[78-L] Car Record Players -Really!

[Taylor Bowie]

Yup...that's the machine which I saw in the guy's car in Greece in 1961! 
Thanks for the link,  Margaret.

I was thinking about when your own machine started to haywire with the speed 
regulation...hope you didn't try to play any records by The Chipmunks.

Taylor


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Margaret Still" <mgstill at bellsouth.net>
To: <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2009 12:29 PM
Subject: [78-L] Car Record Players -Really!


> Hi Taylor -
>
> We had one in our car around 1965, a sample model from Philips.
>
> Here's a picture of a circa 1960 model from Philips:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/4kleuren/104338856/
>
>
> The center part where the 45 was slipped in was springy, giving the player
> its own suspension system. Mine didn't skip much, but after awhile 
> something
> happened to its speed regulation, and record speed depended on the car's
> motor speed.
>
> Best,
> Margaret G. Still
> =====================
>
>
> Let's hope this is all washed out with the Tide.
>
> Now...I have a memory of a car record player which played 45s.   When my
> family visited Greece in 1961,  the fellow we used as a driver had a 
> little
> machine in the dash which did play 45s.  He didn't have very many,  and he
> played and sang along to his fave over and over...it was the  Elvis 
> version
> of  "It's Now Or Never."
>
> Was this a one-of-a-kind thing or maybe of European manufacture?  I know 
> it
> played 45s because I saw and handled the records he had and even at age 8 
> I
> was already sort of a record collector (three years to go before I started
> 78s).
>
> I forget what kind of a car it was...it might have been a '55 or '56 
> Chevy.
> The record player played the things without any problems or skips....and 
> the
> roads there were not all smooth.
>
> Taylor
>
>
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