My grandparents had one in their car. It played only 45s and was made by RCA Victor. I would seem to guess this would have been about 1961-62. Grandpa loved Jimmy Dean singing Big Bad John and he really messed up that record going over a rail crossing.
A friend of mine had one of those under his carseat and it worked fairly well as long as you drove on smooth pavement and back then, all the streets in my town were gravel. The only smooth road (kind of) was Highway 2 that ran through the top of the Country!
Alan is right on about the 16-2/3 RPM Chrysler unit (the Highway Hi-Fi) offered for 1956-59 @ $200, records available from Columbia Records; they later added a 45 RPM option. I had a brand-X portable that offered 16-2/3 in addition to the 33-1/3, 45 and 78 ... enjoy your faves at home or on the road.
I'm glad cassettes finally came along--I hated the 4 or 8 track format because if you wanted to hear your favorite song again, you had to wait for it to go all the way back around.
Posted by Alan at 6:29 pm (PST) on Mon February 13, 2012
Chrysler's record player, offered starting in 1956, didn't play 45's. It played special 16 rpm records. Where you could get such records, I have no idea! It did have the same skipping problems thoigh. In 1966, I put a four track tape player in my car. It sounded great, but it had no reverse or fast forward!
In 68 i couldn't decide whether to go with this player or a Borg-Warner 4 track. Went with the 4 Track.... Worked great in my 68 Plymouth Valiant, which i bought when it was one year old, for $1400
oh yea the ice cream mans truck with no top had one the truck was a 49 50 chevy with a dry ice freezer on back instead of a bed,popcicles were a nickel.He was creepy ha lol
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