Emerson 1270 Portable

[Phil Nelson]

Nice job! The kitchen is the right room for this type of TV. I sometimes regret selling my little old 1232.

Speaking of 1232s, someone in ARF posted this photo of one installed in a 1959 Cadillac:



TV doesn't work well in a moving car, but you have to love the gadget-crazed nerds who thought of this.

Regards,

Phil Nelson
Phil's Old Radios
http://antiqueradio.org/index.html

[wa2ise]

Originally Posted by Phil Nelson

TV doesn't work well in a moving car, but you have to love the gadget-crazed nerds who thought of this.

I remember finding a NJ DMV driver's manual from the early 50's in my parent's house, and one thing they banned even back then was a TV set visible to the driver... "More accidents per mile!"...

[IsthmusTV]

Thanks, guys. Phil, I did see the postings in ARF about the Emerson 1232 in the Cadillac. It reminded me of the photo of Lawrence Welk with a 45 RPM record player mounted in the dash of his convertible that appeared on the cover of an issue of Radio and TV News from the 50's. Also not something that's going to work well while driving

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by IsthmusTV

Thanks, guys. Phil, I did see the postings in ARF about the Emerson 1232 in the Cadillac. It reminded me of the photo of Lawrence Welk with a 45 RPM record player mounted in the dash of his convertible that appeared on the cover of an issue of Radio and TV News from the 50's. Also not something that's going to work well while driving

Are you sure, it wasn't the Chrysler, Hi-way HI-FI. The records looked like 45's but were 16 2/3 RPM.
Dodge was his sponsor, for quite a while.

[IsthmusTV]

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

Are you sure, it wasn't the Chrysler, Hi-way HI-FI. The records looked like 45's but were 16 2/3 RPM.
Dodge was his sponsor, for quite a while.

You are probably right, I was relying on my foggy memory. I have that issue around here someplace. If I find it I'll post a scan of it.

The AM radio performance is pretty typical of an AA 5. But instead of a loop antenna, it couples to one side of the VHF antenna terminals through a 470 pF cap. It works fine for picking up all the local stations.

[jr_tech]

Originally Posted by IsthmusTV

Thanks, guys. Phil, I did see the postings in ARF about the Emerson 1232 in the Cadillac. It reminded me of the photo of Lawrence Welk with a 45 RPM record player mounted in the dash of his convertible that appeared on the cover of an issue of Radio and TV News from the 50's. Also not something that's going to work well while driving

Here is an article on the Chrysler "Highway Hi Fi", the picture of Welk shown at the bottom of the page is the only one I remember seeing.

http://www.imperialclub.com/Repair/A...Way/invent.htm

jr

[IsthmusTV]

Thanks, jr. That's the photo I was remembering. And very interesting history of the Highway Hi-Fi!

[jr_tech]

Originally Posted by IsthmusTV

Thanks, jr. That's the photo I was remembering. And very interesting history of the Highway Hi-Fi!

You're quite welcome... for grins, I poked around a bit more and found the *actual* issue on a very interesting site that appears to have tons of the magazines that some/many here might remember.

http://www.americanradiohistory.com/...-1956-04-R.pdf


http://www.americanradiohistory.com

incredible site!

jr