by Joe Wallace
While looking for vinyl oddities today, I stumbled across a collection of photos of record players designed to be installed in a car or truck. Designed for the lover of 7-inch singles, it would be truly awesome to see these come back in a major way. Of course that would necessitate a big industry for the the seven inch single coming back, too…but is that really a bad thing?
Check out the delicious retro loveliness of these players! Some of the images are courtesy of Dark Roasted Blend, while others are from eBay, BoingBoing and other sources. The video, which is first, shows the in-car vinyl player in action…sweet.
Recently I decided to look into putting one of these in my car. I then remembered all the vinyl that was ruined due to excess heat durng the summer of 82. If any of you are lucky enough to find a working retro player DON’T leave anything valuable in car it might not get stolen but it will warp.