1. The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963
Ch 8.
The Ultra-Glide!

2. the “brown bomber”
“That was what we called our car. It was a 1948 Plymouth that was dull brown and real big, Byron said it was turd brown.”
From Mike’s 1940’s Automobile

3. The Ultra-Glide!
The Ultra Glide is a record player used in cars from 1957 to It is the prelude to the CD player. The Ultra Glide came in a kit that could easily be installed. A section pulled out to reveal a record player and a case came with it to store records. It only played 45's.

4. The Brown Bomber’s TT AB-700, Ultra Glide probably looked like this.
PHILIPS Car Record-Player 45 rpm
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5. The Ultra Glide played records that looked like this…