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This seems to be a group of tech savvy readers, so maybe someone can answer
a question I have. A co-worker of mine swears that his father owned a 1967
Plymouth Roadrunner (I believe the year is right) that contained a built in
record player. It apparently would play 45 RPM discs, and came factory
installed. I am 50 years old, and have never heard of such a thing. I tried
a Google search, but came up empty handed. Has anyone ever heard of such a
device, or is he putting me on?

Steve

Steve,
You are probably about 10 years off. Maybe it was 1957. I remember them.
The biggest issue was needle skipping in the tracks. Try this site
http://ookworld.com/hiwayhifi.html
Jim...

"Steve Hawkins" wrote in message
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This seems to be a group of tech savvy readers, so maybe someone can
answer a question I have. A co-worker of mine swears that his father owned
a 1967 Plymouth Roadrunner (I believe the year is right) that contained a
built in record player. It apparently would play 45 RPM discs, and came
factory installed. I am 50 years old, and have never heard of such a
thing. I tried a Google search, but came up empty handed. Has anyone ever
heard of such a device, or is he putting me on?

Steve

Steve Hawkins wrote:

This seems to be a group of tech savvy readers, so maybe someone can answer
a question I have. A co-worker of mine swears that his father owned a 1967
Plymouth Roadrunner (I believe the year is right) that contained a built in
record player. It apparently would play 45 RPM discs, and came factory
installed. I am 50 years old, and have never heard of such a thing. I tried
a Google search, but came up empty handed. Has anyone ever heard of such a
device, or is he putting me on?

Steve

As with every oddball item, there's always some on eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/PHILIPS-CAR-RECO...QQcmdZViewItem

"Bob (but not THAT Bob)" wrote in message
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Steve Hawkins wrote:

This seems to be a group of tech savvy readers, so maybe someone can
answer
a question I have. A co-worker of mine swears that his father owned a
1967
Plymouth Roadrunner (I believe the year is right) that contained a built
in
record player. It apparently would play 45 RPM discs, and came factory
installed. I am 50 years old, and have never heard of such a thing. I
tried
a Google search, but came up empty handed. Has anyone ever heard of such
a
device, or is he putting me on?

Steve

As with every oddball item, there's always some on eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/PHILIPS-CAR-RECO...QQcmdZViewItem


I was 16 in 1967 and could recite the specifications and options for all the
muscle cars on the market, The record player was not one of them. Back in
those days the big item was the 8 track tape player but the cassette player
was beginning to make its mark.

I do remember them as a aftermarket item. Not real popular. The late 40's
and 50's sounds right.

I also found them on ebay. How about that..... Museum piece.

"Bob (but not THAT Bob)" wrote in message
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Steve Hawkins wrote:

This seems to be a group of tech savvy readers, so maybe someone can
answer
a question I have. A co-worker of mine swears that his father owned a
1967
Plymouth Roadrunner (I believe the year is right) that contained a built
in
record player. It apparently would play 45 RPM discs, and came factory
installed. I am 50 years old, and have never heard of such a thing. I
tried
a Google search, but came up empty handed. Has anyone ever heard of such
a
device, or is he putting me on?

Steve

As with every oddball item, there's always some on eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/PHILIPS-CAR-RECO...QQcmdZViewItem

Wow! I had no idea this device existed. According to eBay, these were sold
aftermarket, so my friend's father could have had one in a 1967 Roadrunner.
I just can't imagine a 425 HP streetrod being a very stable platform for a
record player.

Steve

"Steve Hawkins" wrote in message
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"Bob (but not THAT Bob)" wrote in message
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Steve Hawkins wrote:

This seems to be a group of tech savvy readers, so maybe someone can
answer
a question I have. A co-worker of mine swears that his father owned a
1967
Plymouth Roadrunner (I believe the year is right) that contained a
built
in
record player. It apparently would play 45 RPM discs, and came factory
installed. I am 50 years old, and have never heard of such a thing. I
tried
a Google search, but came up empty handed. Has anyone ever heard of
such
a
device, or is he putting me on?

Steve

As with every oddball item, there's always some on eBay:


http://cgi.ebay.com/PHILIPS-CAR-RECO...QQcmdZViewItem

Wow! I had no idea this device existed. According to eBay, these were sold
aftermarket, so my friend's father could have had one in a 1967
Roadrunner.
I just can't imagine a 425 HP streetrod being a very stable platform for a
record player.

Steve

Street rod? Put a vinyl record into any car when its 90 degrees. No motion
needed.

"Steve Hawkins" wrote in message
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Wow! I had no idea this device existed. According to eBay, these were sold
aftermarket, so my friend's father could have had one in a 1967
Roadrunner. I just can't imagine a 425 HP streetrod being a very stable
platform for a record player.

Steve

In this day and age just being in the front seat can be scary.
Does panties in the backseat, a blanket or two and fogged up windows ring a
bell?
How about a squad car and tapping on the glass?
Well, if you don't that's OK. Very few "hits" in those days lasted much
longer than 2 minutes

On Mon, 25 Dec 2006 00:20:30 -0500, "Steve Hawkins"
wrote:

A co-worker of mine swears that his father owned a 1967
Plymouth Roadrunner (I believe the year is right) that contained a built in
record player. It apparently would play 45 RPM discs, and came factory
installed.

The option was dropped in 1960 and the records were 16 2/3 rpm that
were specially made for the auto hi-fi unit.


"Between 1956 and 1960, Chrysler offered an underdash phonograph for
their high-end cars (the Plymouth Fury, the Chrysler New Yorker, the
Dodge Royal Lancer, among others). The Highway Hi-Fi promised 45
minutes of music and entertainment on specially constructed 16-rpm
discs, all provided from Columbia Records' vast library of classical
pieces, children's records and some radio plays. The phonograph stylus
and tonearm were actually inside an outer tonearm shell, so sharp
bumps and jolts kept the needle in its specific groove.

You could put a record on the turntable, start your car and drive
about 30 miles while your Highway Hi-Fi played the songs YOU wanted to
hear. Unfortunately, if you wanted to listen to another record, you
had to stop the car, slide the record off the turntable, flip it over
(or get your second disc), start the turntable, put the stylus back on
the record, and start the car."

http://ookworld.com/hiwayhifi.html

On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 04:13:11 -0500, "mark_digital©"
wrote:


"Steve Hawkins" wrote in message
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Wow! I had no idea this device existed. According to eBay, these were sold
aftermarket, so my friend's father could have had one in a 1967

A friend had a 45 *changer* mounted in his 58 Impala. So there were 45
changes made for the market.

Roadrunner. I just can't imagine a 425 HP streetrod being a very stable
platform for a record player.

They weren't. :-)) It didn't matter what kind of car, none of them
were stable enough for a record player.

Steve

In this day and age just being in the front seat can be scary.
Does panties in the backseat,
In the back seat,? How about hanging on the rear mounted antenna like
a flag?

a blanket or two and fogged up windows ring a
bell?
How about a squad car and tapping on the glass?
Well, if you don't that's OK. Very few "hits" in those days lasted much
longer than 2 minutes

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com