RCA Highway Hi-Fi |
Courtesy Imperial Mailing List
| Après le Highway Hi-Fi Columbia des années
56/57 (pas d'information si l'option était disponible en 58/59) et ses disques 16 tr/mn,
Chrysler propose à partir de 1960 un nouveau tourne-disques pour les microsillons 45
tr/mn, bien plus disponibles sur le marché. Avec un changeur de disques intégré il
pouvait lire plus de deux heures de musique ! Une autre marque, Allstate, était disponible: c'était un clone du RCA. |
After the Columbia Highway Hi-Fi with 16 2/3
rpm discs that was available in 1956-’57 (we don’t know if the option was
offered in ’58-’59), Chrysler presented a new record player using RCA
Victor’s 45 rpm microgroove discs. Those records with their big holes were available
everywhere and did not need to be specially manufactured, like the 7-inch Columbia discs.
A stack of 45s would play more than 2 hours. Another brand, Allstate, was available - a clone of the RCA model. |
RCA Model AP-1 45-RPM Highway Hi-Fi (1960 through 1961)
Front view, with front door closed.
Underside of unit, with loading-door-flap open. Notice the center spindle, designed to hold 2-1/2 hours of 45-RPM records. The entire spindle and silvery, surrounding sub-chassis are entirely suspended from springs.
Underside view, from different angle. Notice the tone-arm is now visible, angled vertically. When the unit is installed, the tone-arm plays the underside of the lowest record on the stack, upside-down.
ARC Model 834 or 2500 45-RPM automotive record-players
These units were IDENTICAL to the RCA AP-1 shown above, in every possible way except for the outer case (rounded corners, and all chrome fronts, rather than chrome and black). All of the inner parts swapped straight across. I don't know the story on these units yet.