A Record Player In a CAR???

I cannot believe that these actually existed–or that I’d never heard of them!

Today’s car sound systems have nothing on this:

Yes–a turntable IN THE CAR!

Evidently, Chrysler tried to implement an in-car phonograph at two separate times: once in 1956 and then again in 1960. You get three guesses to figure out why this was not a huge success.

Imagine going on a road trip with your favorite tunes: “Let me just set this entire crate of 45s in the passenger seat. Oh, wait–you want to sit there? Okay…you’ll need to load the record player.” This really helps explain the popularity of the 8-track movement.

You can read the details about Chrysler’s attempts here.