Putting the sub into play

[carlgo]

Originally Posted by X5-limo

Talking about learning something new every day....I didn't know they made a built-in 45rpm record player for a car!! I would love to see one of those in action! I still remember my first RCA victor box (white and burgundy) that I got for X-mas when I was a kid.......I still have 2 stacks of 45's (mainly Motown hits) from the 60's - 70's. Those were the days!

This Ford also had a tinted plastic roof, the front third or so! When I posted the record player part I was thinking that car would be valuable today. More so now that I remember the plastic roof. Of course it had the mighty V8, not as fast as a modern 4-cylinder, but the glass packs sure made it sound cool. The interior was either an aftermart tuck and roll or a factory semi-tuck and roll, as was the fashion of the day. It was super-trendy car, in and out. I don't know what American car you could compare it to today. The function-over-form designs are better, of course, but the custom look is still interesting to me.

I still have a quality Denon record player stashed away, and a big box of records. I sometimes think about hooking it up, but then I remember the incredible hassle of records, the pops and scratches and all that. I don't buy into the "higher quality" sound that is creating a record come-back.

My mother had a box of old jazz and blues records. 78s, mono of course. They look like they were played on a $12 dollar player, but they need to go to someone who will digitalize them and clean up any defects. They could have some historical value and it would be neat to have them on disk or MP3 to enjoy.