Fun and appropriate use, and a gorgeous Essex, judging by the photo you linked to earlier. Andy On Jun 25, 2007, at 8:41 PM, AGW1886 at aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 6/25/2007 11:25:01 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > andy at popyrus.com writes: > >> Wonderful to think of this as your daily driver. >> >> Automotive CD player technology has improved over the years. The >> older ones did have a tendency to skip more than what came later. >> You might want to try again if it's been a long time since the first >> attempt. If the road is rough enough, the new ones can skip as well. >> >> Andy >> > > My cassette player in my 1927 Essex never skips. It will modulate > just a bit > on real rough roads. I also have external speaker under the car and > a switch > to change the sound from inside to outside. This is great for > parades! I > play roaring twenties big band sounds mostly but always play Sousa > recordings for military events/parades. > When I drive through the small towns I attract attention by turning > up the > outside speakers with 1920s tunes and all the children run out > looking for the > ice cream man..... Get's a lot of grins from the grownups. > > Sincerely. > Rick A. Jorgensen > > AMERICAN GRAMOPHONE & WIRELESS Co. > http://members.aol.com/AGW1886/index.html > GOLDEN ERA AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION > http://members.aol.com/AGW1888/geaahome.htm > > > > ************************************** > See what's free at http://www.aol.com. > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org