My 1960 Plymouth's 45 rpm RCA Record Player

[bencar]

My 1960 Plymouth's 45 rpm RCA Record Player


If this works as planned, there should be an attached along with this post, of an image of the 45 RPM Record Player I have in my 1960 Plymouth Savoy. The Record Player was a Factory Authorized option for my Plymouth in 1960



(Edit - Thanks Ben! -Mike)

[bencar]

Re: My 1960 Plymouth's 45 rpm RCA Record Player

Originally posted by bencar
If this works as planned, there should be an attached photo with this post, of the 45 RPM Record Player I have in my 1960 Plymouth Savoy. The Record Player was a Factory Authorized option for my Plymouth in 1960

[black240sx]

All the young people here are thinking "WTF is a 45 RPM record?"

[Rob66]

Fantastic

[genes]

By first glance I thought it was an air conditioning unit.

I don't remember them looking this fancy.

They used to come in a box that would sit on the transmission hump. Then it became a 4 track player. Then an 8 track and then it went big time with cassettes.

I just saw a touch screen in-dash unit yesterday that played DVD's, radio, satellite, etc. I just audio equipment.

78 records were the big bands. 45's were rock n' roll. 33 1/3 was farout man. lol

[DFTowel]

Very cool but now pf course this begs the question... Does it work and how well?

[corvetmike]

Wow, that really brings back some good old memories. I put one of those in my 1956 Buick Special back in 1966 when I was in high school.

[bencar]

Originally posted by genes
By first glance I thought it was an air conditioning unit.

I don't remember them looking this fancy.

They used to come in a box that would sit on the transmission hump. Then it became a 4 track player. Then an 8 track and then it went big time with cassettes.

I just saw a touch screen in-dash unit yesterday that played DVD's, radio, satellite, etc. I just audio equipment.

78 records were the big bands. 45's were rock n' roll. 33 1/3 was farout man. lol

The aftermarket units sat on the Transmission Hump. The Chrysler factory units mounted under the Dashboard, and had to be mated with the 'Hi-Way' 'Hi-Fi' Radio that acted as the 'Pre-Amp' for the 'Record Player.' Also, you won't find a schematic, or ANY reference to the aftermarket unit in the 'Factory shop Manual', but you will find the 'Factory Unit' detailed in the Manual

[bencar]

Originally posted by DFTowel
Very cool but now pf course this begs the question... Does it work and how well?

Yes, it works, and unless you drive over a roller coaster of a road, the unit's built in dampening keeps the needle from skipping.

[bencar]

Originally posted by black240sx
All the young people here are thinking "WTF is a 45 RPM record?"

You mean like when I showed the car to my Son's 2nd grade class some years ago, and when asked what they thought the Record was, one intrepid young man answered, a 'CD.'

[NYCTS]

Originally posted by black240sx
All the young people here are thinking "WTF is a 45 RPM record?"

My dad taught me what a 45" was, though....I have NEVER seen one...

[Mike Phillips]

Thank Ben for sharing this with the forum, I think it pretty cool myself.



Mike

[Lt1Corvette]

Originally posted by black240sx
All the young people here are thinking "WTF is a 45 RPM record?"

Very cool. Have an idea what it is, just don't know where it is in the picture.

[DFTowel]

Originally posted by NYCTS
My dad taught me what a 45" was, though....I have NEVER seen one...

45 inch?

[bencar]

Originally posted by DFTowel
45 inch?

A 45 is a 'Single Play' Record, with each side containing one song. The Record was played at 45 RPM, hence it's name, a 45. Now I'm feeling mighty old here, since I not only know what a 45 is, but I own quite a few of them that I bought brand new