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...

That's awesome but probably a nightmare if your town has a lot of speed bumps.

Weren't there some with a remote changer in the boot, rather like a miniaturised juke-box?

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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There were no speed bumps in the 50's.....or 60's or 70's as far as I can remember.

Plenty of potholes in the road though I'd bet

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 !!
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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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I used to visit a university friend in the early 1970s and there were speed bumps on the drive to his cottage.

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

I stand corrected!

My Dad's car in the 1970's had a record player that hung under the dash. Think it was a Vauxhall Viscount.

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

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.

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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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.

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