 90s, the cones fell apart and I was going to just toss them out. I ran across a store that was something of a time capsule with a guy that did repairs. He convinced me to keep them- in fact he was keen to buy them. “They don’t make cross-overs like that any more”. So I decided to keep them and he rebuilt them. He also replaced the grill fabric and restored the wood cabinets and charged me almost nothing. He said it was a rescue 🙂 They still work great and I have them in our ADU with the rest of my vintage sound system. I don’t always listen to Metallica but when I do, so do my neighbors 😁 ---
**Author:** ![LoudThunder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/loudthunder/32/27769_2.png) [@LoudThunder](https://community.cartalk.com/u/LoudThunder)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 1:17am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lowell-arizona-is-a-treasure-trove-of-old-cars/194553/91 "2026-02-24T01:17:19Z")
> [@ChrisTheTireWhisperer](#): > > already done as you suggested, years ago. So, in keeping with the automatic theme of CarTalk, a “tow truck with chains” cannot pull you out of your mental CRT rut… ---
**Author:** ![ChrisTheTireWhisperer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/christhetirewhisperer/32/34798_2.png) [@ChrisTheTireWhisperer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ChrisTheTireWhisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 3:04am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lowell-arizona-is-a-treasure-trove-of-old-cars/194553/92 "2026-02-24T03:04:03Z")
It’s not mental, Thunder, it’s what I see with my own eyes. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 1:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lowell-arizona-is-a-treasure-trove-of-old-cars/194553/93 "2026-02-24T13:21:44Z")
> [@texases](#): > > You just put the HDTV in ‘cinema mode’ or its equivalent. 10 seconds to do that. Yes, it takes a senior citizen (like me) all of 10 seconds to change modes on an HDTV, but we should be fair and admit that it would take the typical 8 year old kid only 5 seconds to do it. 😏 ---
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 2:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lowell-arizona-is-a-treasure-trove-of-old-cars/194553/94 "2026-02-24T14:28:38Z")
> [@VDCdriver](#): > > > [@texases](#): > > > > You just put the HDTV in ‘cinema mode’ or its equivalent. 10 seconds to do that. > > Yes, it takes a senior citizen (like me) all of 10 seconds to change modes on an HDTV, but we should be fair and admit that it would take the typical 8 year old kid only 5 seconds to do it. This guy and his wifey is 100% lost on this subject, we just buy the TV, hook it up, turn it on and watch it, thought they were already adjusted from the factory just being honest… The only thing I every try to do is equalize the volume, I hate it being so loud when something happens and then you can’t hear what is being said… You can only turn up the volume so loud before you tick off the rest of the family trying to sleep… lol Just tried to find our picture mode (after skimming through the beginning of MikesInNH’s link) and couldn’t find it, and gave up before we screwed something up… Currently have a cheap 58" Hisense Roku TV that we are perfectly happy with, the with plays some XBox on it and the picture looks great to us… 🤷‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 3:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lowell-arizona-is-a-treasure-trove-of-old-cars/194553/95 "2026-02-24T15:15:43Z")
> [@texases](#): > > Altec boxes (she used them for end tables). What were they - Valencia’s? ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 3:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lowell-arizona-is-a-treasure-trove-of-old-cars/194553/96 "2026-02-24T15:15:49Z")
I haven’t tried them, but some add on soundbars claim to make speech clearer. I am now in the group where background noise, whether music, audience, gunfire, or engine noise makes speech difficult to understand. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 3:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lowell-arizona-is-a-treasure-trove-of-old-cars/194553/97 "2026-02-24T15:35:33Z")
> [@MikeInNH](#): > > What were they - Valencia’s? I don’t remember. They looked a lot like this Carmel, but it has dual woofers, hers only had one. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/a/3/a39b47666b736980911a4b80e6ce80f5d5a02395.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lowell-arizona-is-a-treasure-trove-of-old-cars/194553/98 "2026-02-24T15:39:13Z")
Here’s a pic of the [Velencia’s](https://skyfiaudio.com/products/altec-lansing-valencia-846a-vintage-horn-speakers-a-true-survivor-pair) I’ve listened to a pair of recently restored Velencia’s. After over 50 years they still sound amazing. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 3:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lowell-arizona-is-a-treasure-trove-of-old-cars/194553/99 "2026-02-24T15:49:27Z")
> [@davesmopar](#): > > The only thing I every try to do is equalize the volume, I hate it being so loud when something happens and then you can’t hear what is being said I have mine set to “Clear Voice Pro”. It really makes a difference. Your set might use different terminology for something similar ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 4:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lowell-arizona-is-a-treasure-trove-of-old-cars/194553/100 "2026-02-24T16:16:54Z")
Not the Valencia, either. Not that big. They looked just like this, I can’t tell what brand that logo is, maybe they weren’t Altec: Edit - that’s the JBL logo, must have been JBLs, looks like they were the C38 model. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/d/2/d225374635c61fdad6df50cc637c461ba30664c3.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 4:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lowell-arizona-is-a-treasure-trove-of-old-cars/194553/101 "2026-02-24T16:52:19Z")
Yeah, I really need to hook our soundbar and sub back up, it’s here just don’t feel like messing with it… [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lowell-arizona-is-a-treasure-trove-of-old-cars/194553.md?page=4) [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lowell-arizona-is-a-treasure-trove-of-old-cars/194553.md?page=6)