Just because you're driving in your car, it doesn't mean that you can't take your hi-fi music with you. Here's a Chrysler innovation: a phonograph for your car.
In 1956 they teamed with CBS to create the “Highway Hi-Fi” – an under-dash phonograph that played vinyl records at a super-slow 16-2/3 revolutions per minute. The slow speed allowed a small disc to pack up to an hour of entertainment on each side. Special mechanical engineering reduced the number of times and distance the needle would skip across the disc as the car drove over bumps in the road.
With innovations like these, we simply can't believe the how the company got into the economic trouble they're in right now!
Link - via Sunshine Supercars, Thanks Jo. A. Borras!
Previously on Neatorama: 10 Things You Didn't Know about General Motors
Ok, it is a piss-take but I couldn't help meself.
Oh, and everyone wore "driving gloves" if they were in a car ad in those days.
before 8 tracks came out. it hung upside down under the dash and the record had to be held in place with a special mechanism. He had two stolen before he gave up on it.
Alex just made my vacation!
That's pretty much like the first car CD players though.
My sister had an old portable record player (Philips) that had a 16rpm setting - and 78rpm too.
Women actually used to wear gloves. You know, before women started dressing like men.
They didnt have photo shop in '56. They didnt even hace tape decks, lol.
Come on get a clue, its an ad not a documentary. Who cares if they fudged the photo?
Peace ----------------------------------- Mike.