Has anyone ever installed a jukebox in a car?
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 2:34 pm
I read on the cdadapter.com site about a man that put a wallbox in his car, to listen to tunes, but has anyone actually dismantled a jukebox and installed it into a car? It seems like the biggest hurdle would be creating a shock mount capable of protecting the tone arm, needle, and records on those bumps, turns, and braking. The boards could be mounted in the trunk too, or underneath the seats or inside or underneath the the dash.
If you really wanted to get creative and had some programming knowledge, you could create a serial interface, with a small touchscreen monitor, to make selections and to actually see what songs are available, basically taking the place of the old lcd panel and keypad and working as a 'modern' wallbox.
Using the amp may not be ideal, when you want to connect the system to the line-in on your car stereo system, but you should be able to tap into a line output on the amp and then just not connect speakers to the amp.
A 400 watt power inverter should supply the power it needed.
I used to have a '75 olds delta 88 royale convertible, spent probably two years restoring. Grinding, sanding, bondo, fiberglass, priming, new white top installed, and then off to paint: viper red, with silver metallic. When it was restored, it looked like this one:
A jukebox in a car like that would have been awesome.
I've got an itching to get another car and start working on it, but there's no way I can afford it right now with all of the other projects going on. Maybe in a couple years.
If you really wanted to get creative and had some programming knowledge, you could create a serial interface, with a small touchscreen monitor, to make selections and to actually see what songs are available, basically taking the place of the old lcd panel and keypad and working as a 'modern' wallbox.
Using the amp may not be ideal, when you want to connect the system to the line-in on your car stereo system, but you should be able to tap into a line output on the amp and then just not connect speakers to the amp.
A 400 watt power inverter should supply the power it needed.
I used to have a '75 olds delta 88 royale convertible, spent probably two years restoring. Grinding, sanding, bondo, fiberglass, priming, new white top installed, and then off to paint: viper red, with silver metallic. When it was restored, it looked like this one:
I've got an itching to get another car and start working on it, but there's no way I can afford it right now with all of the other projects going on. Maybe in a couple years.