zumbini 6,140 Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Anybody remember these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blues Pwr 765 Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 So much for No Driving And Texting, Imagine tryng to flip or change albums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balok 1,428 Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 It would be a pain to have to change the 45 every 2 to 2.5 minutes. You would need one of these to keep everything organized. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blues Pwr 765 Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 I'm thinking an Imperial with all those star shaped emblems, maybe..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rasta_audio Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 It's 102 degrees outside here today. Wonder what the records would like after baking for the afternoon in the heat? Maybe you need to leave the car running when parked with the air conditioner on to keep them cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blues Pwr 765 Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Found it. The picture is from an article in the Popular Science Magazine Nov. 1955 No model is given (for the car) only that system was called "Hiway Hi-Fi" One Hand, No-look Operation and would be available as an option on all 1956 model Chrysler's. The price was said to be about same as for a car radio. These were designed by Columbia Broadcast System (CBS) and Chrysler engineers. One caveat is those aren't regular 45's as they look in the picture, they are 7" and were touted to play for a full 1 hour per side at the unconventional speed of 16 2/3 RPM The records had extra fine grooves, said to be 1/3 rd the thickness of a human hair. The needle was a skinny .0003 inch across and a regular LP player uses one three times its size. To read the full article just Google: Popular Science Mag. Nov 1955 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zumbini 6,140 Posted July 6, 2012 Author Share Posted July 6, 2012 Good sleuthing Geoff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balok 1,428 Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 I was out camping this weekend. On Saturday morning I was heading to the latrine and spotted a car coming down the road. I am not an expert but knew it was a 1950s car because it had big fins. He pulls up beside me and shouts "If a guy gets drunk out here will they kick him out?" I walked up to the car and said "I hope so" (I likes my peace and quiet while camping). The driver was about 70 years old and told me the car was appraised at $150,000. "They don't make these anymore", he says which puzzled me because I was sure that I had seen a commercial for a 2012 Desoto on TV the other day. Anyway the car was a 1957 Desoto Firedome sportsman. I leaned in to look inside and he says "It even had a record player!" Sure enough there was an RCA Victor record player inside! I said "Sure, it plays those special 45s that can play for 45 minutes. Yup. The stuff you learn on Carver site, priceless. True story. I took a quick pic of the car with my phone as he drove away. It will likely be several years before i figure out how to transfer it to my computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zumbini 6,140 Posted July 9, 2012 Author Share Posted July 9, 2012 That's a very cool story Balok. I'd really like to see those photos. There are several ways to download photos off your cell phone. 1. If your phone has a memory card copy the photo(s) to it. Then pull the card out and insert it into your PC's multi-card reader. 2. If you have a USB communication cable for your phone plug it into your PC. With newer phones it should show up as a "new device" and read like an outboard drive. If not you'll need a 3rd party program like BitPim to facilitate the phone to computer interface. 3. Email the photo(s) to your email client as an attachment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtexasdog 2,370 Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 I can remember those things were real boats-no rough ride to jiggle the needle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reese 52 Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 I can remember those things were real boats-no rough ride to jiggle the needle. I think Chrysler Corp put torsion bar suspension on their cars in the mid 50's til late 50's -- no spring, but pretty impressively level and smooth. (So did Packard! Huge convertible boat I remember in 1955-56.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPA-1 Man 606 Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Very cool stuff. Someone was a genius to think up a way to play records in a moving vehicle. Especially with such a small needle. Wonder what the skip factor was though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balok 1,428 Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 As I said, he was pulling away when I thought to grab my phone so this is all I got. A smarter person would have taken a pic of the RCA victor record player! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slbenz 110 Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Give me an iPod or MP3 player instead. But I wouldn't mind the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blues Pwr 765 Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 As I said, he was pulling away when I thought to grab my phone so this is all I got. A smarter person would have taken a pic of the RCA victor record player! My uncle had one of those when I was growing up. His was black and silver with blood red interior with I think the 392 hemi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmike46 396 Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 I think Chrysler Corp put torsion bar suspension on their cars in the mid 50's til late 50's -- no spring, but pretty impressively level and smooth. (So did Packard! Huge convertible boat I remember in 1955-56.) According to this http://www.allpar.com/mopar/torsionaire.html Chrysler used torsion bar suspension from 1957 to 1992. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staticvar 56 Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 It's 102 degrees outside here today. Wonder what the records would like after baking for the afternoon in the heat? Maybe you need to leave the car running when parked with the air conditioner on to keep them cool I have a ORB record flattener...If any of you guy's have a problem...get a hold of me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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