Years before built-in infotainment systems, there was the simple car radio.
As primitive technology marched on, someone figured out a way to play records in a moving automobile. That brought a whole new meaning to “skipping a beat.” Soon 8-tracks were appearing under dashboards. This was the era of my brothers’ music — one had a ‘63 Corvair convertible and another had a ‘71 Maverick Grabber — while my dad opted for an FM converter that pulled in stereo band radio stations when hooked up to his stock AM radio and dual speakers.
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