Well, I sometimes bring a Victor 2-55 portable with me in my '29 Chevy coupe, but when I was courting my wife a mere 18 years ago, the phonograph I brought along in the car then was a ca. 1927 Silvertone portable with a remarkably good tone quality. When driving this car, I play various period music on a concealed cassette player (eventually to be updated to CD, I suppose), with 12 volts supplied by a power inverter. Similar setup in the '50 Pontiac convertible. In the '29, it's usually early Duke Ellington or Vaughan DeLeath and some mixed tapes to further the illusion while driving. The '29 is basically unrestored original, dark green with black fenders, brown corduroy interior, with about 36,000 original miles (yes, I drive it but just now and then, and enjoy every mile). In the '50 it's typically Nat King Cole, Ink Spots or Les Paul & Mary Ford. The Pontiac is "Rio red" with beige canvas power top; all restored from an extremely weathered but solid New Mexico foundation. People thought I was crazy to try to restore that car given the sad shape it was in, but just as I'm sure some of us do with phonographs, I could see the beauty inherent in the design and couldn't resist the opportunity to bring it out. Photos of either can be emailed to anyone who might wish to see them. I'd love to find one of those underdash 45 players. I've only had one in my restoration shop over the years. No doubt they're tough on records, but WHAT a novelty! Andy Baron On Jun 24, 2007, at 12:08 PM, Dennis Back wrote: > Ok...since we now are replying ON list, > > 1931 Ford Model A Sport Coupe > 1963 Ford Falcon convertible > > Come to think of it..... when I take my Sport Coupe > out, I have a Mikkiphone pocket phonograph hanging > from the dash, with 78's of "Henry's Made a Lady out > of Lizzie" and "Since Henry Ford Apologized to Me" > stored on the package tray for playing. > > I must say, the Mikkiphone sometimes gets MORE > attention than the '31 Sport Coupe. > > And.... in my Falcon, I have a 45 rpm record changer > that stacks a dozen 45's and plays them UPSIDE DOWN. > > Dennis > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > ______________ > Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from > someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. > http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545433 > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org