![[The Talking Machine Forum - For All Antique Phonographs & Recordings]](/styles/we_universal/theme/images/the_talking_machine_forum.png)
I installed a new car horn in my Pontiac Vibe and needed a piece of steel to support it. I happened to have some motor board supports that I saved out of a trashed Victrola XIV. Oddly enough, the screw threads for mounting the horn were identical to those of the motor board screws. I couldn't have installed this horn without that phonograph part.
How have you used leftover phonograph parts?
Damon
St. Louis, MO
Inappropriate Uses of Victrola Parts
-
Ampico66
- Victor I
- Posts: 105
- Joined: Tue Jul 14, 2009 8:10 am
- Location: St. Louis, MO
- Contact:
-
kirtley2012
- Victor IV
- Posts: 1611
- Joined: Sat Feb 11, 2012 3:10 pm
- Personal Text: Buyer of broken things
- Location: North Shields, UK
- Contact:
Re: Inappropriate Uses of Victrola Parts
At the moment I am using them to make a new gramophone!
Alex
Alex
-
Phonofreak
- Victor VI
- Posts: 3720
- Joined: Tue Mar 23, 2010 7:00 pm
- Location: Western, WA State
Re: Inappropriate Uses of Victrola Parts
Besides wind up phonographs, I am a model railroader. I use old, junky useless parts as flat car and gondola loads for my large scale trains.
Harvey Kravitz
Harvey Kravitz
-
scullylathe
- Victor I
- Posts: 125
- Joined: Tue Jun 15, 2010 9:50 am
- Location: Tennessee, USA
Re: Inappropriate Uses of Victrola Parts
I have heard of many phonograph motors being sacrificed from the 30's through the 50's to build cheap trolling motors. 
I'd rather hear the records...
I'd rather hear the records...-
CarGuyZM10
- Victor I
- Posts: 113
- Joined: Tue May 11, 2010 2:32 pm
- Location: Palmerton, Pa
Re: Inappropriate Uses of Victrola Parts
That's a good idea. Maybe a period correct load for my Prewar trains lolPhonofreak wrote:Besides wind up phonographs, I am a model railroader. I use old, junky useless parts as flat car and gondola loads for my large scale trains.
Harvey Kravitz