Early sound systems in vehicles

[Lessmore]

I remember riding in a '60's Mopar, that had a little record player that ran 45 rpm records. It was under the Mopar dash. I remember being surprised that the record didn't skip when the car hit bumps. This was a Chrysler Co. option, before the advent of car tape machines...like 8 tracks and cassette players.

Any other memories of early sound systems in vehicles ?

[rhagfo]

LOL :B
Thought when looking at our 2001 Ram in 2011 that it had a cassette tape player (Alpine), until it was pointed out that there was a 10 CD shuffle under the drivers seat. :B

[Perrysburg_Dodg]

Yep I had a 8 track in my 69 Torino GT. Always had to fold up a small piece of paper and jam it along the right side of the tapes to keep them playing.

Don

[starlord]

I never owned one but you could buy a Caddy with a record player too.

[MFL]

kellertx5er wrote:
8-track: Absolutely the worst idea ever for a recording medium. But, like most others in the 70s I had one in my car; even bought a recorder. Thank heaven for cassette tapes!

There was a short time that a 4-track was available. A friend had one in his cool 53 Chev. The 8-track was a definite step up from that! Oh ya, the cassette was the real deal, look at how many years it stayed in demand!!

Jerry

[kellertx5er]

8-track: Absolutely the worst idea ever for a recording medium. But, like most others in the 70s I had one in my car; even bought a recorder. Thank heaven for cassette tapes!

[Calicajun]

Started with AM radio with a reverberator and three speakers, one up front and two in the rear. Then 8 track, to cassettes to FM radio with a cassette player. Made a lot of money while in school installing radios and tape decks in cars.

[jerem0621]

Probably aging myself...but...My dad bought an Oldmobile in the mid 80's that came with a Cassette player. Included in the car was a tape called 'Oldsmobile' and had songs from Willie Nelson and Michael Jackson and several others.... We wore that tape out traveling. Lol

My uncle had an 8 track player installed in his 80's car since he had buckets and buckets of them...thought that was strange. Lol

Thanks!

[gbopp]

AM radio that sort of picked up a couple channels. Mostly at night.

[DavidP]

Associated with factory radios I remember growing up in the 70's with the integrated radio/CB/mic that cam with many cars as an option. Lots of fun playing with them as a kid. My brother had a CB in his room with a roof antenna and we (brothers) would talk with my dad when he was in his car. He would radio us if he was in range.

[MFL]

That's just too fancy! I was happy to have a reverberator(sp) hooked to the radio, playing on a rear deck speaker. 🙂

Jerry