Help me find my old Walkman

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  1. Reflex85

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    As a paperboy in very early 80s I used a Panasonic walkman while delivering on my route. During this time the Panasonic walkman was my daily companion for several years. I gave up my paper-route on my 16th birthday and the walkman went into a closet at my parents house. I began looking for it around the year 2000 and have come to the conclusion that my parents donated it to charity sometime after I moved out. Since 2000 I have been searching ebay and many websites trying to find the correct walkman. Oddly enough, I have not be able to find any representation of my old walkman. I will try this last time to identify it so please see description below and please share any idea you may have on potential model number.

    The closest I can find is the RQ-j75 and the RQ-j52. My walkman seemed to be a hybrid of these 2 models.

    Panasonic (1981-1983ish)

    Color Light gray ( almost silverish) body and med gray buttons
    NO RECORD FEATURE/ NO RADIO/NO EXTERNAL SPEAKER
    NO BELT CLIP
    very light bluish shoulder strap mounted to the body
    NO LEATHER CASE
    headphones had very light blue foam pads
    Cassette window was slightly smoked"tinted" plastic that had to be hand opened.

    Thanks in advance
     
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    Thank you, I will certainly check it out. It may seem odd but I blame it on a mid life crisis thing.
     
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    UPDATE!

    I found it on the pocketcalculatorshow, its the RQ-j55. Perhaps I can find one now, thank you so much
     
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    Nice, the Pocket Calculator Show started this forum around 20 years ago!

    Good luck in your quest, I have several of those big clunky models that were built like a tank but no RQ-J55.
     

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