A Record Player in a Car?
By Bruce Shawkey Check out this page from a 1956 owners' manual from Dodge. It's for a record player, which I'm guessing was an optional feature you could order. I can't imagine it would play very well when the car was in motion. Maybe it was meant to be played when the car was standing still, like when you and your gal (girlfriend or wife) were parked on a romantic overlook. Here is the car it goes to: Check out those tail fins. The booklet doesn't say which model it is for, but I'm guessing it was for the Dodge Coronet, introduced in 1949 as a full-size car. Models from 1956 retailed for approximately $2,800 equivalent to about $34,000 in 2026 dollars.
