iirc rockford handed out punch 45's to all teenage boys around '91.
good find for 45 bucks
My first 'real' amps were those Punch 45's. But, don't remember them being "handed out".
In fact, they were kinda expensive for a kid going to college and working part time at Kmart. I sold a TON of Kraco and Audiovox junk on that job, to pay for my first system.
Anyone remember what the Punch 45's pictured above sold for new? I'm thinking $249 or something in that neighborhood? I know prices probably varied across the country.
My first 'real' amps were those Punch 45's. But, don't remember them being "handed out".
In fact, they were kinda expensive for a kid going to college and working part time at Kmart. I sold a TON of Kraco and Audiovox junk on that job, to pay for my first system.
Anyone remember what the Punch 45's pictured above sold for new? I'm thinking $249 or something in that neighborhood? I know prices probably varied across the country.
I paid $150 used. I think he was trying to say it was a very popular amp and many teens had them.
Back in 90, 91 my generation had these amps in all the cars. One guy had a punch 30 on 2 kicker 10's. Impressive for just 30 watts LOL. Another guy had a Punch 150 on 2 targa 12" in a single cab chevy. Lord! ! ! You talking blocks of bass.... We could here the dude coming from way down the road. Then there was home boy with a power 1000. The original. On 2 18's From at least a mile away you could here this dude.
I had mine on a Kicker 15 and at the time I had No idea what I was doin. I attempted to hard wire the amp from the factory stereo and then tried to later install Sony cd player myself ( no wiring kits back then) I had the 15 in a huge 3cuft sealed (wrong airspace) and used a 6db coil for a crossover LOL. It was pathetic but I was in heaven. The install was so outta wack that if you hit the inside door panels then the bass would hit LOL. The harder you hit the doors the harder the bass hit. I even brought the car to a pro and he couldnt figure out what was happening. It was cool though. We would( high as a kite) slowly be driving through the park and around town, as we added our own beats, hittin the doors LOL.. I tell ya. If there is a heaven, its livin them days all over again, but with the knowledge I have now....
My first 'real' amps were those Punch 45's. But, don't remember them being "handed out".
In fact, they were kinda expensive for a kid going to college and working part time at Kmart. I sold a TON of Kraco and Audiovox junk on that job, to pay for my first system.
Anyone remember what the Punch 45's pictured above sold for new? I'm thinking $249 or something in that neighborhood? I know prices probably varied across the country.
The Punch 45's went for $275 and the Punch 150's were $515 (Punch 75's were $399 list). These were the list prices and at my local dealers, the selling prices as well. I saved up for months to buy my Punch 45HD (Dec. 1991). They were difficult to find in stock and the dealer's in my area would NOT discount.
GREAT deal on those amps. PM me if you need them repaired, I have a very good and reasonable RF repair tech contact. I had P150HD repaired just a couple of months ago.
Wow! Found this pic on Ebay. It's the same model as the very first aftermarket car stereo I ever owned. Circa 1985...the mighty Kraco KGE-805E with 5 band EQ!
...and yes, I had the matching '4 way' Sparkomatic 6x9's to go with it along with a matching Sparko "power booster"! This was in a 1967 Chevelle Malibu during my Junior year in High School.
Wow! Found this pic on Ebay. It's the same model as the very first aftermarket car stereo I ever owned. Circa 1985...the mighty Kraco KGE-805E with 5 band EQ!
...and yes, I had the matching '4 way' Sparkomatic 6x9's to go with it along with a matching Sparko "power booster"! This was in a 1967 Chevelle Malibu during my Junior year in High School.
I bet you were the 'S' at the time.
I thought i had a 'system' with my first Jensen EQ Booster.
I thought i had a 'system' with my first Jensen EQ Booster.
You know it!
I saved up and bought all of that junk, installed it myself and cruised the local 'strip' with Van Halen cranked into distortion. Of course, I thought it sounded good.
Saw that deck reposted a few times nice dead head, but I am more partial to the 7998!
Hehe I love the 7998 1.5 din deck. I have one mint condition too... I have not even installed it yet but I actually had 2 of them so hopefully it will get installed one day soon.....
Hehe I love the 7998 1.5 din deck. I have one mint condition too... I have not even installed it yet but I actually had 2 of them so hopefully it will get installed one day soon.....
I have had a couple of them, I just got a mint one a couple of weeks ago off CL for pennies and a matching changer!
Sucks about these old decks though is Alpine is turning them away for repair due to lack of parts
So be very careful with your old school alpine Head units!
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Wow! Found this pic on Ebay. It's the same model as the very first aftermarket car stereo I ever owned. Circa 1985...the mighty Kraco KGE-805E with 5 band EQ!
...and yes, I had the matching '4 way' Sparkomatic 6x9's to go with it along with a matching Sparko "power booster"! This was in a 1967 Chevelle Malibu during my Junior year in High School.
HOLY SHITAKE!!!! ME TOO! Junior year!!!! LMAO! Damn I would pimp that deck today!
Wow! Found this pic on Ebay. It's the same model as the very first aftermarket car stereo I ever owned. Circa 1985...the mighty Kraco KGE-805E with 5 band EQ!
...and yes, I had the matching '4 way' Sparkomatic 6x9's to go with it along with a matching Sparko "power booster"! This was in a 1967 Chevelle Malibu during my Junior year in High School.
We have the exact same deck at work mounted in an old oil case with some ghetto rigged speakers haha.
^ I asked about HSL stuff a while back in this thread and haven't seen anything yet. They, I believe, rebranded the Focal multi-mag subwoofers and the HSL ones were the first ones I had seen with the multi-magnet subs. They painted them teal, and the Focals of course were red.
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