old cars with record players in them

[TheSweetRossLg]

my fother has a 57 plymouth furry its in NY we just found out about it well i just did dint know he had it till he asked me if i would go up to Ny next week and drive it back down he sayd it has a record player in it i have never heard this befor
dose anyone remmber this somthing called Highway hifi record players

how did they play i would think it wouldnt be good to have them in there becouse it would skip when driving

[Sysanalyst]

I think they were meant to be played while the vehicle was stopped... you know, like "back seat action time".

[worldkeepsakes]

Well, that's a new one for me.

[nailfoot]

I have heard of a record player in a car. It actualy worked "upside down" and hung from under the glove compartment. Dang, I can't remember the car though.

Rocky Covington of Amway (Quickstar) fame had one at the same time he lived in a house with mushrooms growing up from the carpet.

[TheSweetRossLg]

just asked my dad he sayd that the needles where under the records the record would sit ontop of the needle to push up

[dinaros]

My dad had a new Chrysler 300 around 1960,had a record player under the center of the dash,was mounted on a spring base and played 45 RPM records.Worked fairly well unless you hit a pretty good size bump.Now that car had some power.Had transmission control buttons on the steering wheel.

[Hizhonor]

My dad had a new Chrysler 300 around 1960,had a record player under the center of the dash,was mounted on a spring base and played 45 RPM records.Worked fairly well unless you hit a pretty good size bump.Now that car had some power.Had transmission control buttons on the steering wheel.

The Imperials had them too. The push button transmission was the original "Tourque Flite" Transmission. :cool:

[pro-five-oh]

Watch the first 5-10 minutes of the movie Quiz Show. They show the main character buying a 1957-ish Chrysler with the record player. Total 1950s decadence. :)

[megaforcer]

http://www.consumerreports.org/content/Home/Gallery/Photos/196103.jpg

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[Hizhonor]

Nice find, Al!!!!! :)

Lawrence Welk ... anna one anna two anna now Bobby and Sissy will dance for you with Myron Florin accompanying them on the Accordion! :) Showin' my age, huh? hehehehe :eek: :cool:

[boss82gt]

:D the 45 is the original compact disk.:cool:

[TheSweetRossLg]

i wonder if i could find a 45 player still in good shap that i could instal in my car its not a clasic just put it in the lincoln or the jimmy would be cool

[boss82gt]

I've gone to many car shows and never have noticed one ever installed or for sale. This I take it was a Chrystler thing only? I tend to look mainly at FLM and skip everything else. I guess I'll have to broaden my viewing at the shows...

[skarhed]

I can remember them as dealer installed options then. Even recall J.C Whitney had them as well. Yeah, worked a lot better parked. But then 4 track cassettes came along...:D

[MichiganTeddyBear]

http://www.roadkillontheweb.com/arp.html

some info on the auto record players.

seems although they were 45 rpm in size, they only played at 16 2/3 rpm so they could get about 60 mins per side of music.