Becker Awesomeness

I received a new toy today. (Finally.)

It's a Becker 830, otherwise known as the Becker Mexico Cassette Diversity, the exact period-correct model that shipped with these cars.

Acquiring it was a journey in itself. We bid on it on eBay, from a German seller. Got really excited when the final bid ended up at a mere 120 EUR, more or less. These can go for as much as 200 EUR on eBay. Shipping took foreveeeer. When it arrived the tape deck wouldn't work. This of course has an electric tape deck that sucks in the cassette when you just gently press it. Anyway, the electrics were out. Thankfully the eBay listing had a guarantee clause (for a 20 year old radio!) and the seller had the good sense to uphold it. So we sent the thing back to Germany. Seller received it and said it was fine, and that he was gonna send it back without really doing anything to it. Now we were getting really worried. Couple of weeks later, here it is again and as my buddy tested it, it worked fine.

Overall, it's in great condition. All the lights work, radio works, and all the buttons feel good and similar.

Now I just need to worry about wiring, since it uses the old style proprietary connectors. I'm already trying to source a power connector from eBay.

I'm going to rip out the aftermarket front speakers and try to use the original speakers.