Not sure this thread will get any Love but I am very interested in all members posting a picture of their very first boombox.
The Rules:
The pictures listed here will represent owners and their Original First Boombox. This cannot be one you have purchased at a later time to relive your childhood experience. It must contain within the original plastic shell, the original circuitry that introduced you to the world of boomboxes. If it has needed repairs over the years that is okay.
Doesn't matter if it works or doesn't. Doesn't matter about the shape. Any picture posted below will represent the first real boombox YOU owned or hit the streets with back in the day. It must have always been in your possession throughout the years although it doesn't necessarily need to have been purchased brand new. A trade back in the early years of grade or high school would be acceptable.
Also any boxes that have been in your family and passed down to you can be submitted.
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Sadly my very first box is not complete. I only have the center section but this thread isn't for looks. It is to determine who still has their original machine. Who has made it throughout the years better? You or your box or about the same?
Here is my first box. This is my Original GE 3-5267A. Everything works (including the cassette deck) but it is missing it's original detachable speakers. I have another one which is complete but that would be breaking my own rules to post it up.
So....here we go. Here's my beaten GE that's been with me every day of my life. For the good the bad and the ugly...
Video Clip posted years ago when I dug it out and revived it to play again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrejUROM2Kk
The Rules:
The pictures listed here will represent owners and their Original First Boombox. This cannot be one you have purchased at a later time to relive your childhood experience. It must contain within the original plastic shell, the original circuitry that introduced you to the world of boomboxes. If it has needed repairs over the years that is okay.
Doesn't matter if it works or doesn't. Doesn't matter about the shape. Any picture posted below will represent the first real boombox YOU owned or hit the streets with back in the day. It must have always been in your possession throughout the years although it doesn't necessarily need to have been purchased brand new. A trade back in the early years of grade or high school would be acceptable.
Also any boxes that have been in your family and passed down to you can be submitted.
-----------------------------------------------------------
Sadly my very first box is not complete. I only have the center section but this thread isn't for looks. It is to determine who still has their original machine. Who has made it throughout the years better? You or your box or about the same?
Here is my first box. This is my Original GE 3-5267A. Everything works (including the cassette deck) but it is missing it's original detachable speakers. I have another one which is complete but that would be breaking my own rules to post it up.
So....here we go. Here's my beaten GE that's been with me every day of my life. For the good the bad and the ugly...
Video Clip posted years ago when I dug it out and revived it to play again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrejUROM2Kk
) but i to this day i think its one of the ugliest. I had the heads repaired (maybe replaced... my memory isnt what it was ) after a couple of years use and it was never quite the same after that . 
