Chris A Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/03/highway-hi-fi-car-vinyl-player/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 I have an Allstate in storage I had mounted in our 61 Chevy back in the day. Also had a "Cathedral sound" spring reverb in the rear. Played beautifully and rarely skipped except on very rough roads. Dave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juniper Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 That's just awesome, never knew something like that existed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivervalleymgb Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 IIRC, this was also a factory or dealer option on Chrysler cars at some point in the 60's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Yep, many seen here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Friend of mine had a model that played regular 45s in his car in the mid '60s. We graduated HS in '67. Rarely skipped, the tonearm was underneath the record, so big bumps made a fall away from the record. I worked with a tv engineer who had a teac RTR sitting in the middle of his back seat. He made up some rather nice 3 3/4 tapes, giving long play times. Bruce 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizRotus Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 (edited) The spring loading on the tonearms of the 45 players made it so after a few plays, you were able to play both sides of the record at the same time. The little piles of vinyl shavings on the carpet were annoying.I too graduated HS in 67. The rich boyfriend of the sister of one of my friends had the first 64 GTO in town. He was kind (foolish) enough to let my friend use it. We rode around in that Tri-Power 4-speed black beauty playing Little GTO, by Ronny and the Daytonas, on the 45 player over and over so it would be obvious it wasn't the radio. Edited April 14, 2016 by DizRotus 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJkizak Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 As I recall it went over like a lead balloon. JJK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 The spring loading on the tonearms of the 45 players made it so after a few plays, you were able to play both sides of the record at the same time. The little piles of vinyl shavings on the carpet were annoying. Wore them, yes. Nowhere near that severely, thought. I am going to guess around 6 grams. I used mine all the time. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Betting this is the same OEM as my Allstate. Hasn't been asked or mentioned, but these connected to your radio by a piggyback plug. Changer had a circuit to convert the line level audio to AM signal. Unplug the standardized antenna plug, plug in the changer, then plug the whole thing back in. Easy install. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizRotus Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 (edited) Wore them, yes. Nowhere near that severely, though Dave- Of course you knew the " . . . piles of vinyl shavings . . . " was hyperbole. I couldn't find the tongue in cheek emoji. Edited April 15, 2016 by DizRotus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Oh. Never mind... Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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