If you love old records, but don’t have the space for a turntable, then the Soundwagon Portable Record Player is for you. It’s the smallest portable record player in the world, and it’s an officially licensed Volkswagen van that will drive around the record as it plays your favorite vinyl records.
The sound is via an integrated speaker. I wouldn’t expect top notch sound, but watching an old VW drive along your old record will probably take you back in time. It will cost $90 and will give those old records another shot at life.
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Ever so clever, but I just doubt the functionality. How does the bus adapt to the continuously changing curve?
It functions great, these were really popular in the 70’s, the bus has a phonograph needle which simply follows the groove, at 33 rpm, the speaker is located on the roof, and wheels propel it
I saw somewhere that they were doing a VW Beetle version of this too, looks fun, but normally if you have vinyls, you have space for a deck of even hifi too.
How do I buy one?
it’s actually a very clever design. the tonearm/needle assembly pivots and controls the speed of the motor, so as the van tracks closer to the center of the record, it slows down to compensate.