Hot Rods Anyone ever seen one of these!

I know it's not that exciting but this "Chevy lubrication" counter caught my eye so I brought it home for my ole 5o Chevy. Thing is I can find anything about them on line. Nothing. Kinda strange in this day and age. I just wonder what year era are they from. Anybody ever seen one

 

I want one of those! Not only is it cool, it would be handy.

 

Yeah. I'm guessing it was for fleet service or something. I dig it too. Kinda funny being a Chevy product. It's stamped ax delco.

 

They pop up from time to time on Ebay- neat little accessory for cars or trucks

 

thats kind of neat , better than the sunshade mirror you write the figures on

 

thats pretty cool where did ya get it?

 

Oddly enough Leadville Colorado. An old "mercantile" full of antiques

 

I believe you. I have found a few "car parts" at antique stores in my area. I once found a "V" metal license tag in good condition for 5 dollars. I once also found a car record player, all chrome and in excellent condition for 75 dollars. That's why I like those antique stores. You never know what you will find.

 

Car record player. Wow. Didn't know such a thing existed. My daughter and I collect old vinyl so that's on the "want list".

 

Record players were an option on mid fifties cars. They didn't work well while driving because the arm would bounce but parked on Lovers Lane was another story....

 

Until your battery discharged and the car won't start.

 

I have seen one,,in fact my Granddad had one in a box of parts in his barn,,that was many moons ago. HRP

 

The record players ( I think) I remember only played 45s.
What I DO remember is a reverb in buddies gen 1 fastback barracuda that used a spring or something inside. Hit a bump (or gently kick the unit to annoy my bud) and the spring would twang and the vast tapered interior of the "cuda" would do some interesting things. Practically psychedelic.

 

In the mid 50s Chrysler offered a Highway Hi-Fi system that used 16 2/3 RPM records.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_Hi-Fi

Yeah... It wasn't exactly a resounding success either.

 

I had one in my'60 Chevy that played 45's. I think it was an "Arco" or something like that. My buddy had one in his Caddy that played LP's.

 

i hope you stopped in at the silver dollar where you could admire it and have a cold one

 

A friend of mine picked up one of those many years ago at the Pate Swap Meet. I wonder what happened to it.
I believe it is a 1930s-40s accessory piece sold at Chevy dealer service counters.

 

There can't have been many records made at 16 2/3 RPM. I've been around since the juke boxes used 78 RPM records and I've never heard of 16 2/3.

 

thanks for al the replies! Looks like a 30-40s piece. I gotta see one of the record players.