Repurposing Cassette Decks

I used to have something like this AMAZON

It's hardwired into the radio so it blocks the frequency you pick. No interference from local ones crowding in. Worked great until I replaced the car.

I want to use mine in my 93 buick centry. How Do I Get the tape STUCK in IT OUT,I have used Screw drivers and Butter knifes but Can't get the things that make it spin(drivers)? to let go.

Has to go back in a bit further before it can come out.

I wish I still had the OEM deck in the 944. I'd get a wired cassette adapter for my phone and be done with it. Instead it has some crappy early 2000s no-brand aftermarket POS, so I get to buy something to put in it that's going to look way too new for the car.

By the way, if you've ever tried to price out vintage 80s cassette decks on eBay, you know how freaking pricey they are. And who knows if they even work.

A friend of mine designed, builds and sells this adapter for radios: https://rediscoveradio.com , you plug it inline with the antenna cable to feed signals from a personal device through the radio. It was originally intended for old American cars with AM radios, but he added another model for FM as well. They work pretty slick.

I've been trying to solder a Chinese Bluetooth A2DP controller into my Civic's OE tape deck pickups for about the entire time I've owned the car. Considering the tape deck is dismantled and in two different workshops at the moment, I don't think I'm making very good progress.

Eventually I'd like to bring the fast forward, reverse, etc pins from the controller out onto the face of the head unit as well.

In reply to stuart in mn:

Neat, kinda like a modern version of the old "FM Converter" radios that you spliced into the AM antenna wire.