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Old 01-12-2016, 20:36
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Over the years of discussing radios in cars, we've very occasionally mentioned car radios that had a record deck attached.

At last I've found a picture of one :

http://doyoulikevintage.tumblr.com/p...evintage-1950s

It is fitted to a Ford Taunus 12M, a German Ford produced during the 1950s. The model name and number are on a logo mounted on what might be the loudspeaker above the radio.

There is of course a Wiki page for the car :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Taunus

If you have parental controls on your broadband, you might not be able to view the record deck as there probably is a lock on that server...
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Old 02-12-2016, 08:33
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That's awesome but probably a nightmare if your town has a lot of speed bumps.
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Old 02-12-2016, 09:37
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Weren't there some with a remote changer in the boot, rather like a miniaturised juke-box?



The Sphere - Saturday 24 September 1960
NEW LOOK BABES: Trying out the sturdy Volga; how Bluebird got its name; a record-player for your car
“... paid. Philips offer the Auto-Mignon car record-player. It converts a car radio into a radiogram controlled by two press-buttons. Reports from New York say Ford of Detroit are planning to build a small four seater car the Cardinal with front ... ”
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Old 02-12-2016, 11:59
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I used to use a battery operated portable player with a slot in the top for 45 rpm records until one summer's day the box of 45s was left in the car ----- and they all warped.
Still got the player somewhere in the attic --- if I recall it had 2 PP9 batteries inside.
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Old 02-12-2016, 12:25
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That's awesome but probably a nightmare if your town has a lot of speed bumps.
There were no speed bumps in the 50's.....or 60's or 70's as far as I can remember.
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Old 02-12-2016, 13:08
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Plenty of potholes in the road though I'd bet
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Old 02-12-2016, 13:12
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I used to use a battery operated portable player with a slot in the top for 45 rpm records until one summer's day the box of 45s was left in the car ----- and they all warped.
Still got the player somewhere in the attic --- if I recall it had 2 PP9 batteries inside.
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That would probably have been a Discatron.

More info can be found here: http://www.radiolondon.co.uk/rl/scra...atroninfo.html
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Old 02-12-2016, 13:33
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That would probably have been a Discatron.

More info can be found here: http://www.radiolondon.co.uk/rl/scra...atroninfo.html
Bang on !!!
Ah the memories !!
Thanks
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Old 02-12-2016, 13:48
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Isn't this where Motorola actually came from producing record players for cars

https://www.google.com/search?q=moto...w=1389&bih=826

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Old 02-12-2016, 16:42
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There were no speed bumps in the 50's.....or 60's or 70's as far as I can remember.
I used to visit a university friend in the early 1970s and there were speed bumps on the drive to his cottage.
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Old 02-12-2016, 16:53
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Phillips made one which I believe wore out records rapidly due to its very high playing weight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ou7QJxXLfs

If you stood in a cinema queue in London in the 60s two "dancing" beggars used to hustle you for money, one played the spoons, the other carried a Discatron and a begging bag. They were quite smelly and didn't move on to the next person until you gave them something.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHE9DC49_Ro
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Old 02-12-2016, 22:24
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I used to visit a university friend in the early 1970s and there were speed bumps on the drive to his cottage.
I stand corrected!
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Old 03-12-2016, 02:02
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My Dad's car in the 1970's had a record player that hung under the dash. Think it was a Vauxhall Viscount.
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Old 08-12-2016, 08:07
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In the 1960's Philips used to make an add-on unit to plug into the aerial socket of a car radio. It bolted under the dashboard, and had a slot to insert 7 inch 45 rpm singles
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Old 08-12-2016, 14:39
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John Lennon had one (I assume he never used it in Blackburn)
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Old 09-12-2016, 09:14
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John Lennon had one (I assume he never used it in Blackburn)

Don't be so sure. After all, they counted all those holes, and that was probably with a view to filling them. As a complete by product they now know how many holes it takes to fill a popular London concert venue.
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Old 12-12-2016, 19:30
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Even Wallis and Gromit had one ---- that would not survive Blackburn !!
Look from 28 minutes ---
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1s...ath_shortfilms

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Old 12-12-2016, 20:15
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I had a Sony car MD deck that could record, with a short buffer. Quite expensive at the time, but excellent. Really nicely designed. I've still got some MDs with bits and pieces recorded driving round the UK and France. I should digitise them, really, while they still play.

I'll try and dig out the deck, as it's probably in the garage.
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Old 12-12-2016, 21:18
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There was also the Highway Hi-Fi, a custom record player fitted to some Chrysler cars between 1956 and 1959.

It used specially pressed records - 7" in diameter, with a very narrow groove pitch and a playing speed of 16 2/3 RPM.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_Hi-Fi
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