Everyone has seen GPX brand consumer electronics in retail stores. They make inexpensive stereos, alarm clocks, radios and the like. You would never think of them as a long-lived brand. You would never think of them as a maker of products that become vintage. Yet, I recently came across this vintage GPX Stereo in a thrift store. It has an AM/FM receiver, turntable, cassette deck, and 8-track cassette player integrated into one convenient system.
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| Vintage GPX Stereo |
According to the
GPX website, the company was founded in 1971 and originally imported electronics and sold them under the Grand Prix brand name. They started using the GPX brand name in 1986. Since this stereo has an 8-track, it's a little hard to believe that this GPX stereo was created that recently. Nevertheless, it was surprisingly well-preserved.
I walked on and left it to be discovered by a family who need a stereo for a kid's bedroom. GPX stereos are great for that and this one looks cool!
Today, you can still get a nice little GPX stereo for a bedroom or dorm room. I have this one below and it's can do quite a bit for a very low-priced stereo unit.
Sweet!
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